XMA

Yesterday I went to XMA with Eliver and did some tricks with Anis and the other teachers/students there. Got to meet Mike Chat, the owner, who seemed very cool. It was a good change of pace from wushu practice and I enjoyed it. It doesnt compare to the intensity of a full form wushu practice, but it was definitely a good vibe and fun to jump around on the springboarded floor. I learned to do some inside roundhouse kick type spinning combos and then I also did this suicide type one legged fall where instead u end up landing on your feet instead. =P

The second prototype for our clothing got pushed back yet again to Friday. I am not holding my breath that it is finished on Friday, but I hope it is done by then.

Eliver and I are thinking about doing some extra work next month just for fun and for some extra cash. Besides I still need 2 more SAG vouchers. It would be for fun, but if my schedule is too busy then I’ll just play it by ear.

I still have a cold which I caught because everyone in my house is sick! =P I don’t feel terrible, but I don’t feel great.. and it’s making me extra lazy and not train as much.

Good news with WushuKicks is that we are getting more and more sales every month and our google pagerank has increased too! Thanks to everyone who has linked to and supported http://www.WushuKicks.com

At the bank we had an IT Steering Committee Meeting and I had the chance to talk to our Senior Vice President of Marketing about New Media and how it could promote the bank to celebrities and to a large number of people at a fraction of the cost of direct mailers. He wanted to have lunch with me to discuss further.

On not so good news it seems that there are rumors that a Kato may have been found. http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/07/28/seth-rogens-the-green-hornet-finds-a-new-kato/ Regardless if this is confirmed or not, it seems Seth Rogen is looking for a name actor. I think he still needs to check out my reel though. =P

I’ve been playing a lot of SF4 lately thanks to my roommates Eliver and Hue! Those who know me know I am typically not much of a video game player, but these guys play it every day so of course I say “let me get in an a couple rounds” then I end up playing for a while too. So far I like Ryu and Sagat the most. I don’t plan on playing much seeing as how I have a million things going on, but it’s nice to unwind and kick some street fighter ass once in a while.

teenage mutant ninja turtles casting

Film
Saturday I went to a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles audition! No, it was not for the role of Michelangelo or Raphael. It was to cast for the foot clan soldiers. I hear that the movie has no official funding yet and that the casting was more of a publicity stunt (It was held open in public in the middle of Hollywood and Highlands). Nonetheless, it was good times because I got to see a bunch of martial arts / wushu people all in one place. I ran into Phil Dang, He Jing De, DY, Phil Sahagun, Yan Wei, the rest of EMC, Xin, Roy, Andrew, Jacob R., Aoni, Matt, and the list goes on and on. I performed longfist, dropped off my headshots and demo reel and then headed out for my other shoot.

I am shooting a web series / pilot where I play an asian camera-man / film editor. It is in Bruno/Borat style where I am documenting the adventures of a crazy Australian. This is less of an “action” role and more of an opportunity for me to try different things (I have an accent!) and play someone other than a “hardcore badass”.

Due to my various online promotion pushing to play the Kato role, 2 editors contacted me wanting to interview me to discuss my quest for the role of Kato in the Green Hornet.

Wushu
Fri I went to Wushu practice. Sat the TMNT casting was the extent of my wushu. Sun I just dropped by to say hi to Tamiko and Ming. Ming is awesome. She is such a good instructor and person. I didnt train because I slept 20 minutes too long, but went to say hi nonetheless. I did some light jogging then went to eat at Tea Station.

Met a friend of a friend who is sponsored by TapOut. I am going to talk to him and see if we can get the team jackets sponsored by TapOut. I need to compile a video of US wushu and sanshou. I am excited to see how this turns out. It would be awesome to be sponsored by TapOut.

Business
PokerBling – Emailed and faxed out and followed up with all the contacts that I have for now and will wait a week or so to see where this goes.
WushuKicks – Want to plan a restructuring and reorganization / clean up site / add more unique products / renegotiate with suppliers.
Clothing – Got an email back from pattern maker. Some aspects of production are still on hold.
Tea- Promotional shirts are done!

Misc
Went out to Hollywood on Fri. and hung out with Matt B by Venice Beach on Saturday. Sunday was an errands kinda day. Spent most of the day tearing my harddrive out of its external case. =P

Magnolia LA Downtown - A Meeting of Minds

 

Wushu
Been feelin eh~ Sorta slacked this week. I’ve gone to practice about every other day.. which is not good. I should be going everyday and the days that I do go.. I sorta just jog and then stretch. haha. I’ll have to really step it up in the upcoming months anyways, so I figure I don’t need to burn myself out right now. Still, I don’t like this lethargic feeling. Maybe it’s because I am having a lot on my plate.

Clothing
Ever since our pattern maker got sorta upset about some hiccups in stitch/screenprint work we havent really hard back. We will wait and see on this until next week as everyone has various things going on so a few days to see. I am still optimistic that our project will be moving forward. Expected completion date is still targeted for August.

Also, promotional shirts I’ve been trying to get printed finally have all the correct graphics submitted to the screen printer. I should get these shirts by next week.

Tea
Got my labels in the mail finally. The shipped it to a different address so it’s just been sitting there. Need to make some SMALL modifications, but overall it looks good! I think I have some additional embellishments in mind, but down the line anything can change so I can make modifications based off of feedback. Chocolates are go! They are getting hand made as we speak! lol, well maybe not this minute, but they should be done in 2 weeks.

PokerBling
Got some contact information and emailed information over to Bellagio, The Wynn, and Commerce Casino regarding our products. It’s fun to think our products will be all these casinos. Our product makes sense though so its just more about making them aware than “selling” them on it. We are also almost ready to come out with our new poker design. Way to go Dave!

Film
Sunday had a BBQ at DBrocca’s place and discussed his new short. I might have to do an asian accent in it, which I was hesistant about as far as how it would come across to the asian community etc etc, but its supposed to be a comedy and a satire plus I want a challenge. Also, I thought who am I to turn down any opportunities to work? So I’ll be shooting on Saturday near Santa Monica. I think it could also be good practice for the Kato role.

Misc
Went to Tim’s bday at Blue Dahlia on Tues. – It was pretty fun and found out his brother who has the same birthday as me happens to work in the twin building right across from my office.

Yesterday Misa set up a lunch for young entrepreneurs. We have about 6-8 people in the group. It was a good lunch in downtown at Magnolia. Magnolia had good ambiance and a nice bar. We didn’t drink at lunch, but could imagine it being a relaxing place to hang out at in the evening. I got to brainstorm and discuss all the projects I was working on and since everyone is pretty business-minded I think I got a lot out of the suggestions/comments.

Alfred next Kato in Green Hornet!

is what I would like to see happen. Let’s make it happen!

I spent all weekend updating my 2009 demo reel.
Stephen Chow even gives me a personal endorsement in my demo reel! =)

Here is My 2009 Demo Reel

Alfred Hsing 2009 Demo Reel from Alfred Hsing on Vimeo.

So my agent tells me on Friday that I need to immediately get her my headshots, resume, and demo reel so that she can submit me for the role of KATO in The Green Hornet movie being directed by Seth Rogen.

Here is a little background- Sony pictures is slated to release a movie version of the 1970s tv show “The Green Hornet” in summer of 2010.

For those who don’t know about the show. It is about a pair of crime fighters and the sidekick KATO is played by Bruce Lee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_(The_Green_Hornet)

For 2010, Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer) was supposed to play the role of Kato and Seth Rogen would be the main super hero Britt Reid.

Stephen Chow was originally supposed to help Seth Rogen direct The Green Hornet and act as Kato. First news came out that there were some differences and he was no longer filling the directing role and would instead just act as Kato. However recent news indicates that due to his schedule and other circumstances he may not act as Kato at all.

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As I mentioned, I spent the whole weekend updating my demo reel and also getting some Kato style pictures taken. Special special thanks to John Nguyen (and Ruby) who helped me take some awesome pictures under terrible circumstances (aka no location and no professional lighting equipment, and middle of the night) and also thanks to my roommate Alex for helping with the lighting and also doing some color correction for me on my demo reel dvd!

Alfred doing a Kato action kick for The Green Hornet

(Here is the youtube version. They didn’t allow my other song choice so I went with the Jay Chou Huo Yuan Jia / Jet Li’s Fearless song)