Left to right:
Guro Richard Alaniz, the late Sifu Pete Jacobs, Sifu Steve Golden, and the late Sifu Bob Bremer. All three were students of Guro Dan Inosanto and early China Town students of the late Bruce Lee in the art of Jeet Kune Do (JKD) of which Richard is a second generation student/practitioner in JKD.
Richard Alaniz is a retired Hollywood stuntman who relocated to Las Cruces, NM in 2006. He performed stunt work on various productions in Los Angeles, choreographed large battle and fight scenes (View "Two for Texas" staring Kris Kristofferson, where Richard helped choreographed the 500 man battle scene along with playing ten various characters as a stuntman. He is a horse expert, a highly trained martial artist and weapons expert. His idea was to develop his ranch for film to offer productions a venue for Old West period and modern ranch type settings for film productions.
Comanche Creek Mustangs
Jake Spoon de Mescal - Mescal Spanish Barb Stallion
Spanish Barb & Apache Mustang Horses
Comanche Creek Mustang Ranch Film Ranch
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Organ Mountains National Monument
Horse breeding - NOW STANDING at Comanche Creek Mustang Ranch
Jake Spoon de Mescal - is a 2011 Mescal Spanish Barb Mustang Stallion, he is available for stud service at Comanche Creek Ranch or semen shipping to your location. He is 14.2 hands, Dark Bay in color, full long wavy mane and tail, is stocky in structure with short back and "A" frame typical of the original Spanish Horse. Jake has a calm disposition and will produce beautiful foals. Mustangs have been proven by the "Mustang Makeover" competition's to be easily trainable for various disciplines of choice.
Contact us for further information by email at balikinstitute.com or by phone (575) 636-7238 Richard Alaniz owner
We work in tandem with Film Las Cruces in helping productions reach their goals.
Old West vintage and modern ranch wardrobe using authentic mustangs horses.
Re-enactors with wardrobe & gun rigs
Richard Alaniz - Coordinator
(575) 636 - 7238
2020
Our film Old West re-enactors are well trained professional background extras with their own 1800's period wardrobe. Below left photo is on the set of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman where Richard is performing a high fall bulldog. He worked on Dr. Quinn TV series for five seasons.
Photo by Peter Goodman
Film Ranch - Livestock & Old West Re-enactors
Stage Coach - Period Wagons - Horse & Mule teams
Many Inosanto Kali Academy graduates are notable stuntmen and stunt coordinators in the movie industry demonstrating various fighting techniques using JKD and Kali to enhance fight scenes for film. The fight/stunt coordinators on the 300 production and the John Wick series are Inosanto Academy graduates.
Comanche Creek Mustang Ranch offers film productions onsite shoot locations with beautiful Oran Mountain views and awesome New Mexico sunsets. We offer all types of ranch livestock onsite to include authentic Mustangs as well as rattle snakes for Old West period and modern ranch type productions. Comanche Creek Re-enactors are professional background actors who own their own Old West period wardrobe: Old West towns people, Cowboys/Buckaroos, Mexican Bandits/Vaqueros, Apache Warriors, and modern Cowboys & Cowgirls. Tipi rentals, period stage coach and wagons, as well as gun rigs. Richard is a retired Hollywood stuntman who is also a professional Battle & fight choreographer.
MARTIAL ARTS: Punong Guro Richard Alaniz is a highly trained martial artist and is the principal master of Blaik Kali Silat. He trained under Guro Dan Inosanto at the Inosanto Kali Academy in Marina del Rey, California from 1989 to 1998, and before that time he trained nine years with former Bruce Lee students Sifu Bob Bremer and Sifu Pete Jacobs. Richard is highly skillful with knives and swords, and has black belt degrees in various styles of martial arts which includes empty hands and exotic weapons arts. His horseman skills were vital to Richard breaking in to the movie industry and later advanced to a stuntman on many period westerns and modern productions such as Crazy Horse, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Two for Texas, Holes, Scorpion King, Murder She Wrote, Charlie Grace, Sioux City, On Deadly Ground, The Witness, Deadly Ransom, and various other productions. His quest is to introduce to the public via film productions the deadly and exotic art of Hari Mau Silat, an Indonesian and martial art taught to him by the late Pedekar Herman Suwanda, and Kali Silat a Filipino martial art taught to Richard by Guro Dan Inosanto. Please visit www.balikinstitute.com for further information on his training in the martial arts. Mr. Alaniz also received a 5th Dan in Doblete Rapilon Arnis under the late Grandmaster Jose Mena of the Philippines.
Attention:
Horse riding & stage combat clinics for actors & actresses
Next clinic to be announced soon
Available for Film Productions
Old West & Modern Film Productions
- Livestock for film
- Beautiful shoot locations
- Old West Re-enactors - period wardrobe
- Fight & Battle Choreography