Sunday, 25 September 2011

"D" is for Dragon Dance


Yesterday marked a milestone for Silent River Kung Fu when we held our first ever dragon dance practice. Our dragon has been in storage for a couple of years waiting in anticipation for Chinese New Year 2012 - The Year of the Dragon and Saturday was our first chance to dust it off and take it for a spin. We also used this practice as an opportunity to test out our new ‘Lion Cam‘ — an Oregon Scientific HD action video camera. We attached the camera to the dragon’s nose and recorded the dance practice from the dragon’s point of view. At one point of the embedded video there is a picture in picture feature where you can see both points of view simultaneously.

Thanks to SRKF’s Student UBBT Team for your efforts in our first ever practice. Despite this being the first time any of you have tried this sort of thing, you guys did great. I have no doubts that your performance come Chinese New Year will do our school proud.

“Practice is the best of all instructors” — Publilius Syrus

1 comment:

Neil Hamilton said...

Thanks for posting the video Sifu. I didn't get a chance to stand back and watch, totally awesome how he looks from a distance. The picture in picture was a cool touch.