Martial Minute: Pekiti Tersia Kali

The Filipino Martial arts are slowly gaining ground in the United States as realistic and practical. With speedy roads to being proficient, one can become dangerous to others (rather than to one's self) in no time. One of the premier organizations in this area of the arts is Pekiti Tersia. Here is a clip of some folks doing knife drills from this fantastic art (and the music is fun too).



Regards,
Walt

Gone but not Deflated...

So a weekly blog you say... No problem I say!

I cannot figure out how everyone keeps up with this stuff. No wonder why we have an entire generation of disaffected people. None of us have slept in the last two years due to all the cool stuff out there on the Inter Webs. Oh well... sleep is so over rated...

So with last year's release of the 4C rules and this years release... well... of ME from Active Duty, I have been working on a series of supplements for the system. To get the ball rolling I am going to post a some 4C character write ups. This weekly segment should go in the on days I don't post like this and will include either a quick hero machine image or an actual sketch by me or one of the HAZARDous Crew. Look for these to drop on Thrusday's for the foreseeable future.

Looking for the certain brand of really strange or authentic kung fu to round off that RPG Character? Starting on Wednesdays... HAZARD will post a Martial Minute. Although this amounts to little more to me skimming the web and reposting something interesting about obscure martial arts... Since I am a Kung Fooligan myself, I know where to look.

And last but not least... What do you, the audience, our HAZARDous fans want to see us doing. Simply put, I am not doing this totally for myself. If there is something that we have mentioned in the past that you would like to see a reality or if you have an idea you would come to light... Let us know...

Regards,
Walt

BACK IN BLACK (and yellow)!

Ahh... Nothing like the cool crisp weather of fall to make sure that it is just nice enough to want to stay in bed but groovy enough outside to not have to. That being the case I thought I would fire up the keyboard and indulge my 2 readers with thrilling tales of and mayhem from HAZARD Studio...

For this week's Martial Moment... We take a look at a demonstration of Shorinji (small forest) Kempo as well as Araki Ryu Kenpo. Following these are an example of Daito ryu, one of the fore-runners of Aikido as well as Tenshin Katori Shinto ryu, one of the oldest martial arts in Japan. This video is a nice cross section of Japanese Martial Arts. Very cool stuff... Just be sure to turn down the music as it is moderately annoying on a computer speaker...




Also, if you have a knack for super hero gaming and are looking for some fresh ideas on the subjects, tune into The Super Hero Summit Podcast, put on by the fine folks of Fist full of comics and games. Every episode they take a look at the super hero genre and how you can put that into the context of your games.

As for HAZARD Studios, we have been busy since I got drafted back into civilian life. One of the bigger things that we have been doing is adding more artists. Artists by nature are a flighty group (WHAT ARE YOU SAYING you bone head... you are an artist!). While their skills are in high demand in the comics and gaming industries, more often than not you end up dealing with a flake that can't complete an assignment, has a billion excuses, or worse, takes a job and then vanishes into a puff of smoke when the job is nearing deadline. That being said, our spotlight this week is on the fantastic work of Marco Da'Rosa. Take a peak and let us know what you think. Marco is just getting his art on track after being deployed and should be up for hire any minute now.

Having just finished working on a project for Arbor Productions, we are once again turning our sights onto our 4c project. Released a year ago now, 4C is starting to come into its own as a gaming product and bringing forward some talented folks to forge some support for the “re-invented” marvelous system. Stop by our 4c page or if you like, take a trip over to High Moon Media and check out the active forums talking about all things 4C.

Well, that is all for now but tune in next week for our next installment...

until then keep it real and keep it HAZARDous...

Regards, Walt