EL REY

[Drunk Monk]

In my 20/20 hindsight, it was indeed my wrist failure. I did the first pass ok blood the ballistic dummy yielded no blood from the cuts and the head fell over, evading my lungs. My reprise caught the throat and popped out the top of the fallen over head, but it was away from the camera, and little blood. Marko said to do more of an angulation, to heighten the drama. That was my original intention, but I balked on the left because the sword was heavy and I felt insecure. So the second take, my first thrust was true but drew little blood. My second caught the armor. My third, true again but little blood. Upon shifting to the other side I caught the armor again. Then another shot, not much blood. Then I caught the face straight on, tearing it up and pulling out red hemp stuffing. Turns out there was no blood pack in the head. Crap. But the stuffing from the face was suitably dramatic.

On the upside, I got to say 'I RIDE WITH EL REY' for the cameras. Hope that gets aired.

Tomorrow is the big finale, then a late flight home.