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Field Fortification Workshop -- Build a Roman Camp
Hands-on workshop building a Roman marching camp. Ditch, rampart, palisade, gates, interior layout. At Alesia I built two walls -- one facing in to trap Vercingetorix, one facing out to stop his relief army. Tip: If you can build, you can hold. If you can hold, you can win.
Numidian Cavalry Javelin Set (5 Light Javelins)
Five light throwing javelins in the Numidian style. My riders under Maharbal would harass Roman columns for days -- throwing, retreating, throwing again. No armor, no shield, just speed and accuracy.
Acrobatics Fundamentals -- Flips, Rolls, and Wall Runs
Peking Opera trained me in acrobatics from age six. I teach forward rolls, backward rolls, cartwheels, wall runs, and basic flips -- all on safety mats. You don't need to be young. You need to be willing. Sammo Hung and I still warm up with these moves. Tip: Your hands and feet should never land at the same time.
Alpine Survival & Mountain Crossing Workshop
I took an army over the Alps in autumn. We lost half our men to cold, rockslides, and hostile Gauls. Mountain travel, cold weather survival, route finding, and keeping morale when everything falls apart. Tip: Vinegar on hot rocks splits boulders. Sometimes the path must be made, not found.
War Elephant Tactics -- Psychological Warfare Seminar
How to deploy elephants as terror weapons. Mahout positioning, formation breaking, countering elephant charges. The elephant is a psychological weapon first, physical second. Most armies break before the elephant reaches them. Also covers countermeasures -- Rome eventually learned to open lanes and let them through.
Plate Armor Fitting & Movement Training
15th century plate armor training. Move, fight, mount a horse, get up from the ground in 50 pounds of steel. Tip: Armor does not make you slow. Bad armor makes you slow. Good armor moves with you.
Kung Fu Comedy Workshop -- Fighting and Falling with Style
I'll teach you to take a hit, sell a fall, and make the audience laugh while you're in pain. We use chairs, ladders, and tables as props -- everything in the room is a weapon and a punchline. Tip: Always show the whole body. Wide shots let the audience see the skill. Close-ups are for actors who can't fight.
Jazz Piano Session -- Improvisation and Film Scoring
I've composed scores for many of my own films. Jazz is conversation -- you listen, you respond, you leave space. We work on basic piano improvisation over blues and jazz standards. No sheet music. Tip: The notes you DON'T play are just as important as the ones you do. Same in acting. Same in life.
Method Research Intensive -- Becoming Someone Else
I don't start with the script. I start with the world. Where does the character live? What's in his pockets? What radio station does he listen to? We build a character from the ground up -- wardrobe, daily routine, voice, walk. Tip: Spend a day living as the character before you memorize a single line.
Character Wardrobe Kit (Taxi Driver Era)
Army surplus jacket, aviator sunglasses, boots, and the mohawk wig. Travis Bickle's wardrobe tells his whole story before he opens his mouth -- military discipline decaying into isolation. Tip: A character's clothes are their armor. Choose every piece deliberately.
Escape & Evasion Tactics -- Guerrilla Warfare Seminar
Half-day seminar on guerrilla tactics. How 70 escaped slaves outran and outfought professional legions. Route selection, foraging, decoy camps, fighting withdrawal. Tip: Speed is armor. If they cannot find you, they cannot kill you.
Citizen Kane Annotated Shooting Script
The shooting script with my margin notes. Every camera angle, every lighting note, every argument with Herman Mankiewicz documented in red ink. This is the most studied film in cinema. This is its blueprint. Read it with the film paused beside you.
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