Welcome to Veles Stunts' official web pages. We are a group of actors and stunt performers specializing in theater, live shows, mocap, movies, and more!
"Veles - this name is very respectable; it is a Slavic god. Veles is the god of the underworld, wilderness, and magic. We must honor such a god because in our profession, it sometimes concerns life itself."
Our members are not only perfect stunt performers but also skilled actors with extensive experience in theater, street performances, live stunt shows (in Germany and Austria), and films. We are able to entertain small audiences just as well as large ones, and we are also familiar with taking on minor roles in films.
We have experience with sword fighting, stage fighting, falls from heights, fire stunts, and special acrobatic elements.
We are also experienced in ZFX actions—special effects that emphasize human movements in extreme situations using strings and suspension systems. These effects are also known as rigging. We have the equipment and expertise for this challenging aspect of stunt work.
We work with children to educate the next generation of actors and stunt performers.
We manage workshops for stunt performers.
We have extensive experience with motion capture for digitizing movements for PC games and films.
We present to you one of our latest productions: an astounding performance of acting and stunts set in post-apocalyptic Japan!
The epic tale of Shiro and the demons will draw you into a world filled with action-packed scenes and breathtaking battles.
Don’t miss this unique spectacle that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.
This performance has already been successfully showcased at Animefest and Advík. It will be featured at Japonské dny v Ostravě on October 18th at 6:00 PM.
More of our work:
An actor-stunt company whose members have performed and continue to perform at the biggest events of their kind in Europe, with an overlap to Japan, where they made a samurai video with their master that has over 5.5 million views.
Among the biggest events in Europe where Veles members have performed: the Kaltenberg Ritterturnier (arena for 15,000 spectators), Heroldsbach erlebnisse park (show for 3,000 spectators), Burg Sommeregg (for 4,000 spectators), Mittelalterlich phantasie Spectaculum (the largest touring event throughout Germany), Ulm (for 1,000 spectators), Wallenstein – Memmingen 1630 -historische Festspiele (for 2,000 spectators), Junktown, Cybertown and many more.
In the last year, the largest events in Central Europe dedicated to Japanese culture have been added: Animefest Brno, Advík (Adweek) Prague and Japanese Days in Ostrava.
Veles focuses on composed live performances, but has extensive experience in film (e.g. The Knight’s Tale, A Voice for the King of Rome), TV series (e.g. Cyril and Methodius), documentaries (e.g. Joan of Arc), fairy tales (e.g. Long Live the Knights), music videos (e.g. Nightwish – Sleeping Sun – 2nd version) and computer games (e.g. Arma, DayZ, Kingdom Come.)
We use synchronization of music, lighting, acting, effects, video projections and action in his theatrical shows. The action elements are mainly fencing, falling, flying through the air, fire effects (setting people on fire), various collisions (e.g. with horses), swordplay and stilt fighting in armour, and many more.
Leader and director is Herbert Heissler.
To be the best in fencing, we are also involved in traditional sport fencing at the performance level. Specifically, we focus on competitive sabre. However, we also work with other sporting weapons.
Our sports club has partial results, even after the first year of operation. Currently we have four second places in the Czech fencing ranking, at the last Czech championship we won a total of one silver, two bronze and three bronze medals in individuals and in teams.
We have also had success on the international scene, where our fencers are among the best Czech fencers and one of our fencers placed 20th in the U14 „European Championships“.
We are a bit of an unconventional sports club, because we use, among other things, techniques long forgotten. We also draw on the techniques of the old masters and try to apply them effectively in matches.
The head coach of the club is Herbert Heissler.
In the autumn of 2017, Herbert Heissler volunteers at the Japan Week event at the convention center and meets Mr. Tetsuro Shimaguchi in person. Tetsuro Shimaguchi is a Japanese actor, dancer and above all choreographer of fight scenes in film and theatre. He is best known for his work with Quentin Tarantino on Kill Bill, where he choreographed incredible fights, perhaps most famously and best reviewed is the fight between Lucy Liu and Uma Turman, and also portrayed the main villain of the Japanese mafia Crazy 88, Miki. Herbert Heissler doesn’t hesitate to approach Mr. Shimaguchi and in the ensuing interview he describes what we are doing and that we would like to expand our scope to Japan. The word was given and the following year Mr. Shimaguchi and his students come here to Tuhana, where the first workshop took place in May. Since this year we have been practicing the Kengido style in Tuhani and the master comes to us regularly every year!
Our master is also the leader of his theatre company KAMUI. Together we then made several videos, the aforementioned in Japan to promote Fukushima Prefecture, which reached 5.5 million views. Another was an experimental video about how it might turn out if a samurai met a Portuguese swordsman.
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We currently have a very successful Shiro and the Demons performance in our repertoire, which has been performed at the largest events of its kind in Central Europe.
The leader and head coach of the Czech Kengido section is Radim Leb.
Selected References
- Animefest Brno : 2023, 2024
- Advík Prague 2024
- Japonské dny Ostrava 2024
- Wallenstein - Memmingen 1630, Historical Festival: 2022
- St. Wenceslaus Festival Prague: 2000, 2022, 2023
- Kaltenberg Ritterturnier: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012
- Mittelalterlich Spectaculum: 2004-2008, 2017-2024
- Cyril and Methodius Live Show, Mikulčice: 2013
- Heroldsbach Erlebnispark: 2014-2016, 2019, 2022
- Haraldos Show: 2016 (Dieburg, Horb, Aub)
- Burg Sommeregg: 2016, 2019
- Prague Castle Knight Show: 2015, 2016
- Kißlegg: 2017
- Ulm: 2018, 2019 (with Horse Stunt Team Arturius)
- Junktown: 2018, 2022
- Cybertown: 2023
- Wesenberg: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Burg Cochem: 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 (with Fictum Fechtgruppe)
- Hirschhorn: 2018 (with Fictum Fechtgruppe)
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