I want to point something out here.
That thing Mulan did is almost a staple in most of the weapon disarms that I know. See in the fifth gif where the dudes hand almost rotates 360 degrees? Well if he had not released the weapon, his options would have been to fall off the roof, or break his wrist.
Go on and rotate your wrist in the same way, I’ll wait. It doesn’t turn that far, does it? Now, the sword is acting like a giant lever attached to the guy’s wrist and Mulan is turning that lever rapidly, essentially accelerating his hand to the point where the wrist and elbow lock. If mulan were more sensitive, she’d have locked his shoulder up too.
Now, he lets go because hanging on means the rest of his body goes with the rotation, or the rotation is fast enough to damage his wrist: this is a principle some of us at my Aikido dojo like to call the Aikido screwdriver. It is also the building block of Hijinage, some variations of Ikkyo and, when the focus is specifically the wrist, kote-gaeshi.
Interesting note: some fans were metal boned or reinforced to be used as weapons. In Japan, they’re called Tessen.
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Can I just say that I think this is the way Mulan should appear int the parks. In the beginning of the movie they make it very clear that the dress she wears to meet the matchmaker is not comfortable nor does it represent her personality. She spends the whole of the film proving that she is not a prize to be won or just a pawn to be married off at earliest convenience. She proves her worth in this outfit. She saves China in this outfit. She falls in love in this outfit. She risks her life, makes her strongest friendships, and changes the entire country IN THIS OUTFIT. Then they have her walk around the park in the same outfit she wore in the first scene of the movie and I think it is really negative toward her character. That is not who she is.
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Loooook at this fucking churro. Kaitlen (on the left) and I :)
Abandoned Disneyland in Beijing China.
It’s as if you hopped off of your flying elephant and walked straight into an apocalyptic wasteland, surrounded by scrubby grass, empty buildings, and the shell of a Magic Kingdom. This is the ghost of a Disney World-style amusement park in China, abandoned partway through construction, and now a hauntingly beautiful scene of decay.
Okay, someone needs to nuzzle me like that.
