Review- Dragon Blade (Jackie Chan) (Mild Spoilers)
I just finished watching Dragon Blade, and I have to say I have really mixed feelings about it. It’s a giant pile of awesome ideas and potential...
The Street Fighter
When I mention the name Street Fighter, most of you probably picture something connected with this… This is pretty natural, since the Street Fighter series of video...
What Jackie Chan can teach us about writing action
Following up my post on what writers can learn from Akira Kurosawa, I’m going to do another blog post on writing- this time based on the nine...
YouTube Martial Arts Theatre- Wheels on Meals
Legend has it that when the head of Golden Harvest productions heard that they were about to release a movie entitled Meals on Wheels, he refused to...
Crocodile Princess Excerpt 2/3- The Lin Family
For these three days, I’ll be posting three chapters as an excerpt from my newly released novel Little Gou and the Crocodile Princess, available now wherever eBooks...
Everybody was Star Wars Fighting! Moves for Jedi Combat.
Comic artist Pere Pérez took it upon himself to design actual combat moves for jedi, and the results are awesome. Below is two of the eight very logical...
Wow, that is just cool! Oldschool Stilt Walkers
Now I have to think of a Martial Art to go along with this! That would be awesome! The practical workaround for this problem started with shepherds,...
CLANG! A Realistic Swordfighting Game Kickstarter Project
Author Neal Stevenson has put his name behind a new kickstarter project to produce Clang, a realistic swordfighting game for the PC. I’ll let him explain the...
American Fencing in the 18th Century
When we think of fencing during the Renaissance we tend to think of France or Italy, which were indeed the centres of the sword arts. But did...
Fencing with five different medieval weapons – YouTube
Wow, some of those moves are very systemized and logical. Quite cool, actually. Fencing with five different medieval weapons – YouTube.