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Picture of my oc Shinrei being awesome. I have had a hankerin' to draw some actual martial arts pieces since I have not been able to get to Kendo practice for a month and I get a little stir crazy when I can't move my body a bit. I also needed some stress relief because of all the stuff going on right now, and drawing helps.

I actually used to practice Wing Chun Kung Fu. Did that for about five years until I could no longer afford to travel the two hours to get there (I was only in my teens at the time, and didn't have a great job...not that I do now either >.>) Doing that exposed me to other forms of Chinese martial arts, which I still think are some of the most beautiful and powerful in the world. Of the over 1,000 different forms of martial arts in China, Shaolin is the most well-known, probably.

There are a variety of characteristics one must develop in Shaolin Kung Fu, and one of them I became very fixated on was to "Step like a dragon," which means to have conviction in each step, because one's rooting and movement ultimately transfer power into one's fists.

And so I started doodling and decided to try drawing some basic movements and hand forms from traditional kung fu, most notably this stance which is used in various forms of Dragon Style Kung Fu. It's actually quite difficult to get used to, as you have to have very strong legs, but the stance (combined with the other movements in the form) speaks utterly of power and aggression. I chose Shinrei for this simply because she is the most fun for me to draw. She is also very lively, so I figured an aggressive form of martial art would suit her (though, like Hiro, she is master-class in all combative forms due to the planetary database's direct integration into their brains as one facet of their respective projects by the Federation.) -wow, that was a crappy wording...some English major I am...T^T

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Picture of my oc Shinrei being awesome. I have had a hankerin' to draw some actual martial arts pieces since I have not been able to get to Kendo practice for a month and I get a little stir crazy when I can't move my body a bit. I also needed some stress relief because of all the stuff going on right now, and drawing helps.

I actually used to practice Wing Chun Kung Fu. Did that for about five years until I could no longer afford to travel the two hours to get there (I was only in my teens at the time, and didn't have a great job...not that I do now either >.>) Doing that exposed me to other forms of Chinese martial arts, which I still think are some of the most beautiful and powerful in the world. Of the over 1,000 different forms of martial arts in China, Shaolin is the most well-known, probably.

There are a variety of characteristics one must develop in Shaolin Kung Fu, and one of them I became very fixated on was to "Step like a dragon," which means to have conviction in each step, because one's rooting and movement ultimately transfer power into one's fists.

And so I started doodling and decided to try drawing some basic movements and hand forms from traditional kung fu, most notably this stance which is used in various forms of Dragon Style Kung Fu. It's actually quite difficult to get used to, as you have to have very strong legs, but the stance (combined with the other movements in the form) speaks utterly of power and aggression. I chose Shinrei for this simply because she is the most fun for me to draw. She is also very lively, so I figured an aggressive form of martial art would suit her (though, like Hiro, she is master-class in all combative forms due to the planetary database's direct integration into their brains as one facet of their respective projects by the Federation.) -wow, that was a crappy wording...some English major I am...T^T