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 [...]
Buddha Pilgrimage Journey…
Unfortunately due to very slow connections (if at all) our blogs are short here in india. Also we are on Buddhist monks timetable so it’s awake and out by 5am and in bed exhasuted by 8pm… not much time for blogging I am afraid. Today we are in Kushinagar visiting many monasteries and temples and [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Martial Arts for the Disabled… a worthy cause.
We have just formed an alliance with ABCD Budokai Sweden – for promoting martial arts for the disabled. It is a great cause and we should all try to give back more – please read below: The first thoughts about the phenomenon we hope MAFDIR to be started in the early 80s when Pontus Johansson [...]
To understand the World Visit Asia… NY Times Story
This is good story printed in the Sunday 8th January New York Times edition…. here is the story and needs no further explanation except to say we have been saying this for many years…. Where to Go to Understand the World in 2012 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF If you want to understand the world, you [...]
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!). [...]
A Boy in China by Black Belt Magazine
Black Belt Magazine background story on Empty Mind Films new film release, A Boy in China. About a young american boy who gets the chance to live in China and become a Kungfy master.
