Kendo Taikai in Kyoto…
We are currently filming in Japan at the annual Kendo Taikai in Kyoto. Today May 2nd is the first day and comprises mostly of Iai (sword) and some Jodo (stick) and Kenjutsu etc. The third and fourth days will be some very good Kendo including the Hachidan (8th) grading, perhaps the most difficult grading in [...]
Japan Butoku Sai in Kyoto
We are at the Kyoto Budo Center – and the Butokuden training hall of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai. It is the 50th Japan Butoku Sai and 4th World Butoku Sai International. What this all means is its a meeting of traditional budo arts from karate and aikido to iaido and kenjutsu… and many more. Countries beside Japan [...]
It’s Not Just Mud ….
Nearly a year after the tsunami in Japan, there are many aid groups operating in and around Ishinomaki, none more interesting than It’s Not Just Mud
Chen Village Review by Internal Fighting Arts
A review from internalfightingarts.com. The author, Ken Gullette has almost forty years experience in the martial arts. The new documentary by Jon Braeley, Chen Village, is a beautiful and fascinating journey inside the birthplace of Tai Chi. I bought the DVD and eagerly watched it a few nights ago when it arrived. Shot in high definition, [...]
Wing Chun Trailer on Youtube
This is an exploration of the Wing Chun martial art schools from Foshan to Hong Kong, featuring grandmasters of the Wing Chun tradition such as Ip Ching, the son of Ip Man.
A Boy in China… Releasing now!
After almost two years in production our new movie, A Boy in China will be available for general release later this month on DVD and shipping direct to your door in early April. You can rent online or download to own the digital version or buy the DVD.
Kathmandu… end of the Buddhist journey
We are at the end of our month long buddhist journey across India into Nepal. Along the way we trod in Buddha’s footsteps tracing his path and spending time at all of the most important locations in Buddha’s life.
Buddha Express rolling along…
We take a break from our Buddhist pilgrimage journey for a brief overnight stay to visit the Taj Mahal… the worlds most recognized monument.
Buddha Express… a new journey
Bodhgaya-the site of Buddha’s enlightenment We are on the last day of prepping for our new film shoot in India and Nepal. Preparing for any travel to India is daunting – the logistics of getting around such a big country and being in the right destination on time with your film equipment intact is tough. [...]
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 [...]
