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-PRICE REDUCED! Great Black Swamp Olde Time Strongman Picnic DVD
An American version of the cult classic “Extreme Kung Fu”! See shocking strength stunts and stunning displays of endurance. Cringe and admire as steel rods are bent, telephone books are torn, baseball bats are broken (over someone’s head!), a bed of nails is survived, kettle bells are juggled, an engine block is lifted by hand and a mountain lion trap is used for more than it was intended! Do not try this at home! A sure party favorite!
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A movement has grown in America for the last few years of weight lifters and strength trainers who reject the world of drugs and complicated exercise machines. Instead they have adopted the training methods and equipment of Asia and old time strongmen. At an annual picnic in the sleepy college town of Bowling Green, Ohio, these modern day Samsons swing indian clubs, lift Shaolin stone locks and balls, and perform amazing feats of strength; the likes have not been seen since the sideshows of yesteryear.
Bob Hoffman would be proud. Not since his Birthday Picnics has the strength world seen an event like this! A genuine strongman picnic has been absent since the Mighty Atom performed for the York Barbell Company and John Grimek answered questions about how to get bigger arms. The modern cast of characters includes Pat "The Human Vise" Povilaitis, Dockery & Rosendaul's Kettlebell Juggling Team, "Big" Bob Karhan, 7'2" Bobby Saxon, Greg "Magic Fingers" Irwin and the Unknown Strongest Man From Cleveland, and many more players of the Iron Game. Music by Jason Martin of Evolution Revolution and Brown Cuts Neighbors.
About the Actor
Pat Povilaitis is a master strongman and probably the world's greatest short bender. He has the honor of being one of the few men who is has Certified as both an IronMind Captains of Crush #3 closer as well as a Red Nail bender. Pat began his performing strongman career by perfoming at the Association of Old Time Barbell and Strongman Annual Dinner and Reunion and hasn't looked back since. At 168 pounds he can pick up an over 290lb smooth granite Atlas stone, drop into a deep squat, and while supporting the stone with little or no bracing, bend a horseshoe entirely around into a heart shape.
About the Director
Marc Arsenault is a contributing writer and photographer for Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine. He is also the co-editor, art director and chief photographer of Clawmarks - the largest circulation Martial Arts Business Newsletter in North America. He originally reported on the adoption of traditional Shaolin training tools by American weight lifters and athletes in Clawmarks in 2004. He was a member of the influential music/video/art collective Brown Cuts Neighbors until the group's retirement in 2002. His solo and collaborative art and video works have been exhibited in: Berlin, Germany; Torino, Italy; New York City; Berkeley, California; Austin, Texas; Buffalo, New York; Knoxville, Tennnessee; Albany, New York and Dallas, Texas.
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