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Friday, February 24, 2017

The Art of War (in a nutshell)



Picture credit:  The Art of War Visualized by Jessica Hagy

"Hence the saying: 

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."



I came across a wonderfully illustrated book, "The Art of War Visualized" by Jessica Hagy.

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words and Hagy's book puts a fresh spin on a classic namely Sun Tzu's "The Art of War."

Hagy uses charts and graphs to breathe life into Sun Tzu's timeless words. I recommend this book. Check it out!



Now let's discuss the '...know yourself...' 

It's easy for many self-help books or life coaches to just say if you want to improve yourself you must first know yourself. Easy to say, hard to do when you don't know the first step on actually knowing yourself. It's not the 'What' but the "How!" How to go about finding out the "How?"


My friend Badger Johnson has some essays which provides insights and tips on the "How":



Check out Jessica Hagy's book and hope Badger's essays helps!


"I Am Wrath (2016)" GIF Set 1



My friend Ted B. informed me of a movie which had 3 knife fight scenes all of which featured the knife in reverse grip! Given many movies with the knifefighters weilding the knives in standard grip aka hammer grip, I had to check out the movie!


I Am Wrath (2016) is an action thriller film directed by and written by Yvan Gauthier/Paul Sloan. Justin Yu is the Fight Coordinator. John Travolta headlines the movie and Christopher Meloni co-stars. My guess is that Justin Yu was the one responsible for the reverse grip showcase.

Enjoy this first GIF set of Christopher Meloni's fight scene in "I Am Wrath (2016)"!



















Bonus GIF - isolating just for 1 action





GIF of the whole scene










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Saturday, February 18, 2017

The Final Master GIF Set 3



Here is the 3rd set of X animated GIFs I've made from The Final Master.

In case you missed the previous GIF sets I've made from this movie, you can find them here:



Enjoy!











Here is the All-in-One GIF









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Friday, February 17, 2017

The Final Master GIF Set 2

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Today, I'm posting the 2nd set of 6 animated GIFs I've made from The Final Master.

In case you missed the first set of GIFs from The Final Master I've made, you can find it here:



Enjoy!




Here is the scene spliced into 5 GIFs




Here is the All-in-One GIF









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