Buddha Express
We will begin filming a new documentary in India in late February, titled Buddha Express. It is a pilgrimage style journey across India into Nepal that traces the important destinations and life-changing events of the Buddha.
Ip Ching on Ip Man
Summer Release for Wing Chun Documentary We have just released a short video of Ip Ching, son of Ip Man, talking about the early years of Wing Chun in Hong Kong and the formation of the Ving Tsun Athletic Association. Watch video here on our Youtube Channel. This interview with Ip Ching took place in [...]
A Boy In China Theater Screening
There will be a premier movie screening in Phoenix, Arizona on January 13th and January 14th of our new film release A Boy in China. This will be a small test premier and attended in person by Andre our ‘Boy in China’ and his family. Click above to go to our Facebook page for the [...]
Meiji Jingu Enbu… Martial Arts at the Meiji Shrine
The Meiji Jingu Enbu is a once a year event of traditional Japanese Martial arts (Koryu) demonstrations which take place adjacent to the Meiji shrine on November 3rd. This is also a holiday to celebrate Japanese culture and an important day in which to visit the shrine usually dressed in the best quality kimono (and expensive!). [...]
Meiji Jingu Budo Event 2011
November 3rd in Japan is culture day – a national holiday that almost every foreign tourist misses… and this includes a few Japanese! It is actually a nice time to be in Tokyo… the weather is very mild, in fact this years it is warm and sunny. After the awful events earlier this year with [...]
Sports Illustrated Finalist…for A Boy in China
Our young boy Andre, the subject of our new film A Boy in China has just been chosen as a finalist in the Sports Illustrated Kid of the year! Congratulations Andre. He is in the top three which is an incredible achievement and so our hopes are with him when the finalist will be announced. [...]
Filming on Location… Wing Chun
The really good news is that we are heading to the other pearl of the orient – Hong Kong to begin filming our documentary on Wing Chun (Ving Tsun). Filming on location begins at the end of September. The tentative title of this movie is The Way of Wing Chun … a title Bruce Lee [...]
Why Make Documentary Films?
This is a different topic for me but one that I want to write in view of a few things happening in my chosen profession. My entire career has been devoted to photography and media in one way or another, first at art school when I studied architecture in England up until opening a photography [...]
The Yoga Gurus Magazine Review
The Magazine, Art of Healing in Australia just published a review of our movie, The Yoga Gurus. The review is reproduced below: If you had the chance to meet some of the world’s most enlightened yoga masters, what would you ask them? What would you wish to know? In Yoga Gurus you will have some of your questions and [...]
Coming Soon….High Definition Releases
We are soon releasing High Def versions of our movies. These will be available for online streaming and buy to download – glorious HD for you to keep and transfer to any device you want – iPad, Television, Laptop…anywhere. We have been waiting for better broadband access and also a good way to stream the [...]
A BOY IN CHINA
Current Movie Production Update… A Boy in China. We have started post production and editing for our latest film, titled “A Boy in China”. Filmed in multiple locations from at the Shaolin Temple, Wudang Mountain, San Diego and Phoenix – yes, quite a contrast. The story begins in Phoenix, Arizona, when a very hyperactive boy [...]
FREE SHIPPING…Summer Offer!!
Welcome to our summer offer – for the first time we are offering FREE SHIPPING & HANDLING through the month of June … it’s going to be a very hot summer!! Free shipping and handling applies to the United States and Canada. For international shipping we are offering a flat rate of just $3.00! Well [...]
Filming on Location…
We are filming at the Great Wall in China as part of our new film release about Andre, our young American boy who is following in Jet Li’s footsteps. We journeyed to Jinshanling section of the Great Wall and then walked – or hiked, to a quiet spot where few tourists manage to get to. [...]
Home of the Beijing Wushu Team
Before there was the now famous Beijing Wushu Team there was the Wushu class of Beijing Shichahai Sports School. It is here that most of worlds top Wushu performers are trained – the original and most well known coach was Wu Bin. On the opposite end, the most famous and well known student was Li [...]
4,985,302 ….!
As I sit waiting for a flight to Beijing from Chicago, I decided to visit our Youtube page for one last time, as they (youtube) are blocked in China. One amazing fact caught my eye… we are approaching five million total views – 4,985,302 to be exact. So thank you to all our Youtube visitors [...]
On Location…Beijing Shichahai Sports Academy
We are on our way to film on location at the Beijing Shichahai Sports School – home to the legendary Beijing Wushu Academy. This is also one of the main centers for training young sports talents and Olympic athletes. It is where most of the Asian and World Wushu champions are trained including Li Lianjie, [...]
Our Friends in Japan
So today we started to hear back from some friends in Japan, one of them e-mailed this video clip to me – it’s incredible, please click above to play. Most of my friends in Japan have a story to tell, some big and some small. One friend in Tokyo said he was scanned for radiation [...]
A Tragedy in Japan Today
As you all know a tragedy struck Japan today. No one is sure exactly how badly. I just received three emails from there – even Tokyo was shaken very badly! I was planning to be there in early April – just two weeks away – in fact I was going to Sendai, which is the [...]
On Location… Shaolin
We have been shooting on location at the Shaolin Temple on a new film we hope to release at the end of this year. It is centered around a young eight year old American boy, Andre, who aspires to walk in the foot steps of jet Li. In fact this month of March 2011 he [...]
New Website Soon … New Movie
It does’nt seem that anything new has been happening for a while, but we have been very very busy. Our new movie The Japanese Sword is in post production and going very well. While it’s tough to forecast a release date, I would guess around end of Summer (the official date). We are also planning [...]
Talking With Buddha
We are very pleased to announce our new release next week of Talking With Buddha. We are very proud of this film. We originally intended to document the current state of Tibetan Buddhism under the guideship of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in India, referred to as Tibet in exile. However, the interviews are so [...]
Zen in the Art of Archery … The Movie!
After six months of negotiations, Empty Mind Films has now signed a deal with Random House Publishing for the movie rights to the classic book, Zen in the Art of Archery (by Eugen Herrigel). We are overjoyed at grabbing such a prize – one of the most popular texts on Japanese culture ever written. Yes, [...]
Japan 2009 Kendo Championships
While on Location filming, we stopped by the Japan Kendo Championships on November 3rd at the Budokan in Tokyo. The Kendo Federation allows me to film down on the floor of the arena which is always the most exciting place to be – just feet away from the action. This year the winner was Uchimura Ryoichi, [...]
