LIGHTSABER CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION 4 (Updated 11/09 - Entry Deadline Over)

I stand corrected. It must've also been mind boggling because at that point you had already judged 18 clips.

 

I entered that competition with the hopes of serious critique, and I came away with: Practice more.

No offence, but I do really think that "Practice more" is really an adequate critique for your "fight". Are you asking me what's so bad on your entry? Well, for example, look at Ryan vs. Brandon entry and compare it with yours. Speed, energy, nice combos, good choreography - it really looks like some kind of fight, that they really want to kill each other. When I was watching your clip, I thought, that It's some kind of test and that the real fight is gonna come later. well, it didn't...and that's bad watch RvB several times and try to figure out, what you should improve. then try it, practice it and I think that after some time even mr. Dorkman's gonna give you some good feedback. If not, your practicing wasn't good enough. Good luck

 

To be honest, I don't find RvB very spectacular.
They have some nice moves, like the two first clips or so, but I wouldn't say it's so intense. Brandon is at sometimes (especially towards the end) really sloppy, and his whole bodylanguage sais: "Hey, I'm a potatoesack!".

And the choreography?
Well, when brandon made his spin for the fifth time it felt pretty done, and sure it has variation from time to time, still it's abit of the generall left right, left, right middle, left right... and unessesary spinns.

I mean sure, it's better than most Fanfights, but Art of the saber has so much more intense and acting to there fight - becouse when you fight onscreen you need to act, you can't just wave with your wrists, it's about the whole body beeing present in every movement.

Edit:
Sorry if I got abit aggressive or so; but I've noticed a kind of worship for RvBs fight here on the forum. I don't think there fight is bad, but it's not that much of a cake!

So my tip is; whatch a couple of HK swordplay/oldschool movies and see how they fight with weopons; whatch how they use there whole bodies for everymovement and how they vary in choegraphy and aply everything that you can manage yourself ('cos those girls and boys are good I tell you).

 

Of course, Art of the Saber, I forget. Yes, if you want to see really the best fanfilm choreography ever, watch AotS, but I don't think it will help you. Because I think, that Calvin Ho (choreographer of AotS) is really some kind of martial art specialist, so you would have to study martial art for a really long time to fight like one of them. From the point of view of normal people, it's much better to watch RvB, because Ryan and Brandon ARE normal people too, so it makes me think, that what THEY can do, WE can do too... And after all, my opinion is, that RvB is really an LS fight. AotS is much more an exhibition of japanese martial arts WITH LIGHTSABERS....
And yes, I really like RvB!!!

 

Wushu is all well and good, but it's not the end-all be-all of fight choreography.

 

And they're obviosuly using Wushu, which is a Chinese martial art, not a Japanese.

Hehe, as you can see, I know a little about martial arts. srry for the mistake, now i know it

All I wanted to say is that i think that RvB looks really good and fast and that's what it's all about (at least in LS duels). Maybe I'm wrong, but this is what I think.

I'm really looking forward to see all the LCC4 entries!

And another thing - I really like RvB, but i like AotS even more! It's awesome, but it's nearly impossible to fight like they are for the people like us. and this is the reason why i prefer comparing another entries with RvB

 

but it's nearly impossible to fight like they are for the people like us.

That depends on how you define "people like us".
And yeah, just wait til you see my fights.
=)

 

That depends on how you define "people like us".
people without martial art experience
can't wait to see your entry

 

Martial arts are ofcourse a good ground to stand on when doing LS-fights.
But anyone can, with the right knowledge and some practice achieve quite a good LS-fight...
^_^

 

Yes, that's what i mean. But not as good as in AotS. You would need to train a bit more to handle this

 

Yes, the only thing I don't really like with AotS is how the fight ends. Could have been a nicer kill so to say.
and that's a question of taste

 

Dude, there's one reason the people trying to do the TPM fight looked worse than Ray and Ewan.

Ray and Ewan are both great swordfighters. Ray because of years of experience, Ewan because of months of practice. Forget wushu. They had been practicing hours a day, every day, for months and months.

 

Hey, I was only trying to give them some hope mate

But TCF, you're compeletly right, you need to practice. And martial arts are a good benefit. So, really you who want to improve your LS-skills, maybe should try out some wushu or tai-chi or whatever. In kung fu (icluding wushu) you won't learn to swing sword the first thing you do, it probably takes a cup of years, but you will definetly learn to control your body much better within six months.

 

Just a few hours and maybe that we will see something, that's gonna be even better than Art of the Saber!
I'm so impatient, I just can't wait until 15th Give us LCC 4!

 

Just don't look for it in my entry

 

Yeah, I can't wait for the 15th either. I mean, the season 2 DVD of Scrubs hits the shelves!! I'm happy you guys share my excitement.

 

Scrubs rule. I wouldn't mind watching Season 2 either. You know... Since I've already seen all the LCCIV entries...



Sage H.

 

Sage H.

 

Are they going to be released right at midnight or sometime later on in the day?