Japan) A Japanese mountain monk known as a Yamabushi (山伏) (which translates to ‘one who prostrates himself on the mountain’) are a group of ascetic hermits that live in the Japanese mountains. These Buddhist monks of those days had quite an army of fighting priests to protect their rights or maintain their ground against rival creeds. This particular monk seen in this photo wears his clerical robes over his armour, and his head is covered with the sacred 'kesa'.
How would you react if you saw these mountain monks for the first time in those days?
Li Mu Bai:
You need practice. I can teach you to fight with the Green Destiny, but first you must learn to hold it in stillness.
General Qi Jiguang says ~ A man does not have two physical bodies, just as the scholar and the warrior does not have two separate paths.
戚继光将军曰 ～ 人无二身，则文武无二道。
On monism in the positive...Just as the mind and body of man are one, so too is the path of the scholar and the warrior.
一多不分
Blood Bending and Kiyoshi’s Fan
Photos courtesy of @sunstitchphotography
“Avatar: The Last Airbender” (2005) Created by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko (Animated/Action/Adventure)
Final writing credits for live-action ATLA Season 1 have been submitted; Bryke wrote two episodes
With the final writing credits now submitted, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra co-creators and Avatar Studios co-heads Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino (“Bryke”) co-wrote two episodes of Netflix’s eight-episode live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1: episode 1 and episode 6.
We already knew about episode 1, which was co-written between live-action showrunner Albert Kim and them.
What’s new is episode 6, the story of which was by Ubah Mohamed and Bryke and the script (aka “teleplay” in the world of TV) by Emily Kim (Marvel’s Spider-Gwen), Hunter Ries (Nick/Netflix), and Bryan only.
“Story by” + “teleplay by” = “written by”, so all the other episodes besides episode 6 had the same people for both story and script, and “teleplay by”/“written by” credits are for when someone has contributed at least 33% of a script when it comes to an adaptation. This isn’t because Bryke are the creators of the source material– their credits for that will be separate and unrelated to episode writing credits.
Here’s the updated list for the season:
Episode 1: Albert Kim and Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
- Albert Kim: showrunner
- Mike and Bryan: ATLA/TLOK creators, Avatar Studios heads
Episode 2: Joshua Hale Fialkov
- Young Justice (DC)
Episode 3: Christine Boylan
- Cloak & Dagger (Marvel)
- The Punisher (Marvel, Netflix)
Episode 4: Keely MacDonald
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Netflix)
Episode 5: Gabriel Llanas
- National Treasure: Edge of History (Disney+)
Episode 6: story by Ubah Mohamed and Bryan Konietzko & Michael Dante DiMartino, teleplay by Emily Kim & Hunter Ries and Bryan Konietzko
- Ubah Mohamed: LA Law
- Emily Kim: Marvel’s Spider-Gwen
- Hunter Ries: Nickelodeon, Netflix
Episode 7: Audrey Wong Kennedy
- Amazing Stories (Apple TV+)
Episode 8: Albert Kim