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San Francisco Artist’s OSU Tribute Delivers Kinetic Meaning

Growing up, I was a pencil artist, which is something that plays deeply into my own creative roots and adherance toward supporting creatives. I say this with no allusions in mind when I bring attention to the latest inspired work surrounding filmmaker and action director Vlad Rimburg’s shortfilm endeavors with Osu since 2014, and some newly viral artwork surrounding the latest release of Osu 2. For this, we look to Steven Yu, an actor and stunt performer currently living in San Francisco where he can also be found dabbling seriously into his craft as an artist since 2012. His latest erection is now online with several pieces of inspired artwork for Rimburg’s new shortfilm which aired online a few days ago as another poetic tribute to Shotokan forberarer, Funakoshi Gichin, with Brendon Huor, Tony Vittorioso, Nate Hitpas and Micah Karns. I spoke to to Yu on Tuesday to help provide […]

THE HIT LIST – May 2, 2016

Lee B. Golden III

Welcome back to another awesome week and another equally awesome installment of the Hit List! First thing’s first however, I’ve got some good news and bad news… …The bad news is that this week is light on content. The good news is we’re kicking off a fine little fan reel highlighting some of action star Jet Li‘s work in more than three decades. Currently his hyperthyroidism is what impedes him from being more prevalent in the world of action cinema as much as fans would like while we await to see the extent of his forthcoming role in the new fantasy 3D epic, League Of Gods. Until then, Li’s made memories, all of which are worth celebrating like so in the following fan reel courtesy of Adrian Conlon. Happy belated 53, Jet! The playlist beneath includes the latest in stunt, free running and action highlights by Kelly Phelan, Vellu Saarela, […]

Karate Action Short, OSU, Emits Hardcore Brutality With Martial Grace

Lee B. Golden III

From L to R: Nate Hitpas, Tony Vittorioso and Micah Karns perform Goju Ryu Karate kata, Seiunchin, in the Vlad Rimburg-directed short, Ous. Back in January, I wrote that it was going to be an exciting year for action fans, and particularly for those who follow the work of independent action director and filmmaker Vlad Rimburg. This week, Rimburg fortifies that exact point in his latest indie action shortfilm, expressively titled Osu. The name itself is based on a mildly known word in Japanese culture that is also rooted in a myriad of meanings. In this case, the expression grants the application of yet another installment in the growing repetoire of stellar action shorts by Rimburg, whose YouTube channel has been gaining serious virality and recognition with major industry stunt coordinators and other film bloggers since the release of his homage to The Raid 2 with CZ12 co-star Caitlin Dechelle […]