January 26, 2012
January 22, 2012
December 16, 2011
December 10, 2011
About to visit Taipei over Christmas…
So I probably won’t get to post many more carts until the new year. Merry Christmas!
December 8, 2011
Political one about about Western Chinese businesspeople in China…
I don’t normally do political cartoons but I couldn’t help this after reading about another business jailed in China…
http://www.smh.com.au/national/i-was-a-sacrifice-says-jailed-businessman-20111206-1oh8t.html
December 4, 2011
Indonesian action film…
I’d heard about an Indonesian martial arts movie exciting the kungfu action world, and I finally found it at the video store. It’s called Merantau and it impressed me with the great cinematography and flashy action scenes…
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1368116/
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/04/undisputed-3-14-blades-and-merantau-win-at-action-fest-2010-chuck-norris-declines-lifetime-acheiveme.php
November 25, 2011
Dim mak and men who stare at goats…
Latest film I’ve seen related to martial arts is ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’. I loved it, though it doesn’t rate great on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234548/ But with George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey you can’t go too far wrong.
But the ‘dim mak’ business was a little over done. I rented the DVD and the journalist who reseached the US soldiers who talked about alternative disciplines concluded it has one meaning: a precise soft ‘death touch’ that can be delayed up to 18 years later. The Yang taichi I was learning does have dim mak, but from what I learned the strikes, like all strikes, were for immediate effect and while they were supposed to be done precisely they weren’t meant to be done softly but with the use of ‘fa jing’.
November 23, 2011
September 4, 2011
Short break for a while to unblock my chi…
I’ve run dry on a little inspiration -my ‘creative chi’ must be blocked or something… I’m toying with the idea of combining my Struggling Muso cartoons with this Munhwa Experience in an ongoing narrative, rather than just isolated gags… not sure yet, I’ll have to consider the logistics and time as well…
