Belt Ceremony .

THORHAMMER · Mar 28, 2006

Thats gotta hurt .................... American Kenpo, I got my uncle and his kids into it after I went through 6+ years of Muy Thai ; I wish I could also of taken Kenpo, its devastating....

Rob · Mar 29, 2006

Great shots! Dojo lighting always sucks doesn't it!! I never managed to get any decent shots back in the days I was training. Not come across much Kempo over here - it's mainly Shotokan (and variants), Aikido, JuJitsu and Judo. It's pretty hard to find decent Chinese based clubs too, not a lot of decent Kung Fu exponants my way.

Good job - love the expressions.

Rob

macawlvr · Mar 29, 2006

Looks way to intense for me..I like the ones with the children

Chiller · Mar 29, 2006

Cool shots Thor. A lot of hurtin goin on there.

omeletteman · Mar 29, 2006

man, that third one makes me cry.

Alison · Mar 29, 2006

#4 & #6 (with the little girl) really stand out for me. You caught such great emotions!

THORHAMMER · Mar 29, 2006

thanks 4 the compliments. i was high pitched for hours just after seeing #3

tranceplant · Mar 29, 2006

the little girl ones are nice, but the rest is so so.

THORHAMMER · Mar 29, 2006

LaFoto · Mar 29, 2006

Photo 3 really stands out ... erm... it is really impressive, in so far as you captured a) this very kick and b) with regards to shutter speed, for I think you got that just right: motion blur where there is movement, and sharp faces in all the others.

The whole series is giving me a good idea of the sport, but emotionwise I also like the ones of the "audience" best, with the girl and the boy "just not looking!" or the girl being so excited. Whenever someone does sports photography, I really like them capturing the surroundings, too, the people who watch, and you did that. Kudos for that!

That "audience" is also worth checking out where they are only the background - their expressions in 2 and 3 (half hidden by that kicking leg) are very nice

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