I’ve been writing a lot about Striking from the point of view of application as an animator. But I want to back up in the process a little and examine […]
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Let the Technique be your Teacher
In the United States, it seems we’ve developed a lazy, backwards way of thinking about education. We go to a teacher and expect them to bestow knowledge upon us. We […]
Striking Fundamentals part 3
In Part 2, I showed the little diagrams I’ve been using to clarify in my own mind the components of striking, and I wrote a bit about relationship between the […]
Striking Fundamentals part 2
In part 1, I talked about the difference between training martial arts yourself and depicting martial arts in animation. I want to get into breaking down striking techniques into their […]
A Process Driven Life
When I was studying at the University of Michigan School of Music, I came to a realization about how I spent my time. As a musician, you spend countless hours […]