I read and hear a lot about West coast independent action teams online, but it is also a real gem when I hear about these kinds of things happening in my own neck of the woods.
When I first learned about N.Y.C. based screenfighting gym, Cinematic Fight Studio in my
most recent interview with French action actor
Anthony Pho, I was eager to get in touch with CFS head fight trainer and aspiring filmmaker,
Lang Yip, but it took a while. Ironically, it turned out Yip is also a part of a recent indie action, sci-fi webseries project with his close friend, actor and filmmaker
Young-H. Lee (pictured above/left) titled
Steel Wulf: Cyber Ninja.
Lee, a SAG/AFTRA actor who has been studying film since around 2004, stars, directs, produces, edits and provides visual effects and sound for the series. Yip, 32, also a visual effects artist and fight choreographer, invested a shared-interest with Lee in brainstorming over an idea to help become one of the first people on the East coast to create an action packed and visually stunning ninja-centered action webseries.
The
first episode debuted late last year. And with plans for five more episodes, the second episode is now up and running.
The series also stars Chen Tang, Michael Rosete, Aldous Davidson and Israel David Groveman.
To follow the action, feel free to subscribe to the youtube channel, and visit the official Facebook pages for
Fluid Robot and
Cinematic Fight Studio. If you are in the New York City area and wish to learn more on how you can train with Yip to become a screenfighter, visit the Cinematic Fight Studio
official website.
SYNOPSIS:
In 2057, scientists invent a “mind-dubbing machine” that can digitize a human brain. However, since “dubbing” kills the subject, the technology is banned-making it highly sought after in the black market. A group of ruthless ninja mercenaries — The Sons Of IGA, acquired the machine to create a super-intelligent military mind. All IGA soldiers were forced to replace their consciousness with this new mind. Some refused…and were destroyed. But dissent over the machine grew, and the STEEL KOGA faction was born. For six months, they warred fiercely against the IGAs but lost. The leader of the rebels, SK Panther, was captured and locked inside a mind-dubbing machine deep within Death Forest. The IGAs, dispatching their best, lurk in wait to intercept the last, most dangerous SK rebel attempting a rescue.
