Strigoi, who now resides in Paris, said "It's a joke. I don't see why they all pick on me. I mean, come on. Doesn't it strike you as slightly odd that none of these vampires new kung-fu when they were alive, but as soon as they become 'the undead' they're trotting around like Bruce friggin' Lee."
Strigoi feels that Hollywood depictions of vampires are creating a disconnect in the mind of the public about the day to day lives of normal vampires. "I swear, it's all down to the movies. No one used to expect me to know kung-fu, now I'm treated like a leper because I can't use nunchucks. People see Blade, Blade II and Underworld... and Underworld II and think that we're all supposed to be flying around, kicking people in the head and getting up off the floor without using our hands."
Strigoi has narrowed this trait down to post-millennium films. "It wasn't so bad in the mid-nineties.. Interview with a Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracala - no one did kung fu in that shit. Yea, The Lost Boys was a bit out there, but that was a one off."
Mr Strigoi sees no choice but to adopt that universal mantra 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em' by learning a martial art. Strigoi said "Yes mate, I've just signed up to a pilates class at the local gym. It's just a council run place, but it's pretty cheap and it might be a nice place to meet women too. Grrrr."
