06-16-2017, 11:17 PM
Got an hourglass on screen just as ep 2 was slated to start. Eventually my Roku 3 rebooted. Missed the first 10 minutes, but was able to replay that portion after the episode had aired.
Crystal is an odd duck. Very relaxed and engaging on screen (no doubt from all her stuntwork and stunt doubling), but her weapons training seems virtually nonexistent. She is noted as a dual bullwhip master under the instruction of Noby Arden-Kreish of the Wallenda circus family. But in all the footage I've seen of her with one or two bullwhips, she just does this very basic cross-body swing side to side like the first thing you'd learn with nunchukas. Also, she seemed rather naive in the first episode about the concept of forms in martial arts.
As for the flexible Indian sword they seemed to have intended for her to test (because she's an expert with flexible weapons), she ends up stepping aside and letting an Indian adept demonstrate it.
She and the others do try out this three-bladed weapon, but on fruit. Shades of Monty Python. I suspect that Marko's injury in the first episode spooked the producers into being more conservative. Hacking away at fruit seemed a bit silly. Then again, this series is more about entertainment than in-depth testing of weapons.
Maybe in later episodes Crystal will show more of her mettle. I know she's had martial training.
Oh, and that Asian guy. There's rumors he'll be back in a bit.
Crystal is an odd duck. Very relaxed and engaging on screen (no doubt from all her stuntwork and stunt doubling), but her weapons training seems virtually nonexistent. She is noted as a dual bullwhip master under the instruction of Noby Arden-Kreish of the Wallenda circus family. But in all the footage I've seen of her with one or two bullwhips, she just does this very basic cross-body swing side to side like the first thing you'd learn with nunchukas. Also, she seemed rather naive in the first episode about the concept of forms in martial arts.
As for the flexible Indian sword they seemed to have intended for her to test (because she's an expert with flexible weapons), she ends up stepping aside and letting an Indian adept demonstrate it.
She and the others do try out this three-bladed weapon, but on fruit. Shades of Monty Python. I suspect that Marko's injury in the first episode spooked the producers into being more conservative. Hacking away at fruit seemed a bit silly. Then again, this series is more about entertainment than in-depth testing of weapons.
Maybe in later episodes Crystal will show more of her mettle. I know she's had martial training.
Oh, and that Asian guy. There's rumors he'll be back in a bit.