STUNT TRAINING :

Proper stunt training cannot be emphasized enough. Below are just a few qualified sources for stunt training:

Academy of Combative Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida) - The Academy of Combative Arts for Stage and Screen is devoted to teaching students of all ages the art of stage combat for use in theatrical productions, movies, television and renaissance festivals.

Academy of the Sword (San Francisco, CA) - Historical swordfighting and theatrical swashbuckling training.

Academy of Theatrical Combat (Hollywood, CA) - The Academy of Theatrical Combat was founded in 1987 by Swordmaster/Master of Theatrical Combat Dan Speaker for the purpose of providing a year-round on-going training program in the art of theatrical combat in the Los Angeles area. The Academy is one of the foremost training grounds in the art of combat and swordplay for professional performers in the United States.

Action Actors Academy (Los Angeles, CA) - The Action Actors Academy is an elite performance team skilled in contemporary and traditional weaponry and combat styles. They provide stage combat training for actors through their workshops.

Actors Gymnasium Circus & Performing Arts School (Chicago, IL) - Provides both circus arts and stage combat training for adults and circus arts training for kids.

Art of Combat (Chicago, IL - Lansing, MI - New York, NY) - Offers stage combat, advanced stage combat, and custom workshops. Their workshops can also be designed to fit the needs of high school drama classes, community theater, etc.

Atlanta Stage Combat Studio (Atlanta, GA) - ASCS is dedicated to the advancement of the art of Stage Combat for the professional theatre, film, and television industries. This commitment covers a wide range of services including: choreographic services for professional, educational, and live action productions; the training of the performer in the various weapon and unarmed arts; and the availability of stage-worthy weapons and specialty combat props.

Benny the Jet's Gym (Los Angeles, CA) - "The Jet" is retired from the ring; and has devoted time to his acting, and movie career. His specialty is training actors for fight scenes; taking into consideration camera angles, fighting technique, weapons, stunts, etc.. He is currently the most sought after fight coordinator in Hollywood and has coordinated stunts and fights scenes for television and feature films.

Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving (Pheonix, AZ) - Over 85,000 Graduates…Since 1968, The Bondurant School has taught total car control to drivers of all levels. The Bondurant School is the largest purpose built facility in North America and features a 1.6-mile road course and an 8-acre paddock.

Bobby Ore's Driving School (California & New Jersey) - The Motion Picture Stunt Driving School (MPSDS) was formed in 1996 in response to popular demand from members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) who wished to learn Stunt Driving or fine tune their already accomplished skills.

Disabled Stuntplayers - Stunts Ability - The first school of it's kind, Stunts-Ability provides amputees and other disabled people and disadvantaged youth increased self-esteem and new opportunities through professional stunt training for the film industry.

Fights4 (New York, NY) - Fights4 offers a variety of stage combat classes and is considered one of the best stage combat schools around.

Kahana's Stunt School (Los Angeles, CA) - Kahana's Stunt School, a division of Stunt Action Coordinator's, Inc. founded in 1972, incorporated in 1974 and opened to the public in 1977 by Mr. Kim Kahana, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE STUNTMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF MOTION PICTURES, INC. , to provide comprehensive education for students wishing to enter the aspect of stunt work. The objective of the stunt school is to prepare its students to become professional, creative and technical crafstmen in the motion picture and television industries.

Los Angeles Fight Academy (Los Angeles, CA) - LAFA is a school of theatrical movement dedicated to developing and teaching skills which celebrate the expressive body in motion, and how to apply these skills in relationship to comedy, conflict and performance.

Motorsports Driving Academy (Seattle, WA) -Provides drivers with a comprehensive foundation in specific precision/stunt driving techniques.

Ring of Steel (Ann Arbor, MI) - Ring of Steel--Ann Arbor, established in 1989, is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to developing and promoting the art of stage violence. Weapons training includes swords, staffs, polearms as well as hand-to-hand combat.

Samurai Action School (Los Angeles, CA) - Samurai action studio is the premiere Japanese stage combat & stunts school for movies, television, and stage. Here you will learn karate, sword action & gymnastics. All students will have the opportunity to show off the stills you learn live on stage.

Stunt Grunts (Simi Valley, CA) - Stunt Grunts are stunt coordinators for major productions like Band of Brothers and Planet of the Apes. They offer actor training to provide true character protrayals.

Stunt Kids (Newhall, CA) - Stunt training for those under the age of 18.

United Stuntmen's Association International Stunt School - The United Stuntmen's Association annual stunt training is intended for those individuals interested in pursuing a career as "stunt performers" or as actors who want to perform his or her own basic stunts.