Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin with a sword. A long sequence of the ballet-like, sinuous Wu-tang becomes the more erratic Shao-lin; in the middle, there is an abrupt change to leaping sword movements, in the center of which, at the apogee of the leap, there is a long held freeze-frame.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Chao Li Chi
Crew: Maya Deren (Director), Teiji Ito (Music), Chao Li Chi (Writer), Maya Deren (Writer), Maya Deren (Cinematography)
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
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Runtime: 12 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 24, 1949
IMDb: 5.433
Keywords:dance, short film
