He's practicing, clearly: subversion, derring-do, and so on. Nobody would think to fear the funnels!

I may have watched theanonsisters' beguiling yet hilarious Festivids entry (http://community.livejournal.com/brokencaps/18535.html) a few times too many and, needing respite from school, sought out the source.

I'm nearly certain it's unbearably silly and not about what the vid suggests at all, but if there are lots of knife-wielding women with superpowers fighting balletically at least once per episode, it may be worth it.