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ALL RECORDS"
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Brief summary:
A look into the training and competitions of Team Bergamo, the Martial
Arts team that has changed the face of Martial Arts Breaking. They
are the leading force behind the martial arts crew that starred and
choreographed the action scenes in
The Agent
&
Chi.
Members of the team have won numerous awards and have been featured on the
David Letterman show, Jay Leno, ESPN2, and The Discovery Channel.
Team
Bergamo has been one of the premier Martial
Arts Breaking and Self-Defense Teams on the World Martial Arts circuit
since early 1999. Winning multiple World, International, and
Regional Championships in Breaking and Self-Defense, the Team has gained
fame for their professionalism, intensity, commitment to the Martial Arts
Community, and team unity. Team
Bergamo has been featured on Internationally
televised airings of ESPN2's coverage of the US Open World Martial Arts
Championships.
The team has performed demonstrations of Extreme Breaking and Self-Defense
at venues such as The Arnold Martial Arts World Games, The Action Martial
Arts Trade Show and Expo Mega Martial Arts Weekend, The Oriental World of
Self-Defense, The North American Breaking Championships, The US Breaking
Championships, The IMAC World Championships, The Cactus Classic, Compete
in CA, The National Day of Martial Arts in Puerto Rico, and many other top
spots.
Team members have also shown their talent on the big screen, both in lead
roles and fight choreography, with the independent films 'The Agent' ,
'CHI', 'Copy' and 'War of Attrition'.
Members of Team Bergamo
have set numerous World Records. Raphael Velez became the first ever
Lightweight competitor to win all 3 major ISKA Lightweight Power Breaking
venues (The US Open, The North American Breaking Championships, and the
United States Breaking Championships). Peter DeMarco holds the Lightweight
Power Breaking Record of 15 patio blocks with a single strike. Member Leif
Becker tied the World Record of the most boards broken in one minute by
breaking 415 boards on International TV on The Late Show with David
Lettermen. Drew Serrano and Colin Thompson both set a new World Record by
demolishing 16 patio blocks with an elbow. Fernando Camareno holds
multiple World Records for breaking Cement Tiles and bending Steel Rebar
with his throat. Junior members have won World Championships in
Self-Defense at 2 of the top venues in the World, The US Open World
Martial Arts Championships and The Arnold Martial Arts World Games. They
also lead their age brackets in every breaking competition they enter.
Team
Bergamo continues to display the qualities
that make them a great team, as well as great Martial Artists. They also
continue to display and reinforce the positive aspects of Martial Arts
training at every venue and media outlet they are part of.
Team Bergamo members involved are: Drew
Serrano, Raphael Velez, Clinton Murphy, Colin Thompson, Eric Sousa,
Vincent Milo, Ronnie Sullivan, Leif Becker, Daniele Carvalho-Silva, Ralph
Bergamo, Larry Fields, Fernando Camareno, Robert Anderson, Sean Anderson,
Jonathan Hardwicke
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Trailer
Latest Scene
Clips 6/22/07
Intro 3.8 MB
Breaking Clip1 3.4 MB
Breaking Clip2 2.0 MB
Montage 2.6 MB
 World
Record Attempt on Letterman
Letterman Introducing Leif (4.6MB)
Leif discussing the attempt afterwards - (1.4MB)
Individual Team Member Clips
Colin (2.6MB)
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Drew (8.4MB) |
Raphael (7.0MB) |
Clint (5.7MB) |
Leif (4.7MB)
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Daniele (6.4MB)
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Movie Title:
“Breaking all Records”
Year: 2006
Company: C&D
Productions
Writer: Drew
Serrano
Director, Editor:
Chris Vallone
Produced by:
Chris Vallone & Drew Serrano
Camera Operators
Chris Vallone
Cast
The Crew at Team Bergamo
www.bergamosmartialarts.com
V.O. Richard Green
www.richardgreenvo.com
Music:
Daniel Alcheh, George Whitty
Genre:
Documentary / Martial Arts / Action
DVD Technical Details:
Region 1 (USA & Canada); Color; Widescreen 16x9, Stereo Sound; Runtime:
10:00 minutes; Special Features: Menus, Number of Discs: 1; Single
Layer; Single Sided; Languages: English; Close Captioned: No; Subtitled:
No;
Software &
Hardware
Principal
Photography using DCR Sony VX2000, Windows XP Running Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, Adobe After Effects, Sound Forge
“Breaking
All Records” © 2005,
C&D Productions llc,
All rights Reserved
FROM THE WRITER
This was my introduction to the World of documentary film making, and
let me tell you it's not easy! This film was over 2 years in the making;
over 800 man hours. Chris and I began brainstorming the project at the
end of 2004 and I started writing the script. We scoured hundreds of
hours of footage to fit the vision we had for the film. We obsessed over
a voice over talent for the narration and finally came across Richard
Green from CA who does work for SPIKE TV. It is quite a long and tedious
process, but we wanted the final product to be TV ready.
Being a coach for Team Bergamo,
founded by Ralph Bergamo, I was part of the events, competitions, and
media coverage that this documentary captures. Team Bergamo has brought
the spectacle that is Martial Arts' Breaking to a new level, and to the
forefront of many World and National competitive arenas. There are no
tricks or gimmicks involved in Team Bergamo's performances (I was there
and have the scars to prove it), just shear will, strength, experience, and mental
fortitude! Ralph Bergamo and I have also formed the
United States and World
Breaking Associations
to further the Art of
Breaking and Martial Arts' competitions around the globe.
Drew Serrano
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
This is my first documentary attempt. Over the years Drew Serrano gave
me tid bits of info regarding his team and what they have accomplished
over the years. It wasn't until I decided to do a film on them did I
actually see with my own eyes what these guys actually did. I was
stunned. I traveled with them to a few tournaments in the country and
it was remarkable.
I have never seen so much
power. They have scratched my back over the years with my films, now it
was my turn to scratch theirs. I think we gotta winner here.
Chris Vallone
PRODUCTION NOTES
Seeing these guys break wood and concrete on set after set was just
unreal. You really have to see it with your own eyes to appreciate the
sheer power of what the human body can do. Each set was loaded with
materials bought from Home Depot. Closing off the streets of NYC to do
the Dave Letterman show was also a trip as it took hours just to set up
all the stations for Leif to Break in one minute.
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