Rob Baard

March 2, 2015

PopGeeks Interviews Rob Baard, Director and Star of ‘The Ninja: Immovable Heart’

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The Ninja : Immovable Heart stars action movie legend Danny Glover, but he leaves the dangerous stuff to Australian martial-artist Rob Baard, who handles it quite nicely as you can see. Baard also directed the film, which is coming to DVD and digital Tuesday, March 3 from Uncork’d Entertainment. We recently chatted with Baard to find out more about the film and the filmmakers’ plans to make it a major franchise including comics, clothing and TV. Thank you for agreeing to the interview, Mr. Baard. To start off, fill me in on your martial arts and film-making background. Martial arts Bujinkan licensed Shidoshi ho (Ninjutsu arts) 4th degree black belt. (current) 12 yrs old Kyokushin Karate 12 yrs old Taekwondo Seido Karate (high school) Kukshin Ninjutsu 13 yrs old – 25 years old I also consider the healing arts and mind studies a part of martial arts of which I’ve done Reiki, energy work, complete mind therapy, NLP and much more. Over all 22+ years of martial arts training. Film

February 2, 2015

Danny Glover Takes it Easy in The Ninja: Immovable Heart Trailer

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Danny Glover is 68 years old. He’s been complaining about being too old for this crap since Lethal Weapon came out more than a quarter century ago. So it makes sense that in the trailer for his latest action flick he appears to do nothing more strenuous than sit in a chair and talk on the phone. In The Ninja : Immovable Heart, Glover leaves all of the dangerous stuff to martial-artist Rob Baard, who handles it quite nicely as you can see. Baard also directed the film, which is coming to DVD and digital March 3 from Uncork’d Entertainment. Here’s how the plot of the movie is explained in a press release from the filmmakers: Reeve is a member of an elite covert group thought not to exist anymore, he is captured, beaten and brutally tortured, by the very Governments he used to work for. With the help of his old mentor John Carpenter, Reeve must strip away, and rid himself of the emerging demons of his past, so