Member Profile:

Name: Flynn
Character: Talek Species: Yautja (Predator)
Orientation: Jedi Member since: 10/01/05 (Founder)
Weapons: Double Lightsabers, Samurai Sword, Bo Staff, Escrima Rattan
Specialties: Lightsaber, Samurai Tate, audio engineering, dance, fight choreography and production, costume design.
Occupation: Home Theater and Res. Systems Integration. Real Estate.
Website: www.thrillsandskills.com/flynn, mypsace.com/pushpaka

Why am I a member:
I have been studying martial arts and swordplay since first seeing Star Wars and Highlander when I was a kid. The whole concept of a Jedi and Samurai made sense to me. I've also studied eastern philosophy for over a decade, along with computer graphics and systems programming. The technology now available to us is simply overwhelming, and I think that we are now at a time when people can not be afraid to use technology as a tool to improve and express themselves, while having fun at the same time.

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Member Profile:

Name: Marc L Abbott
Character: Udo Kier Species: Human
Orientation: Rogue Jedi Member since, 11/01/05
Weapons: Lightsaber, Blue
Specialties: Writer (short stories, novels, screen and stage plays), Director
Occupation: Network Support for Department of Education

Why am I a member:
I have always wanted to fight with a lightsaber since I saw Star Wars when I was a kid. I also like being a part of something new and exciting. Something that gets the creative juices flowing and allows me to expand my horizons. Plus it just seemed like great fun.

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Member Profile:

Name: Godiva D'Mer
Character: Mara Jade Species: Human
Orientation: Jedi Member since, 10/01/05
Weapons: Recurve bow & arrow, thrown weapons, black magic and lightsabers
Specialties: Telling people what to do with their money & telling them where to go.
Occupation: Costuming, interior design, finance.

Why am I a member:
It's all Flynn's fault.

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Member Profile:

Name: Mike Zhang
Character: Darth Ravage Species: Human
Orientation: Sith Member since, 10/01/05
Weapons: Lightsaber
Specialties: Stage and fight choreography, Martial Arts.
Occupation: (?)
Website:

Why am I a member:
When I was a kid, there was never anything this cool! It's great to finally be able to have these things to play with.

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Member Profile:

Name: TJ Glenn
Character: Master Teel Species: Human
Orientation: Sith Lord Member since, 11/05
Weapons: Lightsaber, Samurai Sword, Rapier, Broadsword, Bo Staff, Powerstix, Bullwhip.
Specialties: Weapons, Stage Combat
Occupation: Fight Choreographer, Novelist
Website: http://tjglenn.8m.com/

Why am I a member: "Need you ask?! This is fun!"

A veteran of over 40 Renaissance Fairs, 80 stage shows, 43 films
and over 100 episodic TV shows. He also created and is featured in two new instructional videos on the Art, History and Science of the Sword! Also to his credit are several screenplays, 6 novels, and 2 non-fiction books.

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Member Profile:

Name: Rich Bosco
Character: Master Nova Species: Human
Orientation: Jedi Member since, 11/2005
Weapons: Lightsaber
Specialties: Costume Design and Building lightsabers
Occupation: Security Officer
Website: www.myspace.com/master_nova

Why am I a member: "I've been a Rogue Jedi too long and the NY Jedi is where it's at."

Master Nova
- "Life is a circle, Just the scenery changes."

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Member Profile:

Name: Glenn Devecchis
Character: Jin Ke / Darth Erebus Species: Furion
Orientation: Dark Jedi/Bounty Hunter Member since, 2/06
Weapons: Green & Red Light saber, Chinese Sword
Specialties: Martial Arts
Occupation: Computer Tech.
Website: myspace.com/badluck4good

Why am I a member: Star Wars, Lightsabers, and Martial Arts should have a place in every man's world!"

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Member Profile:

Name: Richard A Zak
Character: Zak-Ri Decoo Species: Human
Orientation: Equilibrium Jedi Member since, 2/06
Weapons: Equilibrium Of The Force, Green Lightsaber, Samurai Sword
Specialties: Comic Artist, Comic Info, Lightsaber builder/design, costume design
Occupation: Freelance Artist
Website: http://www.myspace.com/richardazak
http://darkfirecomics.tripod.com/darkfirecomic/

Why am I a member: Been doin this since I was 9, having lightsaber fights with freinds for years now, I love it. I even made and designed my own saber. What can I say Iam a comic geek!"

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Member Profile:

Name: Kat Star
Character: Kei'Lora Species: Human / Chandrillan
Orientation: Rogue Jedi Knight Member since, 04/01/06
Weapons: Lightsaber, Pen
Specialties: Writer, Storyteller
Occupation: Student

Why am I a member: "Because lightsabers are totally WIZARD, and this padawan has found her temple."

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Member Profile:

Name: David Uscinski
Character: D.Scin Species: Human / Zabrak
Orientation: Dark Lord Member since, 04/06
Weapons: Darkside / Double Bladed Lightsaber
Specialties: Film Maker
Occupation: Freelance Artist

Why am I a member: "The Darkside of the force is a pathway to many abilities, some consider to be unnatural."

"You want more, don't you...."

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Member Profile:

Name: T Hannigan
Character: Darth Dra'Kazz Species: Feralin
Orientation: Sith Member since, 04/06
Weapons: Double-Bladed / Dual / Single Lightsabers, Red
Specialties: 3D Animation, Martial Arts
Occupation: Graphic Designer, Exterior Displays Technologist

Why am I a member: "Growing up seeing all the movies, having the entire collection of figures (and losing them 1 by 1), I have ALWAYS wanted to face down Vader, then learn all the Emperor had to teach as his "new apprentice". I live my life as a blending of Jedi and Sith ways, for the balance must be maintained."

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Member Profile:

Name: Omar Holmes
Character: Tier Species: Human
Orientation: Dark Lord Member since, 05/06
Weapons: Double Lightsaber
Specialties: Actor, Martial Arts & Lightsaber choreography
Occupation: : Computer Technician

Why am I a member: "I've always had a flare and passion for the performing arts." He started in grade school dancing at the age of 10. He went on to develop Martial Arts abilities after watching kung-fu movies every Saturday afternoon with his Uncle and went on even further to gain a 1st degree Black Belt in Karate and a 3rd degree in Kung Fu. He’s competed in various competitions up and down the east coast placing in at least 50 events. He’s work on acting projects in independents such as Empty Hands, the Dimensia Minds Trilogy, FillBilly and Demon Shells. After being gone for nearly a year from the Big Apple, Omar finds himself back in the fold of independent film making. He now focuses on film, either as an Actor or as a Fight/Stunt Choreographer while working his day job as a full time Computer Tech."

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Member Profile:

Name: Paul Sposato
Character: Jinduri Species: Wraith
Orientation: Sith Lord Member since, 07/06
Weapons: Double and Single Lightsabers
Specialties: Actor, Toy Specialist (currently for FAO Schwartz)
Occupation: : Computer Technician

Why am I a member: (coming soon...)

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Name: Damon Honeycutt
Character: General Sun Yudiminour Species: Human
Orientation: Jedi Watchman Member since, 9/06
Weapons: Lightsaber, cortosis shuriken,
Specialties: Weapons, Stage Combat, hand to hand (Echani)
Occupation: Monkey Kung Fu and Taoist Yoga Teacher, Fight Choreographer and Composer.
Website: www.templeofthemonkey.org

Why am I a member: To help people gain skill, awareness and technique through the vehicle that is NYJEDI.

Who is he?: Damon is a grassroot martial artist and yogi, and founder of Temple of The Monkey. I look for new experiences to awaken the self. Most the time I spend it training, teaching or refining my craft. He holds an MA in Conscious Evolution and Integral Studies from The Graduate Institute under the direction of Professor Allan Combs, and a BFA from California Institute of the arts in music composition and cross cultural dance studies.

Name: Scott Ferrara
Character: Species: Human
Orientation: Drunken Jedi Poet - Member since, 9/06
Weapons: Lightsaber,
Specialties: Escrima, Kali, Arnis, Western Sword
Occupation: Stuntman, Playwright, Martial Arts Instructor, Archivist, Bodyguard, Bouncer

Why am I a member: To make heroes.

Who is he: A martial artist and classically trained actor, playwright of such plays as "Cyrano's Second Chance," Love and Monsters and Neelam Ampersand.

"Live Love FIght and be Free, The sword is the Quill of Our Destiny"

Name: Jester Mermelstein
Character: Tarynn Fireside
Species: Human (with a spice of Predator)
Orientation: Jedi
Member since: 1/07
Weapons: Light Saber, Fists, the Force.
Specialties: Director, SFX Make-up, Writer
Occupation: Film Maker, Production Assistant

Why I am a member:
NYJedi is a warm, welcoming group of a special caliber of people that are rare and wonderful. They create brotherhood and friendship, and are out not to best each other, but to better each other. Being a part of this group means so much more than a great workout; it means learning a skill, learning defence, creating a bond, and through knowing others, knowing myself.

Name: Irshad Mustafa
Character: Darth Shaddious Species: Trexxian (Vampiric race)
Orientation: Sith Member since, 6/06
Weapons: Lightsaber (single, two-handed, saber staff)
Specialties: Lightsabers, Writing, Saber FX in Photoshop, Star Trek
Occupation: I work for the MAN

Why am I a member: Because when all the lightsabers are dark and silent, the New York Jedi are some of the coolest people that I’ve ever known.

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