Ian had been promising his solo training showreel for months now and he finally delivers. Enjoy the long awaited video.
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Twenty minute tricking.
So I was early for a meet-up the other day and got bored just standing there.
I spotted a patch of grass across the road and figure; why not? Crossed over, ditched my shoes, bag and pocket-junk and start with some gentle warm-up tricks. Now, my tricks aren't the best, but this day they seemed to just work. Even in jeans and with a poor warm-up, I was training hard and pulling out some tricks I can rarely land in the gym.
The sun was out and I had great music playing, getting me even more engrossed in training. I was having such a great time training, I forgot that I was on the corner of a huge crossroads. After a while I took a break and looked up see an old lady pointing at me from the bus stop and chatting to somebody who had just arrived at the stop. I threw a polite smile and carried on.
Another 5 minutes or so go by, me oblivious to the world when I land my first double b-twist on grass, I grin, celebrate and then throw b-twist swing-thru cork straight after, landing that as well. Then I heard something over my headphones and looked up to see one of the most uplifting things that's ever happened to me: A group of people on a bus pointing at me through the window, people stopped at the traffic light applauding out of car windows and a car on the other road honking.
The old lady was still sat there, as she had been for the full 20 minutes. With buses once every 15 minutes from that stop, she either wasn't waiting for a bus or had taken time to watch me tricking. In either case, She was taking her time to watch some kid throwing himself about. This made me think a couple of things:
- When was the last time I took my time to stop and just appreciate something?
- And that I've become completely desensitised to demanding sports and forget how they might be impressive to random bystanders.
Normally I hate tricking in public because I'm not terriffic at it; I get self-conscious. I don't think I would have even tried tricking if I'd realised people would be watching, but in those 20 minutes that I forgot anybody was watching I pulled off some of my best tricks, and got applauded by strangers. Good day.
Tl;dr: Take time to appreciate things. Realise how difficult it is to do whatever training you do. Have a good time training, it feels much better.
Ben
I spotted a patch of grass across the road and figure; why not? Crossed over, ditched my shoes, bag and pocket-junk and start with some gentle warm-up tricks. Now, my tricks aren't the best, but this day they seemed to just work. Even in jeans and with a poor warm-up, I was training hard and pulling out some tricks I can rarely land in the gym.
The sun was out and I had great music playing, getting me even more engrossed in training. I was having such a great time training, I forgot that I was on the corner of a huge crossroads. After a while I took a break and looked up see an old lady pointing at me from the bus stop and chatting to somebody who had just arrived at the stop. I threw a polite smile and carried on.
Another 5 minutes or so go by, me oblivious to the world when I land my first double b-twist on grass, I grin, celebrate and then throw b-twist swing-thru cork straight after, landing that as well. Then I heard something over my headphones and looked up to see one of the most uplifting things that's ever happened to me: A group of people on a bus pointing at me through the window, people stopped at the traffic light applauding out of car windows and a car on the other road honking.
The old lady was still sat there, as she had been for the full 20 minutes. With buses once every 15 minutes from that stop, she either wasn't waiting for a bus or had taken time to watch me tricking. In either case, She was taking her time to watch some kid throwing himself about. This made me think a couple of things:
- When was the last time I took my time to stop and just appreciate something?
- And that I've become completely desensitised to demanding sports and forget how they might be impressive to random bystanders.
Normally I hate tricking in public because I'm not terriffic at it; I get self-conscious. I don't think I would have even tried tricking if I'd realised people would be watching, but in those 20 minutes that I forgot anybody was watching I pulled off some of my best tricks, and got applauded by strangers. Good day.
Tl;dr: Take time to appreciate things. Realise how difficult it is to do whatever training you do. Have a good time training, it feels much better.
Ben
MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!
As you may know, Warrior Dynamics are fans of video games and as video game fans we do get excited when we hear that a series is going from one medium to another.
Unfortunately, time and time again we have been left with the bitter taste of disappointment in our mouths after the constant atrocities of 2 awful Street Fighters, Tekken, D.O.A, 2 Mortal Kombat movies and a Mortal Kombat series (Mortal Kombat Konquest anyone?). So why should there be excitement over the new reenvisioning of the Mortal Kombat webisodes?
After seeing the first initial trailer known as Mortal Kombat Rebirth I had to say I was a bit excited. I'm no means a Mortal Kombat fan and many know I'm an avid Street Fighter fan (with Guilty Gear and BlazBlue in close 2nd), but when I see something thats done right, sticking to the story from the sorce material (or what story fighting games usually have) I always tend to garner an interest.
Recently I watched episode one of Mortal Kombat Legacy my anxiety dropped and the feeling of disappointment returned. Do not get it confused, this is no means saying that it was a bad video, not at all. It just did not grab my attention with something spectacular right off the bat. You might argue and say its only the first episode and I should give it time and I will because one thing that I am happy about with it is that they did not force the story out in the first episode. It's almost telling us it's going to give it's characters time to develop and create personalities (unlike Liu Kang who is the most blandest character ever created). My concern is that it might bore viewers. Lets take Heroes for example. The first episode kept you guessing, what does that symbol mean, how can that artist predict the future, whats going to happen in the next episode. It left you wanting more. Mortal Kombat legacy seemed abit slow. As the episodes continue this may all change.
For your viewing pleasure, here is Mortal Kombat Legacy
We would like to hear your views about Mortal Kombat Legacy so please grace us with your comments.
Unfortunately, time and time again we have been left with the bitter taste of disappointment in our mouths after the constant atrocities of 2 awful Street Fighters, Tekken, D.O.A, 2 Mortal Kombat movies and a Mortal Kombat series (Mortal Kombat Konquest anyone?). So why should there be excitement over the new reenvisioning of the Mortal Kombat webisodes?
After seeing the first initial trailer known as Mortal Kombat Rebirth I had to say I was a bit excited. I'm no means a Mortal Kombat fan and many know I'm an avid Street Fighter fan (with Guilty Gear and BlazBlue in close 2nd), but when I see something thats done right, sticking to the story from the sorce material (or what story fighting games usually have) I always tend to garner an interest.
Recently I watched episode one of Mortal Kombat Legacy my anxiety dropped and the feeling of disappointment returned. Do not get it confused, this is no means saying that it was a bad video, not at all. It just did not grab my attention with something spectacular right off the bat. You might argue and say its only the first episode and I should give it time and I will because one thing that I am happy about with it is that they did not force the story out in the first episode. It's almost telling us it's going to give it's characters time to develop and create personalities (unlike Liu Kang who is the most blandest character ever created). My concern is that it might bore viewers. Lets take Heroes for example. The first episode kept you guessing, what does that symbol mean, how can that artist predict the future, whats going to happen in the next episode. It left you wanting more. Mortal Kombat legacy seemed abit slow. As the episodes continue this may all change.
For your viewing pleasure, here is Mortal Kombat Legacy
We would like to hear your views about Mortal Kombat Legacy so please grace us with your comments.
Friday, 8 April 2011
Ben Mayall and TricSoc friends
Ben Mayall (brown jumper and t shirt) decided to show his skills with his tricking friends before a session of intense tricking at TricSoc.
Saturday, 2 April 2011
This is what we do
We have so much ideas but not enough time to get the ideas done. The crew of Warrior Dynamics live in opposite side of the UK which makes it difficult for us to come together and provide you with the good stuff. If your waiting on our new antics, it my be a while.
Believe us, if we could, new videos would be brought to you on a regular basis. But unfortunately as its hard for us to meet up, especially when we got our jobs and University it can be hard.
Because of our personal lives and how much it cost to travel, we aim to meet up every 3months (hence the name 'Quarterly EXplosion').
In that small window of time we have (Friday to Sunday if we're lucky) we strive to provide you with the awesomeness that will make your head explode. Don't think that the time we're apart we just sit on our asses doing nothing. Individually we brainstorm ideas of what our next project will be, where we are are going to be based, locations and if any added participants will be need. We all train in our respective Martial Arts to hone all of our skills and research other videos that have been made. Come to think of it, its a lot of work that we do when we are not together.
If everything goes as planned then we should have our next meet in between May-June. As soon as the date is confirmed and the new video is up and running we will notify you all.
While your waiting, have a look at our back catalogue Here
Believe us, if we could, new videos would be brought to you on a regular basis. But unfortunately as its hard for us to meet up, especially when we got our jobs and University it can be hard.
Because of our personal lives and how much it cost to travel, we aim to meet up every 3months (hence the name 'Quarterly EXplosion').
In that small window of time we have (Friday to Sunday if we're lucky) we strive to provide you with the awesomeness that will make your head explode. Don't think that the time we're apart we just sit on our asses doing nothing. Individually we brainstorm ideas of what our next project will be, where we are are going to be based, locations and if any added participants will be need. We all train in our respective Martial Arts to hone all of our skills and research other videos that have been made. Come to think of it, its a lot of work that we do when we are not together.
If everything goes as planned then we should have our next meet in between May-June. As soon as the date is confirmed and the new video is up and running we will notify you all.
While your waiting, have a look at our back catalogue Here
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