We went to see the monks
15 Mar
It was Lance’s 40th birthday yesterday, and I bought tickets to see the Shaolin Monk show at Montecasino as part of his gift.
Just the two of us, mind you. Even though Bradley would have enjoyed it, Connor is too small to sit through a 2 hour show and it wasn’t fair to take only one child.
The reason we went… Lance has had a thing about any kind of martial arts forever, and he’s always wanted to see them.
The not-so-good…
- The show started with a story, which carried on until after the intermission. It was ok, but not wow. Thinking about it now, the only reason it wasn’t wow was because I felt it lacked emotion. The story was quite sad, explaining the history of the monks, but it wasn’t emotional enough, so it was difficult to get into.
- The first half was not mindblowing
The good…
- The kids in the show were AMAZING! They were seriously impressive doing head stands for 10 minute stretches and a weird balancing act balancing on one foot with the other foot hooked behind their ears… for 10 minutes!!
- You should have seen the little dudes doing flick flacks across the floor using their heads!
- A guy actually walked over a stand covered in long blades!
- A guy lay down on top of a bed of blades, then a bed of nails was sandwiched between him and another dude, and a concrete slab was put on top of the other dude… before being smashed by another dude wielding a sledge hammer!
- The second half was mindblowing
- The suppleness of all of them was just incredible
I’m glad we got seats close to the front, I think if we’d sat at the back the effects would have been lost.
In short… it was good, and we’re both glad we finally saw the show but we won’t go again… until the boys get older because I feel they need to see it at some stage.
Nice to do something – just the two of you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ah shit man! I knew this would happen! I still said to Jon when we walked out at half time, “I really hope the 2nd half doesn’t kick ass, cos then I’ll be disappointed we missed it” and now I am.
That last act you described sounds AWESOME!
glad you enjoyed… i don’t even like the circus… so i think i will give this a miss lol