{"id":2718,"date":"2021-07-10T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2021-07-10T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:10:18","slug":"summer-2021-kickstarter-kisu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/summer-2021-kickstarter-kisu\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2021: Kickstarter & Master Kisu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been juggling a number of axes this year (should I say swords?), among them is the ongoing pursuit of interesting freelance projects. This latest one is a fusion of my two favorite kinds of gig: Record Album Cover<\/strong> and Comic<\/strong>. As of June 30th the v musician, Ezra Gale of Very Special Recordings<\/a> launched a Kickstarter Campaign to finance this fusion project<\/a>. It\u2019s a Double Album + Comic Anthology: each track has a corresponding comic. The only thing more exciting to me than the theme of the art I contributed, is the fact that I am also illustrating this project\u2019s cover. It\u2019s not 100% finish for reasons that are explained within the campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Campaign has currently reached the 70% mark, and it would be a great help to everyone involved if you simply clicked on over<\/a> to check out the campaign’s page. Even without pledging to contribute I believe that click well help the algorithms push this project towards success. That\u2019s my logic anyway. Of course sharing it on social media always helps, and if you’re inspired to help out, let me know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In other good news my injured hand continues to recover. There are still certain things I can\u2019t hold nor can I make a fist. But that\u2019ll change over time. While on the topic of throwing punches I had the good fortune of hearing from a colleague whom I admire greatly: Kung Fu Master Sifu Kisu. We’ve worked together a number of times; on articles, advertisements & photo-shoots. He invited me to an epic kung fu seminar (July 11: Seattle, WA.)<\/a> which I’ll miss (I also wrote about this in last month’s MUSEletter<\/a><\/em>). Among the handful of Martial Arts connections I’m glad to maintain, Master Kisu is among them. I hope we’ll collaborate again, perhaps share table-space at some Kung Fu in Comics & Pop Culture<\/em><\/strong> panel at some convention. Maybe at one of the in-person events rumored to be coming to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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One of the many advertisements I created featuring Master Kisu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Just take a look at this Bio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sifu Kisu<\/strong> is a 5th generation Bak Siu Lum Pai disciple (Northern Shaolim Gate) descended from Great Grand Master Ku Yu Cheong<\/strong>.<\/p>

Master Kisu has been a dedicated practitioner of Traditional Chinese Kung Fu for over 40 years, primarily focusing on the style of Northern Shaolim Kung Fu from his Sifu, Grandmaster Kenneth Hui (Hui Ho-Kwong)<\/strong>, who is the founder of the Northern Shaolim Association of Los Angeles.<\/p>

His daily practice has led him to understand how to transmit physical\/energetic components in such a way that is open and accessible to the Western mind.<\/p>

His most acclaimed works are documented in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/strong> and Avatar: The Legend of Korra<\/strong>, where he acted as chief martial arts director and consultant. In fact, the sword master in Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/strong> series, Piandao, is based directly on Sifu Kisu.<\/p>

Lifelong experience in his craft inspired Sifu Kisu in the creation of elemental “bending” styles seen in the Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/strong> series, which are symbolic expressions of specific styles of traditional Chinese martial arts.<\/p>\"\n\t\tSifu<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Another character<\/em> for the #fanart file.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Summer update: My Art on Kickstarter & reconnecting with Kung Fu Master Kisu – The OG Master Bender!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Kickstarter campaign, Album Cover illustration comic anthology biography of kungfu celebratory Master Kisu Stars of Avatar the Last Airbender ","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Summer 2021: My artwork on Kickstarter & reconnecting with Sifu Kisu the Kung Fu Master behind Avatar the Last Airbender! #kickstarter #kungfu #AvatarTheLastAirbender #legendofkora ","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,123,28],"tags":[193,192,190,191],"class_list":["post-2718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-crowdfunded","category-shaolin","tag-blog-2","tag-celebrity","tag-kickstarter","tag-kungfu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Kisu.jpg?fit=603%2C792&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-HQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4484,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/fbf-with-the-eargoggle\/","url_meta":{"origin":2718,"position":0},"title":"FBF with The Eargoggle","author":"PLUGO","date":"February 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Just last summer I had good fortune of working with the extremely talented musician Ezra Gale. 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