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This is a new t-shirt I designed for the Mongoose Karate dojo , the same folks that originally commissioned the Cobra and Mongoose picture for the same reason. For this version, they specifically requested an anthro mongoose. I had to watch a lot of footage to find this good-looking kata! On the actual shirt, the lettering to the right (which says goju ryu) will be much bigger.

I learned a bit about goju ryu, which is native to Okinawa where mongooses are common (and where one of my friends grew up). It's an incredibly practical and brutally physical martial art practiced by people who were regularly invaded and disarmed; so there's a lot of emphasis on unarmed physical toughness, and training involves mostly common "non-weapon" items, like heavy water jugs. One form uses an oar as its specialty weapon, which for folks on an island seemed very pragmatic to me.

I think this shirt goes into production this week. It's been a while since I turned it in.

Description
This is a new t-shirt I designed for the Mongoose Karate dojo , the same folks that originally commissioned the Cobra and Mongoose picture for the same reason. For this version, they specifically requested an anthro mongoose. I had to watch a lot of footage to find this good-looking kata! On the actual shirt, the lettering to the right (which says goju ryu) will be much bigger.

I learned a bit about goju ryu, which is native to Okinawa where mongooses are common (and where one of my friends grew up). It's an incredibly practical and brutally physical martial art practiced by people who were regularly invaded and disarmed; so there's a lot of emphasis on unarmed physical toughness, and training involves mostly common "non-weapon" items, like heavy water jugs. One form uses an oar as its specialty weapon, which for folks on an island seemed very pragmatic to me.

I think this shirt goes into production this week. It's been a while since I turned it in.