Don’t cry over your lost minute…
… it doesn’t sound like you use your time productively anyway.
Yawn, god more moderately attractive skantily clad women doing bad martial arts…
:rolleyes:
Was that kungfu? What style? And what’s with the dancing?
Man, talk about a tough crowd! Am I the only one here who digs these girls?
I got to see them perform a few years ago in L.A. and chatted with them afterwards – very enthusiastic, friendly, and love what they are doing. You have to realize that is a performance art mainly, just with a martial arts theme. It’s not like they are out there giving seminars or teaching classes … actually, though, I don’t know the credentials of all the girls, but they are definitely athletic, fit, and talented and Tony does some neat choreagraphy if you ask me.
Granted, if it’s not your cup of tea, so be it … it just surprises me that no one has anything good to say.
[QUOTE=Li Kao;730597]I got to see them perform a few years ago in L.A. and chatted with them afterwards – very enthusiastic, friendly, and love what they are doing. You have to realize that is a performance art mainly, just with a martial arts theme. [/QUOTE]
yes they are, cause everyone on here seems to be a master these days. :rolleyes: its fun that show, thats about it. it was neato seeing the women do it 
[QUOTE=firepalm;730587]Yawn, god more moderately attractive skantily clad women doing bad martial arts…
:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Yep,gets quite tiresome.Escpecially if you are a women doing kung fu too.
[sarcasm] Everyone knows that women prefer to do a pseudo strip-tease on a stage to practicing a real martial art. [/sarcasm]
tonylaudati
At this moment, you’re six posts into membership here. Four are promotional and two are reactions to comments made about being promotional. Given what you’re promoting, I’m a bit disappointed with your contributions to this forum so far.
If you want to promote Kung Fu Femmes on this forum, this is the main method to do so. If you cannot promote professionally and are just seeking free promos here on the forum, I’m going to toss you a bone. It’s a a real no-brainer and I’m surprised you didn’t think of it in your KungFuMagazine.com marketing plan. Just get one of your femmes to start posting here. Better yet, get a few of them to log on. I’m sure our members would delight in chatting up a real live kung fu femme. That’s going to sell your act more here far more than dozens of youtube posts.
Yes…
[QUOTE=tonylaudati;730583]… it doesn’t sound like you use your time productively anyway.[/QUOTE]
You’re right, and the next time I get the urge to watch one of you’re exploitation
flicks ( not exploiting women, but lonely MA’ists looking for women w/good moves)
I’ll go and practice instead.
Thanks for the wake up call.:rolleyes:
Flame on:D
KUNG FU FEMMES/Entertainment & Martial Arts
Gene, thank you so much. I’ll run it by the girls and see what they decide. Most of them have boyfriends, though. I hope your members aren’t too disappointed.
I want to stress that KUNG FU FEMMES is purely a performance troupe seeking to provide unique and dynamic entertainment for the general populace. We are not looking to win competitions or awards at tournaments.
Someone at another forum (Budoseek.net) reacted to KUNG FU FEMMES by saying entertainment has no place in martial arts. I responded by saying that Jackie Chan, Jet Li and if he were alive, Bruce Lee, would probably disagree with him.
One thing I do know is that lots of young men have enrolled in dojos not because they went to a martial arts tournament, but because they watched Bruce Lee in action in one of his films.
I am hoping that KUNG FU FEMMES will have the same effect on young women, and inspire them to check out their local dojo.
Let’s face it – ethics aside, martial arts schools and dojos live or die based on their enrollment.
Obviously, everyone has an opinion. There are some that feel it’s a crime to accept money at all for teaching martial arts. Others feel Asian-based systems should only be taught by Asians and not white Anglo-Saxon senseis and sifus.
Anyway, those are my thoughts and I’d love to read what your members think.
Thank you so much for allowing me to express my views in this respectable forum.
Tony Laudati
Producer
KUNG FU FEMMES
It wasn’t a bad show at all; I was pretty aroused watching that…and this too:
overall i think the idea is fine and the girls are fine … however i really think you might up the performance a notch by sacraficing some of the flash for more crisp and percise simplicity. im sure that live performance doesnt always cary over perfectly to the camera, but at the same time a 2 min clip should be composed of the best highlights, and this is what im getting from those highlights. of course you can tell me to stick it up my ass.
oh and gene is right.
if you had one, or even better yet 2 of the girls, post a thread on here titled meet the kung fu femmes girls i guarantee you it would have over 10 thousand posts given time. this is not an exaggeration and it doesnt matter if they clearly state they have boyfriends over and over again.
Well the fact that you have to mention that “they have boyfriends” pretty much clarifies what the purpose of the “entertainment” is all about.
Thanks for the support
Hey peeps!
I’m a Kung Fu Femme, and I LOVE it! It’s one of the coolest things I get to do. Train in martial arts, dance, and gymnastics. Thanks to those that showed some love. If we’re not your type of entertainment, then that’s too bad. But no hard feelings here. We have a lot of fun with what we’re doing. I’m a die hard martial artist and I think it’s fabulous that there is someone like Tony that put together a troupe that celebrates women, martial arts, dance, drama, comedy, and all other elements that make up our show. I’ve always admired martial artists like Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh that incorporate martial arts into entertainment and help spread wisdom across the world. It doesn’t always have to be about defending and fighting.
keep up the good work. If you don’t mind a little critique,
1-don’t look at the floor, when doing form or weapons-it lacks confidence.
2-finish a move,nail your pose, and STOP. Too often, the performer went right into the next move-without completing the previous one-not to be confused with flow. It means that you were not focused-not “in the moment”, but thinking too much about the next move.
3-work your basics more. stances,kicks and strikes. Get a good spinning back hook kick down, which looks much more dynamic than a spinning back crescent kick-however, a jumping spinning crescent always is a crowd pleaser.
4-how you combine a move will increase it’s appearance and drama.
example, before doing a fast move, do a slow movement-the fast one will look twice as fast.
Before doing a jump technique, get in a lower stance-the kick looks higher in comparisson. etc
Check out West Coast Demo Team, by Ernie Reyes for ideas
With all of that high kicking from those girls, it most smell like a fish market in that place.
welcoming ideas
Those were some great suggestions. I will take all those into consideration. Not all the girls have strong martial art back ground. Many come from strong dance and gymnastics back grounds. Therefore some of the martial arts “technique” becomes molded into something else. We are harped on about martial arts technique, but we are also encouraged to showcase our strong suits. Therefore, if a Femme comes from a strong gymnastics back ground, we do not have her abandon her gymnastics and/or dance technique. We simply add the martial arts element to whatever art they have been practicing. We are not out to win medals for forms or technique. But we are always working on making our show the best it can be. So I thank you for your suggestions and input.
And to the jerk off that thinks he’s funny with the fish comment. Ummm… I really have nothing to say to that except, did your mommy forget to teach you manners?
What’s your martial arts background?
My martial arts background
My dad used to be a professional boxer, so I started off with boxing. He never let me get serious about it though because he attributes much of his memory loss to his boxing career. But after I moved out I took up Shaolin Kung Fu. However I felt it necessary to explore as many Martial arts as I could. So while I was training in Shaolin, I was also taking Tae Kwon Do. I competed in Full Contact Sparring for two years. Then after my Tae Kwon Do stint, I learned Uechi Ryu Karate, Judo, Karate, Ba Gua, Tai Chi, Ninjitsu, and Wushu. I’m definitely a Shaolin girl. I love the animal forms. That art is in my veins. But learning many of the other arts really helped my fighting technique. I did not master all those arts by any means, but I did study them to the degree where I could take practical things here and there and incorporate it in my practices. I’m forever a learning student.