What piqued your interest in martial arts?ĭM: I always liked fighting and was a big fan of martial arts movies as a kid, so I had to get my Bruce Lee moves on. It was during my stint in the Air Force that I discovered Filipino martial arts (FMA). I was testing a heavy blade that was not very sharp against a dry, rubbery ballistics dummy where the shock of the cut and impact injured my rotator cuff.ĭM: I started out in logistics, then cross-trained into the cardio-pulmonary field. We can easily take it for granted, when in fact they were created with one purpose, which is to destroy life and limb.ĭM: Yes, I was injured during one of our tests. Every bladed weapon to me is as dangerous as a firearm.
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Did you have any dicey situations where life and limb were threatened?ĭM: All the time! To wield a weapon with full intent to cut or decapitate is very dangerous, especially because it’s not a weapon that I have time to “zero in” or be familiar with. What’s not to like, right? Handling weapons, especially sharp, pointy ones is dangerous. From imagination to creation in a competition format, but we happen to have fire, sparks, edged weapons, kill tests, strength tests, and sharpness tests … and did I mention edged weapons? Now in the fifth season, why do you think Forged in Fire has become such a hit?ĭM: I think that our inner desire to be able to create things with our hands is projected when we watch shows like Forged in Fire. How long does it take to film one episode of Forged in Fire?ĭM: It takes about eight days for each episode to be completed. We film an average of 30 to 40 episodes spread out through the year and about a week per episode … so, it’s drawn out. They were looking for an end user of edged weapons to be a judge on the show.ĭM: It’s taken over my time. RECOIL OFFGRID: How did you get hooked up with Forged in Fire?ĭoug Marcaida: I got a call from their casting producer who found me through my YouTube videos. We recently caught up with Doug between filming episodes and cut straight to the chase with his observations of the hit show, what martial arts he secretly wants to study, and his attitude toward survival. As a master of the Filipino art of Kali, he’s a natural for handling edged weapons.
Marcaida’s involvement in the show involves pressure testing the weapons and evaluating each blade for combat effectiveness.
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