Chris’s note: This is the most impressively incoherent spam posting this site has yet to receive. I’m not taking it down. I like it too much.

Another thing – unless this is an internet hoax, apparently the pic of Spidey punching through Sandman was done with as much practical photography (using the camera to take a picture of a special effect, rather than adding it to the film later) as possible. That’s the way a lot more movies should be made. Apparently Sam Raimi learned well the lesson that George Lucas taught us; too many special effects will utterly ruin a special effects based movie. So instead, they got a real martial artist to throw the punch, and he did it with a fist he didn’t even have.

This guy’s name is Baxter Humby, also known as “The One-Armed Bandit,” and he’s a professional badass. He’s the current International Muay Thai Council (IMTC) World Super Welterweight Champion. Humby holds a number of different title belts including IMTC World Middleweight Champion, IKKC USA Kickboxing Champion, and IKBA international Kickboxing Champion. And he did it all with no right hand. Watch as he owns this guy:

Dude is so dangerous they make him wear a glove on his stump.

Humby was born without much of his right arm, and didn’t even start studying martial arts until he was 17. Didn’t seem to hinder him too much; he ran the Canadian National Team in Barcelona in 1992 and in Berlin in 1994. He won the Canadian Super Welterweight Kickboxing Championship in 1996. His current record is 53 wins, 10 losses, and 1 draw/called fight. And he also has black belts in Taekwondo and Sik Tai (here in the US, Sik Tai is what we usually think of when we think of Thai kickboxing).

For Spider-Man 3, they wanted a guy who could throw a professional looking gut punch into Thomas Haden Church without actually killing him, which, in retrospect, was kindly and considerate. So they suited Humby up and added in the sand, the fist, and the Spidey eyes digitally. The result is pretty sweet looking.

baxterhumby.com