Photographs of Keanu Reeves during a weapons training session for 47 Ronin were posted on November 11, 2011. Keanu appears to be taking his instructions from someone off camera. It is not clear who the onlooker is. For those who missed it, 47 Ronin has a FB page.
Update: These photos are dated November 11, 2011 and first indications were they were taken on the Shepperton Studio back lot. With the exception of the trip to Poland and Marrakech in November and December of 2010, Keanu was state side. The first indication we had that he was actively training for 47 Ronin came with these first photos of him in December of 2010. Keanu turned up in England in January of 2011 for pre-production work with the 47 Ronin shoot officially starting on February 28, 2011. The shoot finished towards the end of July 2011 and Keanu was back in the states at the beginning of August. There is no question that these are legitimate photos of a weapons training session but there is no way they would have been taken in November 2011. It is not clear when they were taken or where they were taken. The best you can say is they were posted on November 11, 2011. Apologies for not catching this right away.
You have to wonder if this 47 Ronin FB page is another fan special. I’d like to think if it were an official page by Universal, they would do a better job of documentation.
Note: Page forced down by Universal. Photos are in the gallery.