Sunday, May 20, 2007
Conclusion
The Jitsu community which was once only a face to face experience, has changed with the times. In this new era of web technology the ancient art of Jitsu has adopted this social networking experience to create a world wide digital community through video clips of comedy sketches, competitions and so on. What's next? Who knows maybe fellow Jitsu practitioners may be able to fight each other over the net?..............
My Video
I stated in an earlier posting that I would submit my own video clip of myself doing Jitsu. I'm going to stick to my word, so I have submitted one. However this video is slightly unusual in comparison to the various other Jitsu themed clips. I have created a stop-frame animation of me being attacked by my Gi! (A Gi is the clothing worn by martial artists whilst training, they look like white pyjamas).
Hope you enjoy the clip.
Hope you enjoy the clip.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
The Source Of The Video
The footage that appears on You Tube tend to be from one of the following sources.
1. The users own recorded material from scratch.
2. Material taken from another source e.g a user uploading clips of The Simpsons.
When footage is taken from another source it is most of the time copy written, and used without the owners consent, thus it being illegal to distribute, for whatever purpose. This is a constant problem of digital data (depending on your opinion). Because with digital data you can distribute multiple copies to others, which means people are not paying any money to the rightful owner. This is known as a form of piracy.
Piracy is an extremely hard activity to police within You Tube if there are so many users constantly uploading content. There is a system in place in You Tube for users to flag up a video if they think it's pirated material, but I believe users want grass on each other, after all the material is for them to watch.
It didn't take long for major entertainment companies to discover what's happening and start phoning their lawyers. Some companies tried to sue You Tube, however as far as my research goes no one has actually successfully sued You Tube. Although many companies have asked You Tube to remove videos that are online without their permission.
Viacom and the British Broadcasting Corporation both demanded You Tube to take down more than 200,000 videos. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Tube#Copyright_infringement
1. The users own recorded material from scratch.
2. Material taken from another source e.g a user uploading clips of The Simpsons.
When footage is taken from another source it is most of the time copy written, and used without the owners consent, thus it being illegal to distribute, for whatever purpose. This is a constant problem of digital data (depending on your opinion). Because with digital data you can distribute multiple copies to others, which means people are not paying any money to the rightful owner. This is known as a form of piracy.
Piracy is an extremely hard activity to police within You Tube if there are so many users constantly uploading content. There is a system in place in You Tube for users to flag up a video if they think it's pirated material, but I believe users want grass on each other, after all the material is for them to watch.
It didn't take long for major entertainment companies to discover what's happening and start phoning their lawyers. Some companies tried to sue You Tube, however as far as my research goes no one has actually successfully sued You Tube. Although many companies have asked You Tube to remove videos that are online without their permission.
Viacom and the British Broadcasting Corporation both demanded You Tube to take down more than 200,000 videos. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Tube#Copyright_infringement
How’s does the Jitsu community utilise 'You Tube'
Benefits and the setbacks for the Online Jitsu Community
I have discovered, that the online Jitsu community have used 'You Tube' as a platform to broadcast their Jitsu techniques, broadcast comedy sketches that are Jitsu related and many more genres that relate to Jitsu.
I believe the benefits of uploading Jitsu videos is limited to the reason/cause. On some video clips which are of Jitsukas practicing their techniques, I've read comments left by other supposed jitsukas or martial artists giving their advice on how to improve their technique, some simply mock (not in a critiquing manner) and others give positive feedback.
Getting feedback is one of the greatest things that people in all walks of life can receive. Feedback can help people to improve their skills and be an encouragement. However depending on the source of the feedback, it can have a different effect (in a Jitsu context). For there are several styles of Jitsu, thus throws may be called the same but some are performed differently. So people can not over-critique each others technique.
However the more experienced jitsukas could reconise a badly performed piece of Jitsu, but the question is how does the user receiving the feedback know that the person critiquing them is a genuine Jitsuka, let alone more experienced?
It's really down to the users own judgement.
A way around this problem for this large online community. Is they should only show people who they know (e.g. Jitsu club members) their video, I'm sure this would be a more effective manner of utilizing 'You Tube'.
I have discovered, that the online Jitsu community have used 'You Tube' as a platform to broadcast their Jitsu techniques, broadcast comedy sketches that are Jitsu related and many more genres that relate to Jitsu.
I believe the benefits of uploading Jitsu videos is limited to the reason/cause. On some video clips which are of Jitsukas practicing their techniques, I've read comments left by other supposed jitsukas or martial artists giving their advice on how to improve their technique, some simply mock (not in a critiquing manner) and others give positive feedback.
Getting feedback is one of the greatest things that people in all walks of life can receive. Feedback can help people to improve their skills and be an encouragement. However depending on the source of the feedback, it can have a different effect (in a Jitsu context). For there are several styles of Jitsu, thus throws may be called the same but some are performed differently. So people can not over-critique each others technique.
However the more experienced jitsukas could reconise a badly performed piece of Jitsu, but the question is how does the user receiving the feedback know that the person critiquing them is a genuine Jitsuka, let alone more experienced?
It's really down to the users own judgement.
A way around this problem for this large online community. Is they should only show people who they know (e.g. Jitsu club members) their video, I'm sure this would be a more effective manner of utilizing 'You Tube'.
The Various Jitsu Clips Part 2
Within this section I will show another four video clips from the search of "jitsu" and any of word thats not remotely connected to Jistu such as "mum"
Tags: "Jitsu" "drunk"
Tags: "Jitsu" "office"
Tags: "Jitsu" "kiss"
Tags: "Jitsu" "afro"
Tags: "Jitsu" "drunk"
Tags: "Jitsu" "office"
Tags: "Jitsu" "kiss"
Tags: "Jitsu" "afro"
The Various Jitsu Clips Part 1
In this section I have displayed four search results of using the word Jitsu and a relative term e.g. a name of a technique.
Tags: "Jitsu" "hip throw"
Tags: "Jitsu" "competition"
Tags: "Jitsu" "Two man"
Tags: "Jitsu" "armlock"
Tags: "Jitsu" "hip throw"
Tags: "Jitsu" "competition"
Tags: "Jitsu" "Two man"
Tags: "Jitsu" "armlock"
Tags
A tag is a keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of data e.g articles, pictures in this case video clips.
When you enter a search name for video, you often type the subject name or terms associated with that specific subject, or the category you intend the clip to fall into, or a combination of all three.
For example I may type " Jitsu" as the subject area then type " punch" as the a name associated within Jitsu.
The video search engine will then search the tags of hundreds of videos of these specified key-words. This fast procedure is used across web 1.0 and web2.0 websites.
This video is one of the videos obtained from the search of "Jitsu" and "punch"
When you enter a search name for video, you often type the subject name or terms associated with that specific subject, or the category you intend the clip to fall into, or a combination of all three.
For example I may type " Jitsu" as the subject area then type " punch" as the a name associated within Jitsu.
The video search engine will then search the tags of hundreds of videos of these specified key-words. This fast procedure is used across web 1.0 and web2.0 websites.
This video is one of the videos obtained from the search of "Jitsu" and "punch"
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