Hey y'all! It's been in the works a little longer than it probably should've been, but the short Aikido documentary I've been working on has recently been released to the world and can be found on the Peachtree Aikikai Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube!

It started as just a class project, but quickly became a fun passion project of mine, since martial arts philosophy is a topic I find super interesting and love to explore. (In fact, in the future I'd love the chance to make something longer and more in-depth). My goal ended up begin to present some of the core elements of Aikido in a way anyone can enjoy and hopefully take something out from!

For a little behind the camera comments --

I settled on shooting in black and white for a couple reasons; Firstly I feel like color can be a double edged sword (haha) sometimes when it comes to movies, where you can absolutely get some stunning visuals and beautiful pictures, but sometimes that can detract from the finer details. And so, here I wanted specifically to emphasize the movements, thus I felt like black and white does the best job at keeping the focus on that.

The second reason is a little more silly -- I just really like classic Samurai and Martial Arts movies, and I felt like the style fit nicely.

Aaanyway, before this gets too long I'll link the video if you want to check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BrnIMcpHIc&t=9s

See you on the mat~

Chara