Haha, he said "you can see the foot." Bull. I've sparred with Bill Wallace, and you can NOT see the foot. You feel this wind by your temple, that's about it. I saw the kick only once. Really nice guy, BTW.
I don't think most people watching this clip understand how hard it is for any one to stand on one leg and remain perfectly still like Bill. I've never ever seen any one do it in my life. He had so much leg strength. So well conditioned. The skill level Bill was at in his prime and even to this day at 75? Unmatched. No one's ever come close. It's like the martial arts gods gave us 5 or 6 "greats" and said "THAT'S IT". There's never been any one better than Bill, Benny Uriquidez, Joe Lewis, Mike Stone, Norris.... The talent well is dry...
Maybe in the USA at the time...very behind the rest of the world. The Thai boxers were already at a fantastic level and any state champ in Thailand could have taken Lewis, Stone and Wallace one after the other in a three round fight. The French savate/Boxe Franciae people would look at Wallace's kicks and say "so what"?, they were doing that 100 years ago! There is film from 1928 of Joseph Charelemont's students kicking better than Wallace. Boxe franciase/savate was a demonstration sport in the 1924 Olympics! Look at Salam Asli's videos from the early 80s, he kicks much better than Wallace and with both legs. He could hold his leg in the air and talk the same way...with both legs. He also had a much wider range of jumping and spinning kicks. And he was just one guy apparently there were thousands better than him in France by the 70s.Leave it to the Americans, to be so far behind they think they are ahead. We sure saw how ahead the USA was in martial arts when these skinny Brazilians showed up in the early 90s.
I watched Bill give stretching and kicking seminar in 1984 first time i evet saw a man do straddle splits. After that i got his book dynamic stretching and kicking. I can now do the splits at 55 yrs old Thanks Bill!
Every time Bill did a seminar when he was younger...you could always see the fear in the faces of the guys he used to demo on. You KNEW no one in the room was any where near his level. The chance to have a world champion teaching you...GOLD. Doesn't happen. Not even a state champion. They rarely teach. Might not be good teachers. But to have a guy like Wallace in front of you...make many MA quake. Because they would know Wallace could touch them at will. KO no problem. Even as a middleweight. His understanding of fight mechanics. How Karate fighters move. How to adjust hisi style and make it effective...is amazing. Not really that complicated. But he figured it out and had a 60MPH left leg to back it up. I'm guessing every one else was around 20MPH...maybe. Benny Urquidez is still teaching too. To be taught by legends. If you're serious and have the chance. Or had the chance...
I've been doing tangsudo, martial arts for a year and a 1/2 now.And I've come to realize and have great respect for martial arts masters like bill Wallace.Yes, being able to balance like that takes years and years of practice as well.As being able to do the splits and all the other things
Around 1980..at the Henry Cho Tae Kwon Do School in NYC, I got to not only watch the Great SUPERFOOT WALLACE teach JOHN BELUSHI a private lesson...I got to participate! One of the greatest moments of my life!
@@edgar22452 invincible kicking speed &power, bill Wallace,, he once had an exbitition with Tommy hearn ( the hit man) ,I hear he could have rock Tommy hearn, ,laugh,laugh, held stuff back
Train all you want, few mortals can kick that way. Maybe a few exceptional kickers will be able to implement half of the Wallace technique. But think about it -- virtually no one since Wallace has come out and duplicated his ability. Why is that? It's because, as my teacher (who knew Wallace well and was a great kicker himself) once told me, "Wallace is a freak." Most people who train hard can become effective kickers. A few will have the special hip flexibility to kick like a Cung Le. But no one (yet) has achieved anything close to Wallace's ability. That's how it is with athletic freaks. You can't copy Michael Jordan at basketball, nor can you copy Bill Wallace's kicking ability.
Yes, but just as few of us have the athletic gifts to copy Kobe, or Jordan, we also don't have the body that can copy Wallace's kicking to the degree that we can kick anywhere near like he kicks.
No, you can't copy but you can emulate and apply the concepts he teaches. The one here is what Roy Kurban called a deceptive load. Anyone can maximize their personal ability - strength, speed, height, accuracy, and timing - and get even more by applying this approach. While this is designed for sparring or fighting with rules, the concepts can also be applied on the street IF you are a good kicker. Key with that is controlling the distance and RECHAMBER quickly. Timing and judgment are key, gotta be able to hit, damage, and retract fast enough to not get grabbed. Wallace was really a simple fighter but when you are a true master of a few effective techniques and can implement them anytime...not pretty to deal with.
I can agree that many of the training techniques Wallace teaches will improve anyone's kicks. Wallace was one of the first proponents of "slow kicks" which absolutely suck to practice, but will improve one's kicking skill. On the other hand, there are videos of Wallace saying "what do you do when you're shoulder to shoulder? Just hook kick opponent in the head" That's the kind of stuff that most people can never do, no matter how much they train and stretch, yet Wallace teaches this as if anyone can do it. One thing about kicking is that one can be a great kicker but have a totally different style from others. For example: Wallace, Norris, and Joe Lewis. All 3 were great kickers, but each had completely different strategies on how to kick. And today, McGregor, Silva, Crokop, Cung Le....so many great kickers in MMA, yet none of them really have the same approach to kicking. All this imo goes to show that while Wallace was the greatest kickers, one need not think his style was the best for everyone, or even most people who wish to be great kickers.
Wallace's promotion of "slow kicks" is an excellent advice. Practicing slowly and in a controlled manner (while being relaxed, but not collapsing) was a training method used by certain Chinese martial artists in the past. Including kicks. This way one learns proper body control and awareness, while avoiding bad habits - all the while training oneself to be relaxed as much as possible. But I have to agree with you in that high level kicking (that is actually functional and has speed, accuracy and stopping power) is not for everybody. High level kicking skill ("Tei Fa") in traditional Northern Kung fu circles in considered a special skill that needs to be acquired by the practitioner - rather than a commodity. One teacher of mine mentioned that the practitioner with true Tei Fa is said to have a nigh-insurmountable advantage over those who don't have Tei Fa. Meanwhile, he also mentioned that kicks of unskilled easily leads to the exponent becoming extremely vulnerable - whether it be in self defense or sport contexts. Most likely the reason why traditional martial arts that focus on high-level kicks have survived to this day, (Northern Kung fu styles, Korean striking arts, Savate, etc.), but aren't as widespread as they could be.
C'est un travail de gymnaste, il y a 40 ans. Aujourd'hui il existe des millions des pratiquants au monde des Arts martiaux font mieux rapides et précis.Bill wallas est un pionnier américain des arts martiaux qui démontrait :1-Mae jodan mawashi géri: haut coup de pied circulaire de face 2-Ura Mawashi geri jodan: Intérieur coup de pied circulaire haut.Ce sont des techniques classique aujourd'hui.Au japon c'est tout à fait naturelles.
I think this is a very valuable technique. However, I do believe a proper guard, with the elbows tight, and the hands high, is the best solution to this problem. Specifically, if you understand how to recognize and respond with the correct guard for a round kick or side kick, you can almost double down, and always guard for the roundhouse or side kick, because the hook kick, of the three, has the least power. Psychologically, if you are prepared to eat the hook kick in order to properly defend the side kick and round kick, you will come out ahead almost every time. Because, the hook kick will almost never knock a man out, and if you look prepared to take the shot when it lands, the judges/fans will not give it much weight. Some may even laugh. The last thing you want to do, is switch to guard the hook kick and get knocked out by the round kick or sidekick. Always prepare to defend for the round kick or side kick and give a strong response immediately. A hook kick will not likely interrupt a strong counter as it rarely has more power than a strong jab.
I agree with your guard strategy as an excellent default that has the fewest compromises, it leaves you very open to spin back or spin side kicks. This is assuming your opponent can execute. Many have been knocked out by a strong jab and a hook kick to the nose or jaw will do the trick, especially if you step into it. Remember, in sparring, if it hurts it conditions you so even if not effective on its own, it's still useful. At the end of the day, your approach makes good sense analyzing but is difficult to apply in the ring. Makes a bit more sense in the street though for several reasons.
A lead leg hook kick can be very strong if done correctly though. It's just that most people don't bother training hook kicks to the extent they practice roundhouse kicks. (which modern sport fighters are obsessed with). It's all about incorporating the hip into the kick while being in control - just like the lead leg round kick.
Nathan Trudeau If you guard high when he chambers, he kicks low. If you guard low when he chambers a low kick, he does a backfist to the temple. From what I understand of Bill's style that's the general idea. "Your hands can only guard one place at a time"
I hope those students are cherishing that they are being taught by one of the best in martial arts. Oh, and by the way, check out Superfoot's fight with Jackie Chan. Great fight with a lot of laughs.
I can barely hold my balance on one leg while putting pants on... on that note, it's clear to me know it's how much you train, but how much your brains are up to it.
Yeah man,you are correct.It was during a judo bout that Bill Wallace screwed up his right knee.That's why you'll only ever see him kick with his left leg.
I met Bill Wallace at one of his exhibitions. He was the a narcissitic bully who intimidated and talked down to most people there. We left after 20 minutes.
I read you before saying that or similar,,will you elaborate in detail? I met him too. He spoke short and curt at the time ,but it didn't bother me at all,lots of people around . I never found him narcissistic ,or bullying. But,I am a man . Maybe different for females? You should give the details,or a link to the details,,,,
That flexibility and strength to do those kicks that fast is rediculous very few people have the flexibility to do that .. thats impressive but unless u can do that with flexibility its useless for people to attempt it
Love Bill Wallace. And guys please leave that hippy alone. He's actually not what he seems. He's in charge of movie direction, making sure the sound, the lighting, the camera, the dolly boom, make-up lady and guy with the grass.....are all doing their jobs!!! So he IS actually paying close attention. It's a popular misconception that it's easy being a hippy.
Haha, he said "you can see the foot." Bull. I've sparred with Bill Wallace, and you can NOT see the foot. You feel this wind by your temple, that's about it. I saw the kick only once.
Really nice guy, BTW.
He's planted that foot alongside my head a couple times, too.. And you are right. It's FAST..
Bill Wallace once kicked me in the face. It was the greatest moment of my martial arts life
in about 1990 I sparred him, got me in second round heel to back of head.. The day before nationals in Daytona. It wasn't my best memory,,
Bill Wallace and Jean-Claude Van Damme have the most beautiful kicks ever.
There is another..... He is called Tan Tao Liang.
Bruce Lee.
@@1iuh no hahaha
Scott adkins
@@TheCultureCommentary Legend!
I don't think most people watching this clip understand how hard it is for any one to stand on one leg and remain perfectly still like Bill. I've never ever seen any one do it in my life. He had so much leg strength. So well conditioned. The skill level Bill was at in his prime and even to this day at 75? Unmatched. No one's ever come close. It's like the martial arts gods gave us 5 or 6 "greats" and said "THAT'S IT". There's never been any one better than Bill, Benny Uriquidez, Joe Lewis, Mike Stone, Norris.... The talent well is dry...
Indeed, that was insane
Those days are gone but they will come back someday
JCVD!
I'm well aware of how awesome Bill is.........great technique!!
Maybe in the USA at the time...very behind the rest of the world. The Thai boxers were already at a fantastic level and any state champ in Thailand could have taken Lewis, Stone and Wallace one after the other in a three round fight. The French savate/Boxe Franciae people would look at Wallace's kicks and say "so what"?, they were doing that 100 years ago! There is film from 1928 of Joseph Charelemont's students kicking better than Wallace. Boxe franciase/savate was a demonstration sport in the 1924 Olympics! Look at Salam Asli's videos from the early 80s, he kicks much better than Wallace and with both legs. He could hold his leg in the air and talk the same way...with both legs. He also had a much wider range of jumping and spinning kicks. And he was just one guy apparently there were thousands better than him in France by the 70s.Leave it to the Americans, to be so far behind they think they are ahead. We sure saw how ahead the USA was in martial arts when these skinny Brazilians showed up in the early 90s.
I tore a hamstring just watching this.
ruclips.net/video/HhEqFa9lT80/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/6A1RSnyDDk4/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/wAwzPPQ0N8k/видео.html
Bill is a legend and seriously underrated ☯️
So true
I watched Bill give stretching and kicking seminar in 1984 first time i evet saw a man do straddle splits. After that i got his book dynamic stretching and kicking. I can now do the splits at 55 yrs old Thanks Bill!
Wao! I invied,I used to do it now I'm 57 I'm try to go back in shape.body I different now
BILL WALLACE IS THE MOST OBNOXIOUS PERSON I HAVE MET!
Bill Wallace's control, flexibility, form is legendary.
Yes
Bill Wallace is the biggest THUG and abuser I have met!
Bill Wallace was one of the most OBNOXIOUS people I have met!
Every time Bill did a seminar when he was younger...you could always see the fear in the faces of the guys he used to demo on. You KNEW no one in the room was any where near his level.
The chance to have a world champion teaching you...GOLD. Doesn't happen. Not even a state champion. They rarely teach. Might not be good teachers. But to have a guy like Wallace in front of you...make many MA quake. Because they would know Wallace could touch them at will. KO no problem. Even as a middleweight. His understanding of fight mechanics. How Karate fighters move. How to adjust hisi style and make it effective...is amazing. Not really that complicated. But he figured it out and had a 60MPH left leg to back it up. I'm guessing every one else was around 20MPH...maybe.
Benny Urquidez is still teaching too. To be taught by legends. If you're serious and have the chance. Or had the chance...
Taught me and fellow students today still a funny guy
Hook, Side and roundhouse kicks from Wallace are his forte.....to this day I admire his precise technique.
I've been doing tangsudo, martial arts for a year and a 1/2 now.And I've come to realize and have great respect for martial arts masters like bill Wallace.Yes, being able to balance like that takes years and years of practice as well.As being able to do the splits and all the other things
Amazing hip flexibility and strength. Unless you try to learn kicking people don’t understand how hard this is
Such an amazing martial artist, I'm actually sat beside my copy of "Dynamic Stretching and Kicking" It's an old book now but still a great manual!
I have the same book. Its great.
Bill Wallace was a great practitioner and fighter.
This guy is brilliant, a real pioneer!
This video is Pure Gold! Learning from the master himself. Thanks a lot for uploading.
I've trained with Superfoot a few times and he is just great! If anyone ever gets the opportunity to work with him definitely do it :)
As amazing as the left leg is the right is so important in his technique .Just Wow .
Around 1980..at the Henry Cho Tae Kwon Do School in NYC, I got to not only watch the Great SUPERFOOT WALLACE teach JOHN BELUSHI a private lesson...I got to participate! One of the greatest moments of my life!
I vaguely remember that being a blerb in Rolling Stone magazine at the time. Wallace was hired essentially to keep Belushi alive.
4years later....still my goal to be able to do this. He's the best
Holding your leg out in a static position is a good start , you are probably already doing that though
He can be so delightfully fun and goofy but you always have to remember he's got a light saber with a knee in the middle and a foot on the end.
Note to self: Under no circumstances am I ever fighting Bill Wallace!
Gman6755 lol
@@edgar22452 invincible kicking speed &power, bill Wallace,, he once had an exbitition with Tommy hearn ( the hit man) ,I hear he could have rock Tommy hearn, ,laugh,laugh, held stuff back
He came to my Dojo for a seminar in Adephi Maryland in 1978. Was not only amazing but a very humble and fun guy!
Great technique and form the man knows what he is doing.
What’s amazing is that he knew judo and wrestled as well. Amazing martial artist, one of my all time favorites.
This guy is Bruce Lee's generation so you can imagine what a martial artist he is no matter what type of martial art he does just perfect OUS
BILL HOLDS HIS KICKS IN MID-AIR FANTASTIC BILL
Amazing kick.
Invincible kick, bill Wallace legendary
That Superfoot fella is a stud and funny as hell outside the ring too.
Such beautiful control.
Wallace is amazing..
You dropped this Bill 👑
Been watching videos about him. I have a seminar with him soon.
What a legend
i end up here searching how to stretch for split and highkicks im glad i found this guy
Me too
He's bloody good!
Yeah he should get into kickboxing or something
I met him twice
He was amazing
Bill Wallace was one of the most OBNOXIOUS people I have met!
Legendary Bill superfoot Wallace is one of the best
Loved his quote " The only job I've ever had is kicking people in the head and getting paid for it".
Cool. Thanks for posting. I'm going to share this with my daughter who is a karate practitioner.
Thank you Bill.
The level of control is GOD LIKE!
Just fantastic
Bill "Tender foot" Wallace you mean... JK , I have huge respect for this guy
Train all you want, few mortals can kick that way. Maybe a few exceptional kickers will be able to implement half of the Wallace technique. But think about it -- virtually no one since Wallace has come out and duplicated his ability. Why is that? It's because, as my teacher (who knew Wallace well and was a great kicker himself) once told me, "Wallace is a freak." Most people who train hard can become effective kickers. A few will have the special hip flexibility to kick like a Cung Le. But no one (yet) has achieved anything close to Wallace's ability. That's how it is with athletic freaks. You can't copy Michael Jordan at basketball, nor can you copy Bill Wallace's kicking ability.
That's funny you used that metaphor, because copying Michael Jordan was exactly what Kobe Bryant did, and it brought him a similar level of success.
Yes, but just as few of us have the athletic gifts to copy Kobe, or Jordan, we also don't have the body that can copy Wallace's kicking to the degree that we can kick anywhere near like he kicks.
No, you can't copy but you can emulate and apply the concepts he teaches. The one here is what Roy Kurban called a deceptive load. Anyone can maximize their personal ability - strength, speed, height, accuracy, and timing - and get even more by applying this approach. While this is designed for sparring or fighting with rules, the concepts can also be applied on the street IF you are a good kicker. Key with that is controlling the distance and RECHAMBER quickly. Timing and judgment are key, gotta be able to hit, damage, and retract fast enough to not get grabbed. Wallace was really a simple fighter but when you are a true master of a few effective techniques and can implement them anytime...not pretty to deal with.
I can agree that many of the training techniques Wallace teaches will improve anyone's kicks. Wallace was one of the first proponents of "slow kicks" which absolutely suck to practice, but will improve one's kicking skill. On the other hand, there are videos of Wallace saying "what do you do when you're shoulder to shoulder? Just hook kick opponent in the head" That's the kind of stuff that most people can never do, no matter how much they train and stretch, yet Wallace teaches this as if anyone can do it.
One thing about kicking is that one can be a great kicker but have a totally different style from others. For example: Wallace, Norris, and Joe Lewis. All 3 were great kickers, but each had completely different strategies on how to kick. And today, McGregor, Silva, Crokop, Cung Le....so many great kickers in MMA, yet none of them really have the same approach to kicking. All this imo goes to show that while Wallace was the greatest kickers, one need not think his style was the best for everyone, or even most people who wish to be great kickers.
Wallace's promotion of "slow kicks" is an excellent advice. Practicing slowly and in a controlled manner (while being relaxed, but not collapsing) was a training method used by certain Chinese martial artists in the past. Including kicks. This way one learns proper body control and awareness, while avoiding bad habits - all the while training oneself to be relaxed as much as possible.
But I have to agree with you in that high level kicking (that is actually functional and has speed, accuracy and stopping power) is not for everybody. High level kicking skill ("Tei Fa") in traditional Northern Kung fu circles in considered a special skill that needs to be acquired by the practitioner - rather than a commodity.
One teacher of mine mentioned that the practitioner with true Tei Fa is said to have a nigh-insurmountable advantage over those who don't have Tei Fa. Meanwhile, he also mentioned that kicks of unskilled easily leads to the exponent becoming extremely vulnerable - whether it be in self defense or sport contexts. Most likely the reason why traditional martial arts that focus on high-level kicks have survived to this day, (Northern Kung fu styles, Korean striking arts, Savate, etc.), but aren't as widespread as they could be.
C'est un travail de gymnaste, il y a 40 ans. Aujourd'hui il existe des millions des pratiquants au monde des Arts martiaux font mieux rapides et précis.Bill wallas est un pionnier américain des arts martiaux qui démontrait :1-Mae jodan mawashi géri:
haut coup de pied circulaire de face
2-Ura Mawashi geri jodan:
Intérieur coup de pied circulaire haut.Ce sont des techniques classique aujourd'hui.Au japon c'est tout à fait naturelles.
Superfoot was a black belt in judo before he got into kick boxing...he was awesome!
Superfoot Wallace was my idol back in the day.
I think this is a very valuable technique. However, I do believe a proper guard, with the elbows tight, and the hands high, is the best solution to this problem. Specifically, if you understand how to recognize and respond with the correct guard for a round kick or side kick, you can almost double down, and always guard for the roundhouse or side kick, because the hook kick, of the three, has the least power. Psychologically, if you are prepared to eat the hook kick in order to properly defend the side kick and round kick, you will come out ahead almost every time. Because, the hook kick will almost never knock a man out, and if you look prepared to take the shot when it lands, the judges/fans will not give it much weight. Some may even laugh.
The last thing you want to do, is switch to guard the hook kick and get knocked out by the round kick or sidekick. Always prepare to defend for the round kick or side kick and give a strong response immediately. A hook kick will not likely interrupt a strong counter as it rarely has more power than a strong jab.
I agree with your guard strategy as an excellent default that has the
fewest compromises, it leaves you very open to spin back or spin side
kicks. This is assuming your opponent can execute. Many have been knocked out by a strong jab and a hook kick to the nose or jaw will do the trick, especially if you step into it. Remember, in sparring, if it hurts it conditions you so even if not effective on its own, it's still useful. At the end of the day, your approach makes good sense analyzing but is difficult to apply in the ring. Makes a bit more sense in the street though for several reasons.
A lead leg hook kick can be very strong if done correctly though. It's just that most people don't bother training hook kicks to the extent they practice roundhouse kicks. (which modern sport fighters are obsessed with).
It's all about incorporating the hip into the kick while being in control - just like the lead leg round kick.
Nathan Trudeau If you guard high when he chambers, he kicks low. If you guard low when he chambers a low kick, he does a backfist to the temple.
From what I understand of Bill's style that's the general idea. "Your hands can only guard one place at a time"
Bill was definitely a master with his legs and feet.
Maybe Van Dam is the next most similar kicker to Bill but even today.....wow your the man Bill.
He's incredible
bow to your sensei.... *BOW TO YOUR SENSEI!!!!*
4 técnicas no es karatedo, es técnica simplemente. Karate 🥋👊🏻 mucho más. Bill Walace 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏽🏆🥇. 🍀🫂
Amazing senpai....
I didn't stretch and warm up enough and pulled both my groin and hamstring. Since then my kicks are limited to only a few.
The man is amazing:)
The best Kicker in the world.
I do not fear the man who practices 1000 kicks 1 time. I fear the man who practices 1 kick 1000 times.
Bruce Lee
Fantástico!
Great superfoot i love you
Legendary..
Dax Bradley, who was your instructor?
Bill has some of the best leg(s) ever in the game.
Respect ❤
Bill zieht imer noch fit super.alles gute
When was this filmed?
1987!
Superfoot is the man. I am sorry I never got to watch him in his prime.
he was also a champion judoki before switching to kick boxing from what i remember.
Most likely the best kicker in all history
Why he was kick with left leg only???
"Watch the hips...watch the knee...watch the foot." Cuz that's the one that's gonna WAP ya in the chops!
I hope those students are cherishing that they are being taught by one of the best in martial arts. Oh, and by the way, check out Superfoot's fight with Jackie Chan. Great fight with a lot of laughs.
he's bad ass!
Bill says to look at the foot, cameraman says let’s zoom in
Did he only ever use his left leg?
I can barely hold my balance on one leg while putting pants on... on that note, it's clear to me know it's how much you train, but how much your brains are up to it.
Amazing control ...
Fast Billy 🔥
Yeah man,you are correct.It was during a judo bout that Bill Wallace screwed up his right knee.That's why you'll only ever see him kick with his left leg.
master wallace
now that is control right there
Still is my idol
How young Bruce was
MASTER.
I met Bill Wallace at one of his exhibitions. He was the a narcissitic bully who intimidated and talked down to most people there. We left after 20 minutes.
I read you before saying that or similar,,will you elaborate in detail?
I met him too.
He spoke short and curt at the time ,but it didn't bother me at all,lots of people around .
I never found him narcissistic ,or bullying.
But,I am a man .
Maybe different for females?
You should give the details,or a link to the details,,,,
Badass..
He and Joe Lewis were the best of that first generation of kick boxers.
Dear Lord.
1:34, that hippie sitting on left side should really pay more attencion ;)
He have very good leg balance.
That flexibility and strength to do those kicks that fast is rediculous very few people have the flexibility to do that .. thats impressive but unless u can do that with flexibility its useless for people to attempt it
Good reason....for me it was a bad injury to my right leg.
Supper
真の伝説
Master
still sensational
Love Bill Wallace. And guys please leave that hippy alone. He's actually not what he seems. He's in charge of movie direction, making sure the sound, the lighting, the camera, the dolly boom, make-up lady and guy with the grass.....are all doing their jobs!!! So he IS actually paying close attention. It's a popular misconception that it's easy being a hippy.