Current Mood: Cool

Emma and I have been to see one of the best shows I have seen in ages, not that I frequently attend the theatre, but I needed to emphasize how much I enjoyed this show.

We arrived at the theatre and took our seats in row ‘R’, so not next to the stage, but not too far away to see either.  The lights lowered and the little dude in the seat next to us adjusted to see over the mammoth head that had just sat down in the chair in front of him.  On stage came a few child monks running around and doing somersaults, backflips and then, most impressively flips using just their heads first forwards and then backwards.

Then it was the turn of the adults and in amongst a lot of “Hai Yaa’s” and other Bruce Lee noises they dazzled us with their flexability, will power, concentration and combinations of kick’s and punches that Van Damme could only dream of.  These guys could make mince meat out of anyone!

Some of the things they did had the audience looking away and letting out little yelps of “don’t do that, you’ll die”.  Firstly a guy chopped mangos and melons using a meat cleaver against his stomach, then another one laid back on some swords with a bed of nails on his stomach while another bloke laid on the reverse side bed of nails and then they had a breeze block broken against their stomachs!  The only mark – a few tiny cuts on the bottom guys back where he was on the swords…  Next up was breaking Iron bars on their heads, these were checked first by any audience members that wanted to – freakin’ crazy.  BUT…  When the guy was supported up on 5 spears (one on each leg, each arm and then one against his stomach) and another one did a handstand on two fingers – that was the highlight – and I so really recommend going to see them.

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