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Joe Eigo (born February 19, 1980) is a Canadian
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Biography

Joe Eigo is the joint creator of "Multi Level Moves",Newey, Guy. (September 24, 2004) '' Evening Mail'' "Flying kicks in the flicks! Brum stuntman hopes to emulate star Jackie". Section: News; Page 3. which is "an experiment to explore the limits of the human body", essentially just a rebranding of what is known as Tricking. He was a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, performed with Chan in the 2004 film ''Around the World in 80 Days,'' and also performed in the 2006 Toronto musical production of '' The Lord of the Rings''. Eigo was the subject of a photo portrait by ''
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'' photographer Peter Power for which the Toronto Star received an award of excellence from the
Missouri School of Journalism The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in all areas of journalism and strategic comm ...
. Eigo's "Matrix - for Real" video has been viewed over 4.5 million times on Metacafe, for which he had made US$25,000 as of January 2007. In the video, Eigo flips from boulders, trees and training mats, performs strings of back flips in the middle of a street, tosses a soccer ball in the air and then kicks it while completing a back flip. Eigo is also an enthusiastic "truth" advocate. He most often makes claims towards the ulterior motives behind Climate engineering also, the use of Spiritual Sciences in conjunction with "powerful energy tools for planetary and personal healing". These claims have yet to be substantiated. Eigo is a spokesman for the multilevel marketing company Morinda Inc., formerly known as
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company, which came under scrutiny for making many false claims about the health benefits of the product, "Noni-Juice".


Filmography

*'' American Pie Presents: Beta House'' (2007) *'' American Pie 5: The Naked Mile'' (2006) (stunts) (USA: informal title), aka ''American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' (Australia: DVD box title) *'' Around the World in 80 Days'' (2004 film) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Joseph Eigo) *'' LazyTown'' (2004) TV Series (stunt double for
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), aka ''Latibær'' (Iceland) *''Christmas Rush'' (2002) (TV) (stunts) (uncredited), aka ''Breakaway'' (USA: video title) *'' Odyssey 5'' (2002) (TV) (stunt double) *'' Witchblade'' (2000) (TV) (stunt double)


References

*Gerson, Jen. (October 31, 2006) ''
Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...
'' "Off the wall flips; T.O. flipmaster's online video puts him in the money 'I get hungry before I get tired,' stuntman says". Section: Life; Page D4.


External links


Joe Eigo Master Energy HealerShamanic Collective WebsiteJoe Eigo Facebook Page
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