Forum - View topicPARTIAL REVIEW: Tsubasacon, Oct. 5-7
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ironwarrior
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Originally posted on ANIMEPAPER.NET and my Myspace page.
------------------------------------------------------------- After a long absence due to work, more work, some additional work, schooling, and architectural exams, I decided to make a post discussing an anime convention held from October 5-7 in Huntington, WV called Tsubasacon. This is NO big convention with only a couple hundred attendees, but regardless, the fact that there is an anime con in West Virginia is quite an accomplishment. This is the third year of this con, and it seems to be growing. Voice actor Patrick Seitz returned and I actually had a chance to talk to him privately. Last year, I had made a somewhat snide remark about dubbing, so when I saw him, I apologized and we ended up having an interesting conversation about the anime industry as a whole, particularly regarding voice acting. In the end, I earned a new respect for voice actors and purchased volume one of Black Lagoon solely to listen to the dub. Voice actor Caitlin Glass was there also, but I didn’t get a chance to talk with her. I was hoping to since she did some work on Burst Angel, and I was wearing my homemade Burst Angel tank-tops. Another group of interest is the Random Battle Group. I didn’t get to participate with them like I did last year, though, due to time constraints. They are hilarious to watch. This year was a zombie related scheme and some performed straight out of a Romero film. Unfortunately, several of the “crazier” members weren’t there, so there wasn’t a late night “adult” version. I was disappointed over this as last year we got fairly raunchy, and I ended the night half naked (ha-ha). The highlight for me was the martial arts demo. I was contracted to perform a demonstration of Chinese martial arts along with a practitioner of Japanese and Korean arts. Not meaning to brag, but our performance was flawless. I led off with a Yuen Kay San Wing Chun form, and my partner performed a form next and so on. The culmination was my demonstration of Tiger kung fu. My wife got involved by reading a script that introduced the Tiger and named each portion of the movements. It went like this: “The tiger is a ferocious that attacks to maim and kill its prey. The Chinese realized the power of the tiger, and after several year of observing the tiger, they crafted a martial art in honor of furious power and strength.” At this point, my wife read aloud each section of the form I performed: 1) The tiger crouches 2) The tiger sense his prey 3) The tiger stretches for attack 4) The tiger roars 5) The tiger attacks 6) The tiger defends against the snake After the last portion, we posed the question, “Which is more powerful? The tiger or the snake?” My partner and I finished up with some one-step sparring, and the audience enjoyed watching him toss me around with Aikido movements. Also, always one for putting on a good show, I chose a large 450 lb. man from the audience, and while rooting with Wing Chun, I told him to push me over—he was unable and got red in the face with his efforts. All in all, it was a great demonstration, and we had several other martial artists ask to join in next year. (Note: I've attached a picture of me and my demo partner, David) 
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