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Two completely different people find their inner balance together by practicing martial
arts when they are in a dilemma.​

The 6-minute short documentary is about two martial arts players, Xiao Wang (kendo player) and Faith Tai (taekwondo player), who face different difficulties in their lives, and martial arts help them cope with their problems spiritually. On the way to the practice, they will be sharing their stories with us. The POV of the film is in the third-person observation because most parts of the film are in the observational mode; the emotions change slowly as different elements appear in poetic shots. The film is not aimed to teach the audience how to solve life problems but to resonate with the audience and tell them life is full of tricky things, most importantly, how we see the difficulties decide all. The story focuses on Wang and Tai, who are entirely different but have something in common.

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Meet our Subjects

Xiao Wang

Xiao Wang, is a beginner Kendo athlete who started early January 2020. since then, Kendo  has played an important part in balancing His life. It motives  him to keep moving on with his head up and back straight, to face difficulties he meets in daily life directly, just like what he is  supposed to do during a  kendo practice.

Faith Tai

 Faith Tai, is a Taekwondo athlete. She is  a 5x PanAm bronze medalist
5x National Champion and 5x Provincial Champion.She has been doing Taekwondo since She was 7 years old, Taekwondo is her heart and soul, and it’s  pushed her to be a strong and confident person. 

Meet our Crew

Director/ Producer - Daisy Gao

Director of Photography - Alicia Mok

Music - Pete Zhao

Bts Camera - Charlie Sirbu

Transmedia - Pamela Tonge

Producer/Picture editor - George Huang

Production Sound Mixer - Owen Tordof

Scoring/sound Mixer - Lucas Di Mascio 

Bts Camera - Ricardo Zhang

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Behind the Scenes

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