Category Archives: Martial Arts

You say Karate, I say Kung fu

The Karate Kid opens June 11, featuring an American boy who travels to China because of his mother’s new job. Although not a remake of the original, it does borrow elements from its predecessor in addition to the title. Despite the film’s name, the main character, Dre, ends up learning Wushu and not Karate. The [...]

3D Kung Fu Stances

For one of my personal projects, I’ve been planning to create a series of 3D renderings of various martial arts stances and techniques. One of the goals of this is to help me brush up on some 3D layout tools that I haven’t been using for awhile. Another goal is to help document various martial [...]

Martial Arts Background

I originally posted about my martial arts background in a previous blog version, but it’s about time that I made some updates. My study of martial arts has jumped around through the years and many of the levels or belts I’ve obtained might not amount to much. This is both due to my differing levels [...]