Ed Soares talks about upcoming RFA 12 Event

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Ed Soares spoke with David Kano of The Hollywood MMA Show about the upcoming Resurrection Fighting Alliance 12 event on January 24, 2014 at the historic Shrine Auditorium. Tune in on AXS TV Live at 10ET/7PT!

Stay tuned for another interview I'm currently editing of Soares speaking on what he thinks about Anderson Silva returning to MMA, and his thoughts on the new UFC champion Chris Weidman.

'King' Kevin Casey Freestyle Rap for The Hollywood MMA Show

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In this video "King" Kevin Casey talks about how music is another way for him to express himself beyond fighting in the cage. Casey also does a freestyle rap for The Hollywood MMA Show off the top of his head.

'King' Kevin Casey RFA 12 Pre-Fight Interview

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Here's "King" Kevin Casey's pre-fight interview for RFA 12 that will be taking place this Friday January 24th in Los Angeles. Stay tuned for more behind the scenes videos on Kevin Casey that I'll be editing.

Rogue Dog Sled - "Ambitionz Az A Fighta" (Instagram Video)

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Here's a video I posted on Instagram yesterday of me pushing the Rogue dog sled around my backyard. Ever since Instagram has allowed users to upload videos I've used the platform to experiment with editing, and create small skits. It can be a challenge creating something entertaining with the limited 15 second window Instagram gives you for videos, but I enjoy the challenge!

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

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“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
— Pablo Picasso

Below is an animated .gif of a scene from My Imaginary Friend, a short film I worked on with my friend Brandon Mackey.

Now here’s a frame from the film Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles. (screen capture is fromCreativeCOW.net)

As I mentioned before, the screen capture above is directly from a CreativeCow.net article titled “The Camera Is An Eye – Not A Vacuum Or A Gun”. The article refreshed my memory of a scene I worked on from the short film ‘My Imaginary Friend’. This image stuck out to me the moment I saw it because I can remember lifting this same technique from Citizen Kane. In 2006 when I was in college and made ‘My Imaginary Friend’, is around the time when I watched Citizen Kane for the first time. I may have watched it a couple years before, but just around this time of my life I was obsessed with Orson Welles. Now I don’t believe I was technically ‘stealing’ like I have titled this post, but I was for sure influenced by the cinematography in Citizen Kane.

Nowadays these choices of where to place the camera is ingrained in the way we make movies today. In fact every movie is technically stealing from the past in one way or another.

As a filmmaker I believe it’s important to try and understand the history of filmmaking as much as possible in order to stay creative, and fully understand how stories can be told.

12/24/2013 WOD "Vested"

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Thank god for days like these! Working out can take a toll not only on your body but on on your mind as well. It's hard to stay motivated sometimes when you're feeling weak, and like you're not improving as fast as you'd like. Although I've been making great improvements lately, especially with my cardio; I've just been feeling worn out mentally.

The hardest part about working out is actually getting up and working out. When you're not mentally focused going into a workout routine, you most likely won't give it your best. Today was one of those days where I read todays WOD and was excited to workout!

Checkout the WOD my younger brother came up with for me to do today.

All exercises must be performed with a 20lb. weighted vest.
5 rounds for time:
-6 burpees
-4 dips
-2 pull-ups

AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) for 10 minutes:
-5 push press at 115lbs.
-10 dedlifts at 115lbs.
-15 box jumps at 24"

Rest for 1 minute and then go straight into the next routine.

AMRAP for 10 minutes:
-5 power cleans at 95lbs.
-10 back squats at 95lbs.
-15 push-ups

I felt great after completing this WOD! This evening I took my parents out to dinner for Christmas Eve; unfortunately I ended up eating a little too much tonight! It can be difficult staying discipline during the holiday season. I guess this is my 'cheat day' for the week, but always remember a cheat day really means you're cheating yourself!