54 JuJutsu Techniques / Self Defence Syllabus / Traditional Japanese Ju Jutsu Ryu

A series of 54 simple jujutsu self defence techniques taken from this traditional japanese martial art syllabus. I'm involved as I gained my shodan with the instructor shown and he called in a favour to document his clubs syllabus, shown here for all to view.

This was filmed in the same low light with the GH5S. This time it was syllabus training where a series of attacks and defences were filmed in sequence.

Because of the dynamics we had to decide best to be in shot all the time vs closer to see the techniques clear. This was the compromise. I mentioned it could appear less dynamic against a black background wearing black clothing. We had little choice though but to proceed.

I had one light on me which I used off centre but the glare of the fluorescents was massive.

In edit in FCPX the sounds were carried across frames to ensure they don't stop dead. The music was picked for traditional context. At first the customer wanted emo music. I tried my best to resist. I did actually try a few out but didn't work.

Grading the footage also wasn't as easy as I had anticipated shooting in Cinelike-D.

All in all a very enjoyable project with a few very dedicated martial artists.

Video was uploaded to the clubs Facebook page natively