This has been out for a while but just never got the chance to scan and upload it. This is my first major appearance in Inside Kung Fu Magazine – a magazine that I used to read weekly when I was a kid. =)

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I’ll still have to properly scan it someday, but for now I guess a photo will do. You can also see that the cover has good ol Mr. Billy Blanks on it. I was kinda hoping the cover would be featuring my boss, but I guess we can’t have everything all the time. haha =P

Enjoy!

Fight Practice from Pitch Films on Vimeo.

Filmed this right before I left for China with my good buddies Sam Tjhia, David Brocca, and Pej Peik. We got Sam on the action, DBrocca on the cam and cuts, and Pej on the gym usage.. and me on the receiving end of Sam’s fist =P

Dave just finished editing this and I think it came out great given that it was more of a practice shoot for some things we had in mind and just for fun.

Watching this 3 months after we shot it is strangely making me miss/think about home. It just reminds me of all my friends I would train with and people I would kick it with back in LA. I totally miss waking up during that time where I was only managing my own business and I could roll outside and see the sun… then hop in my car and drive to the gym to do some wushu/stunt practice. I remember sitting with my legs stretched out with my gym bag flung to the side and a bottle of liptons ginseng green tea. Then after some warming up I get to hit some heavy bags and drill kicks… anyways, hopefully I’ll be back at that when the time is right =)

As for the practice fight, I had a much more complex choreo and storyline even planned out, but we only had like 1-2 hours to shoot since there was a class in the afternoon and people had other things going on that day… I was going to add takedowns, elements of mma/jiu-jitsu, and more acrobatics… anyways it was just a quick fun thing… regardless, I want to thank Sam for coming out on short notice and just training/messin around.. then gotta thank Pej for lettin us use his gymnastics studio.. and Dave already knows he is awesome.. I mean.. just listen to the music he used in the background! He really put the clip together with some good editing skills.

Here is the clip on youtube:

Today I decided after working for the One Foundation for a few months that it wouldn’t make sense for me to work for a charity and not make my own contribution. I didn’t have much on me, but the One Foundation motto and belief of Founder Jet Li is to donate $1 every month or contribute a little every month to make a big difference as a global family. I think this message is the most important. It’s not about donating thousands only when you have finally “made it”, it’s about always remembering to give back.. and pretty much everyone I know can afford $1 a month. The number “1″ makes sense because it’s symbolic of taking action to do your part.. moreover a $1 contribution by everyone in the world every month would be more than enough to make a huge impact.

My top 3 areas of interest currently are medical research, impoverished youth, or environment / natural disaster.

Here is a link where you can donate to the One Foundation – http://www.onefoundation.cn/html/en/beneficence_01.htm

One Foundation is a direct partner with the Red Cross. For more information feel free to check out the one foundation site.

One Foundation – One Family