2 Responses to “Please Read..”

1. Iron Kros says:
   August 19th, 2009 at 6:55 am

   We’re here to train but where are the cosplayers? They must want to cosplay and be trained first.

2. Mzero says:
   August 19th, 2009 at 11:28 pm

   Please remember, this training is not so for us to show off, it if for THE COSPLAYERS, and GENSHIKEN. It is for Genshiken so that we, the fight coreographers, can organize more difficult, more eye catching, more entertaining, and just generally better cosplay skit (since most skits contain some sort of combat). Secondly, it is for the cosplayers so that they can, not only execute the moves, but execute them safely. We would like to request their participation in the training. Our schedules are very flexible.

   Just come to the Kubo and say you want to be trained for stunts. Otherwise you may end up just being a hindrance to the group. We, the choreographers, are planning very action packed combat. Combat that looks like an actual fight to the death. If you REALLY refuse to attend the stunt training, please at least attend every actual practice when the skit is completed so that you can catch up in the techniques that we are going over in the stunt practice.

   Curriculum:

   Rolling
   -Kneeling Position
   -Standing
   -Walking
   -Running
   -Dive

   Back Roll
   -Kneeling Position
   -Standing

   Basics of Unarmed Combat
   -How to Stand
   -How to Side step
   -How to Punch
   -How to Kick

   Throwing Techniques
   -Shoulder
   -Hip Throw
   -Leg Throw
   -Sacrifice Throw*

   Falling Techniques
   -Falling on Back
   -Falling Forward
   -Falling to Sides

   Cart Wheel*
   -Forward
   -Backward

   Weapon Training**
   -Blocking
   -Parrying
   -Attacking

   *Maybe Not >.</Optional
   **Varies from Person to person depending on character

   As to why we need to go over these:

   Rolling
   This is a pre-requisite skill for throwing, and falling techniques as those techniques require a person to be accustomed to being upside down. Further, understanding how to roll will help in preventing injury to ones self.

   Backward Rolling
   This is more of an evasive technique, but also an important skill to have as it will give you more options in the event something goes wrong during the skit.
   eg. You lose your weapon, and need to block a downward attack. Instead, evade with a back roll, recover weapon, then continue with skit.

   Basics of Unarmed Combat
   To create a believable combat scene, one must know how actual combat is. The same goes for acting out believable combat. One must be familiarized with proper form in attacking, and blocking, along with side stepping before they can act it out properly. It’s not hard to tell two people to “punch like this, and block like that” or “side step here, then counter like this”, but actually doing it, and making it believable takes a bit more.

   Trowing Techniques
   Watching two people go at it in a fist fight, or even with weapons is good and fun, but to make things more realistic, we, the choreographers, would like to add throws to the skit. As such, we would like you to have a decent understanding of how to throw people without causing them harm. Do not worry, we have very good stunt men ready, willing, and able to help you learn to throw people.

   Falling Techniques
   Of course our stunt men can’t do the actual falls in the skit for you after you get throw, if you get thrown. That is why we will teach you techniques to do REAL falls without hurting yourself. You think martial artists just take hits? O.o they’re tough, not stupid. There are tricks to it.

   Cartwheel
   It’s a nice technique to know, and a very flashy one at that. This technique is optional, but knowing how to do one would give us a lot more options in the flash department.

   Weapon Training
   Every character has a weapon. As such we want you to know how to actually use it before actual skit practice so that if something goes wrong you have a better chance to be able to defend yourself.

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