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Into the Zone Demo 360° Video

This 360° makes you feel like part of the audience at the Into the Zone demo for LAVA at WeWork Gas Tower Downtown Los Angeles. This was the first official public demo of this work-in-progress combining XR and Martial Arts choreography.

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Into the Zone Demo

Into the Zone, conceptual demo with LAVA at WeWork Gas Tower Downtown LA. This was my first official public share of this work and presents a vision for future development.

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Breath. A Reaction to Zen in the Art of Archery

Blue Belt essay by Karen Deer, submitted on 9/16/2017

Breath is an essential tool of the practice of martial arts. It is a key link between the physical & meditative aspect of the art.

In Zen in the Art of Archery Eugen Herrigel portrays his quest to understand Zen through the practice of archery. He travels to Japan to study with a master. Contrary to his initial expectations he is guided to…

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Emptiness. A response to Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi

Green Belt Essay Submitted by Karen Deer on 6/2/17

Funakoshi dedicated his life to the development of karate, bringing it out of the shadows into world-wide recognition. In his autobiographical account, Karate-do: My Way of Life, he shares anecdotal tales from his early training to later in life performing publicly for the emperor of Japan.

As an artist Funakoshi didn’t merely learn the…

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Into the Zone // Extended Cut [Video]

Get the backstory, see the interviews and creative process behind Karen Deer’s AR Experience, Into the Zone.

http://karendeer.com/9circles/IntoTheZone_rough.mp4

Into the Zone is an experiential art installation meant to be witnessed in person and played with. Martial Arts choreography combined with augmented reality create an immersive experience. For more on the story of its creation and to see…

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Playing "Hajime Yame" with Horses

Playing “Hajime Yame” with Horses

I’ve been reflecting back on my life and wondering why it is so natural for me to fall into a rhythm of intense training and teaching in martial arts. Eventually it occurred to me that my frame of reference is Dressage, considered an art in horsemanship. At first the parallels with martial arts weren’t that clear to me until I remembered that the discipline of Dressage was born of military…

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Transcendent

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on October 20, 2015

Some experiences are transcendent. When those moments are experienced with others they become a link in the shared memory of the group. This weekend at retreat our group shared such a moment. Each has their own version of if etched into memory. Each transposed their own meaning.

One of the themes we discussed at camp was emptiness. One…

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One Kata

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on October 24, 2017

I recently talked to a karate student who’s taken a break from karate to pursue other things. She was worried about getting back into karate because she felt like she wouldn’t remember anything. I told her, “I basically know one kata right now.”

As you gain in belt level your own expectations of yourself increase accordingly. Each…

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Coping with Adversity

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on October 9, 2017

There are things people say to you that stick for years to come. I remember my manager at my first corporate gig, MTV Networks in New York City. He was new to management, being a creative like me, and of the deluge of information and requests that flowed through him to the team he had this to say: “I just let it wash over me.”

It is…

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Just Do Kata

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on September 12, 2017

I recently completed a 10 day Vipassana course taught by S.N. Goenka and have committed to continue the practice for the next year at least. I’ve been wanting to share about my Vipassana retreat experience on this blog but wasn’t sure how. The issue is that Vipassana and karate are very distinct practices. While a Vipassana practice…

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Into the Zone

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on August 29, 2017

Getting into the zone is a feeling reported by many martial artists and it’s one of the rewards of intensive training. This phenomenon of complete concentration can be cultivated.

Tuesdays have become the day I train for 3 hours at the dojo. It may seem like a long time to some of you but I can tell you the benefits of getting at least…

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Never Quit

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on August 22, 2017

It’s official, my hand is broken. Not just sprained. The latest X-rays show a small chip of bone floating where it shouldn’t be just off the bottom of the pinky.

That tiny chip plus a hairline fracture on the bone itself has given me so much trouble & pain in the past several months. It’s amazing how often I have managed to re-injure…

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Fear, Intimidation, and Self Defense

Originally posted at Pacific Martial Arts on July 6, 2017

As a female its been important for me to learn the art of self defense. Unfortunately for women just walking around in the world we are often the target of male aggression. For many women our upbringings didn’t prepare us to physically defend ourselves against an attacker larger & with more muscle mass then ourselves. Most girls didn’t…

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9 Circles: Birth

The drawing process of visualizing the themes emerging from my interviews with martial artists and my own personal experience.

#drawing #Illustration #art #martial arts

9 Circles. Rebirth.

#9circles #rebirth #fertility

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