Kung Fu video!

[la_belle_laide]

Kung Fu!

Yes, once again I'm posting a graphic (this time another music video) in hopes that someone will look at it. This one's neat, I promise, lots of Kung Fu and some goofiness. It's 14 MB. Basically what this is is a video for our Lao Shir who is ill. It's a "thank you and can't wait till you're back with us" kind of thing that I really hope will lift her spirits. I've spent a few weeks taping various parts of Kung Fu class to put this together.

I've got another two that I'm working on, for two different songs, but this is the one I finished first so I'm really excited about it. Some of you (if anyone downloads it) might recognize the song from the end of Rumble In The Bronx.

This was loads of fun to make. In it, you get to see the thirty thousand or so of Lao Shir's medals, not to mention some really cool Kung Fu moves particularly by Tristan (he's the cutie doing all the kicks toward the end,) Chris (I've mentioned this boy before; he is amazing,) and Sifu is in there, too, doing a sweep kick towards the end. Oh, I'm in it, too, but only for a second.

And there it is!

Comments

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...Kung Fu looks very...round. It's strange, I'm more used to some of the more direct and angular forms, so the pattern is very different. It looks good though. Between you and various others I'm going to be pushed into practicing again.

By the way, I friended you at one point, because I'm evil. You can take that as a complement, since I'm only evil to good people. You can also blame Loki for revealing your location to me.

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

Hi, and thanks very much for friending and for downloading and commenting on the video.

Kung Fu is kind of circular, I've noticed. And what I love about it is that it's not really very angular and it is usually not very staccatto, either. It's designed so you have to use the least amount of strength, energy and movement for the biggest effect. This is awesome for someone like me, especially, who is very flexible but not strong. Kung Fu relies on momentum. A lot of it is just swinging your arms and legs like a lead ball on a string. Pretty much anyone can use it to great effect.

What martial arts did you do?

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

I did Tang Soo Do, which is a Korean traditional form. A lot of forwards and backwards and ninety degree angles. The difference is probably also due a lot to the concentration on kicking as your primary line of defence and offense. It tends to increase the range, and keep a lot of people a lot farther away. That seems to lend itself to more direct motion because you start from farther away.