Friday, May 31, 2013
Art Supply Shopping in Korea
My wife and her obsession with art.. ah, I love it!
Today my lovely wife and I went art supply shopping for her. I realized after I watched this video that I didn't really capture her shopping for art supplies very well. That'll have to wait for a future video. I was just playing around with video today.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Background of Kyokushin Karate training in Korea
Although Taekwondo is by far the most popular martial arts sport in Korea, Kyokushin Karate can easily be found here as well.
Background into how I filmed this project:
I taught Mo and Bader (the subjects training for the tournament in part 4) in an English class at Kyung Hee University in the fall of 2008. They had just began studying as international students there, and it was my first semester on the job as well. Because they stuck out in a class mostly dominated by Korea students, I got to know them and we became friends after the semester has finished.
Nearly 3 years later I finished this short movie.
In this part 3 I interview their Park Sang Hyun, their Kyokushin trainer. We explained a little bit about the history of Kyokushin and who founded it. This part also contains some great slow motion shots of Mo and Bader training while Mr. Park dissects their style of Kyokushin fighting.
This part 3 is a must see for anyone interested in, or training for a Kyokushin tournament.
Background into how I filmed this project:
I taught Mo and Bader (the subjects training for the tournament in part 4) in an English class at Kyung Hee University in the fall of 2008. They had just began studying as international students there, and it was my first semester on the job as well. Because they stuck out in a class mostly dominated by Korea students, I got to know them and we became friends after the semester has finished.
Nearly 3 years later I finished this short movie.
In this part 3 I interview their Park Sang Hyun, their Kyokushin trainer. We explained a little bit about the history of Kyokushin and who founded it. This part also contains some great slow motion shots of Mo and Bader training while Mr. Park dissects their style of Kyokushin fighting.
This part 3 is a must see for anyone interested in, or training for a Kyokushin tournament.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Kyokushin Karate in Korea
In this part Mo (Mohammad) is introduced, a Kyokushin fighter from Qatar. At the time he was in Korea studying Nuclear Engineering at Kyung Hee university. He discusses his reasons for fighting in tournaments and how he got into Kyokushin karate. Bader is his friend, fellow classmate, and Kyokushin partner in crime. Bader has a sick tattoo of a tiger on his back.
Part 2 of the epic 4 part series on Kyokushin Karate in Korea.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Kyokushin Karate Documentary Movie
Taekwondo rules martial arts in Korea, and that's almost the end of the story. Bits of other martial arts do pop up here and there, and although rare, can be found if one searches hard enough.
I wasn't searching when I stumbled upon it myself. (Now) former students of mine, Mo and Bader came noticeably all banged up to class one day. They were eager to share their hobby and the world of Kyokushin Karate in Korea opened up to me. This happened before I had even begun making movies.
In part 1, I stop by Mo's house to meet him and Bader. I ask them why they love Kyokushin karate and Korea so much. And I travel to Seoul with them to observe a Kyokushin training session.
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