GROWS YOUR FOLLOWING
BLOWS UP YOUR CHANNEL
“Every time I try to shoot a fight it always ends up looking flat and amateur.”
“I feel like I’m going to waste people’s time or money trying to shoot action because I don’t know what I’m doing.”
“I have no idea what shots to get or what looks good.”
“I don’t know where to put the camera to make things look real.”
“My fight scenes always look cookie cutter and basic. They don’t stand out and look like everything else.”
“I’m scared to even attempt an action scene because I know I’ll screw it up.”
“I can choreograph cool moves but once the camera comes on I’m lost.”
“I get nervous when it comes to directing performers and stunt people.”
SCENE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT
CHOREOGRAPHY FIRST
THINKING
They spend all of their energy designing punches and kicks and combos but never ask the most important question…
But to shoot compelling fights, this has to be the foundation.
As a martial arts nerd it pains me to say this… but audiences don’t care about choreography.
We’re choreographing for audiences – not other martial arts nerds.
And audiences connect through character and story.
When you start with character:
- Who they are
- How they approach the world
- Where they are in their journey
...the choreography creates itself.
In real life, ballerinas suffer. They dance with broken bleeding toes.
They push through pain. They endure.
So we used that. She gets beat up. She struggles beat by beat.
he’s hesitant and unsure, fighting with effort.
But as he begins to believe he is The One,
the choreography shifts.
He becomes more fluid, more composed
his fight style evolves too.
At first, he’s all force and survival.
But as he adopts samurai philosophy, his movements become more measured
• Craft fights that tell a story
• Make choreography feel like discovery – not random
• Create contrast and escalation that create emotional arcs
• Make sure the punches sell
• Find a cool angle
• Shoot it
• Move on
It feels like coverage.
• Multiple shots
• Their purpose
• How they fit together
• Before you ever press record
What is this shot about?
What character, story beat, or emotion am I conveying?
How can the camera reinforce that?
• Use camera movement with purpose, not randomly
• Pick focal lengths, angles, and framing that heighten impact
• Build your sequences before you ever press record: like a director
– LUKE, FIGHT LAB STUDENT
whether you’re trying to land jobs, build a following,
or grow your YouTube channel.
✔️ Crafting fights like an action director built on character and story
✔️ How to immerse your audience through camera design
✔️ A repeatable framework for shooting cinematic sequences
✔️ Unlock how to heighten tension and escalation through editing
We’ll start things with a kick off call Sunday August 18th LIVE on Zoom at 2pm EST.
From there, I’ll be teaching you Live on Zoom covering the curriculum on
08/30, 09/06, 09/13, 09/14, 09/20, and a Closing call 09/27.
After each lesson, I’ll open it up for Q&A. Each lesson and Q&A will be recorded and you’ll have access to the program sessions in case you can’t make a session or just want to review.
You’ll also have a program workbook you can access from your phone that will be like having a fight coordinator in your pocket.
August 17th 2025 2PM EST Kick Off Call
Start like a Professional
You'll walk away with total clarity on the roadmap, goals, and how to get the most out of FIght Lab - so you hit the ground running
- ✔ Introduction to the program
- ✔ We’ll go over the course modules and structure
- ✔ Explore the community and navigate the workbook
- ✔ Go over your first assignment.
August 28th 2025 2PM EST – Prerecorded Tech Foundations Core lesson drops
Master the camera so it never holds you back
You'll be confident in your setup, settings, screen direction, and selling hits - so tech becomes invisible and creativity can flow
- ✔ Learn Cinematic Settings for Fights and their impact on visual style.
- ✔ Cover composition principles, lens choice, and how compression impacts fights.
- ✔ Real world camera and gear walkthrough
- ✔ We’ll talk about screen direction, the 180 Degree rule and how to break it.
- ✔ Learn all the guidelines behind the illusion of selling punches to camera in a way that looks real and hardhitting.
A Technical Masterclass with 24/7 Access
August 31st 2025 2PM EST Mindset and Tech foundation Q&A
Think like an Action Director
You'll learn how to overcome creative blocks, trust your eye, and approach fight scenes with clarity, intuition, and purpose.
- ✔ Learn the mindset behind and approach behind mastering cinematic fight scenes.
- ✔ Common mental pitfalls and the way we get around them
- ✔ Building intuition from repetition
- ✔ Thinking with the camera and not about the camera
- ✔ Q&A for Technical foundations
September 7th 2025 2PM EST Character Driven Fight Design
Design fights that actually matter
You'll learn to tie movement to character and story so your choreography grabs
the audience and reveals what's at stake
- ✔ Why you don’t need to be a fighter create great fights
- ✔ Learn how to design fights rooted in story so that your sequences reveal character, raise stakes, and grab your audience by the throat.
- ✔ Laying out motion paths and planning escalation points so that shot design can become intuitive.
- ✔ Structuring fights like a story.
- ✔ The biggest mistake that fight designers make, and how not to.
September 13th 2025 2PM EST Camera Design and Shooting Fights Day 1
Stop filming. Start designing
You'll map out your sequence like a director-planning intentional, cinematic
design before you ever hit record
- ✔ Layout the ground work for visual storytelling in action.
- ✔ Defining different capture styles – Shooting for coverage vs. shooting for the edit.
- ✔ We’ll break down a fight sequence shot by shot from the perspective of shooting for coverage.
September 14th 2025 2PM EST Camera Design and Shooting Fights Day 2
Build energy shot by shot
You'll discover techniques to elevate each moment and get
"The Menu": A toolkit of dynamic shot types to fuel your creativity on set
- ✔ We’ll revisit the fight sequence from day 1 and rebuild it from the ground up using different tools and techniques that enhance energy and dynamics in each fight scene.
- ✔ In each shot section, you’ll discover techniques that would compliment that specific piece of action and why.
- ✔ You’ll discover The Menu. An arsenal of shot styles and their applications that you can carry with you everywhere you go to inspire your own creativity.
September 21st 2025 2PM EST Editing for impact
Make your cut hit harder
You'll learn how pacing, rhythm, and sound design shape emotion - so your fight scenes flow like a film and leave a mark
- ✔ We’ll look at how editing impacts pacing and rhythm, and how the way we decide to cut shapes the entire feeling of the sequence.
- ✔ When to remove dead air, vs letting heavy beats land.
- ✔ Editing for levels and escalation, so our sequences have rhythm.
- ✔ The importance of sound design.
September 28 – Final Q&A + Handoff
Lock it in and level up
- ✔ You’ll get final answers, industry insights, and access to the exclusive Fight Lab community for ongoing support.
ENROLL IN
FIGHT LAB
SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE – $747
LIMITED EARLY ACCESS PRICING – FULL PRICE IS $1500
20 STUDENT MAX – THEN THE DOORS CLOSE
- ✔ 5 weeks of guided instruction
- ✔ Live Q&A and feedback calls
- ✔ 24/7 access to core lessons
- ✔ Downloadable resources + shot list templates
- ✔ Private Fight Lab community for support and feedback
YOUR CAMERA + THIS SYSTEM = NEXT LEVEL FIGHT SCENES
YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH A REPEATABLE FRAMEWORK TO DESIGN, SHOOT, AND EDIT CINEMATIC ACTION
CLAIM YOUR SPOTENROLLMENT IS LIMITED. DOORS CLOSE SOON.