Went to see the soon to be famous Joshua Logan Davis in "you're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." It was very entertaining. It is not a strong musical like Les Miz ro Sweeney Todd but it is lighthearted and entertaining. Really a collaboration of vignettes combined under one soon to be blown away umbrella. Mr. Davis' performance was strong and he was by far one of the easiest characters to understand both in speech and song.
Lately, I have been turning over several thoughts on the "Economy of Movement." A combat style that originated with the idealism of Bushido. The idea behind the economy of movement, is that no movement of the body is wasted, no flashy dance moves, no excessive force required. Imagine if you will Akira Kurosawa's master-less Samurai, the Ronin known as Sanjuro who seems lazy but is in fact exacting in his movement. When he fights- he only strikes when the kills is certain and he only kills when that is exactly what he wants. He wastes no time on fencing, or sword bashing and posing..
When he moves in battle it is only to strike and kill or strike and wound as the need arises. It is beautiful in its precision and terrible in its delivery. The Samurai exemplified this economy of movement. So did the ninja, the ideal becomes real by the simplest expression taking action.
Lately, I have been turning over several thoughts on the "Economy of Movement." A combat style that originated with the idealism of Bushido. The idea behind the economy of movement, is that no movement of the body is wasted, no flashy dance moves, no excessive force required. Imagine if you will Akira Kurosawa's master-less Samurai, the Ronin known as Sanjuro who seems lazy but is in fact exacting in his movement. When he fights- he only strikes when the kills is certain and he only kills when that is exactly what he wants. He wastes no time on fencing, or sword bashing and posing..
When he moves in battle it is only to strike and kill or strike and wound as the need arises. It is beautiful in its precision and terrible in its delivery. The Samurai exemplified this economy of movement. So did the ninja, the ideal becomes real by the simplest expression taking action.
No comments:
Post a Comment