Here's the inspiration for this shot.
Watch the video and the shot will make more sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISek2kkSWEU

I put up a single black sheet as a backdrop and used one Sunpak 383 fired into a white umbrella
at camera left. I had Ian jump off a 18" stool onto a playmat about a dozen times. The look on
his face tells the story. He had a blast, but played the part of an overworked model.

I should have mentioned before that he's holding a wooden sword in his right hand.

I'm just a pathetic hack compared to Chase Jarvis's work, but hey, a guy's gotta start somewhere.

EDIT: I cloned out the sword. There wasn't enough of it visable to be able to tell what it was.