Welcome to AikiWeb Aikido Information
AikiWeb: The Source for Aikido Information
AikiWeb's principal purpose is to serve the Internet community as a repository and dissemination point for aikido information.

Sections
home
aikido articles
columns

Discussions
forums
aikiblogs

Databases
dojo search
seminars
image gallery
supplies
links directory

Reviews
book reviews
video reviews
dvd reviews
equip. reviews

News
submit
archive

Miscellaneous
newsletter
rss feeds
polls
about

Follow us on



Home > AikiWeb Aikido Forums
Go Back   AikiWeb Aikido Forums > General

Hello and thank you for visiting AikiWeb, the world's most active online Aikido community! This site is home to over 22,000 aikido practitioners from around the world and covers a wide range of aikido topics including techniques, philosophy, history, humor, beginner issues, the marketplace, and more.

If you wish to join in the discussions or use the other advanced features available, you will need to register first. Registration is absolutely free and takes only a few minutes to complete so sign up today!

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 03-03-2003, 02:31 PM   #1
MikeE
 
MikeE's Avatar
Dojo: Midwest Center For Movement & Aikido Bukou Dojos
Location: Hudson, WI
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 407
Offline
Pirated Aikido Movies

One of my new students borrowed me a CD-ROM he purchased online some time ago. It has just about every mpeg, avi, mov, and asf that you can find by searching on the web.

It also includes a shareware version of an Aikido software that lets you pose stick figures in aikido positions and then animate them.

Much of the stuff is off Aikido Journal, Kjarten Klausen's site, and other places that have these clips for free.

I find this odd and wonder if this product is illegal, or just in bad taste.

Mike Ellefson
Midwest Center
For Movement &
Aikido Bukou
Dojos
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-03-2003, 03:06 PM   #2
shihonage
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 890
United_States
Offline
Michael,

I'm very interested in that stick-figure program.

Do you know the name of it ?

Thanks,

Aleksey.
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-03-2003, 04:34 PM   #3
Heckler2
Dojo: Aikido BME Budapest
Location: Budapest
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 3
Offline
Confused Illegal or not

Well, the videos can be downloaded from the web for free, and the program too, because is shareware. If you dont distribute it as your creation, nor you sell it, you can distribute it legally, because is public material. But if you sell what is not your creation, and free, i think that is illegal. You cant sell what is not yours... by the way, i am no lawyer, so wait, maybe a professional post some about that.

The stick figure program sounds interesting.

Sincerely,

Levente
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-03-2003, 06:50 PM   #4
Arianah
Dojo: Aikido of Norwalk
Location: CT
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 205
Offline
I think the product you are referring to is being sold. It was mentioned on this site last month (here is the thread: http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showth...&threadid=3375 ), with a link to the item on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=16044

Sarah

Last edited by Arianah : 03-03-2003 at 06:54 PM.

Out of clutter, find simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
-Albert Einstein
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2003, 06:01 AM   #5
bob_stra
Location: Australia
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 641
Australia
Offline
I think this might be the stick figure program

http://www.filelibrary.com:8080/cgi-...133/aikido.zip


Btw - the program is a cool as all hell ;-)

Last edited by bob_stra : 03-05-2003 at 06:14 AM.
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2003, 02:11 PM   #6
Alfonso
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 346
Offline
Quote:
Btw - the program is a cool as all hell ;-)
It is! Thanks for posting that link.

Alfonso Adriasola
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2003, 02:22 PM   #7
shihonage
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 890
United_States
Offline
Quote:
Bob Strahinjevich (bob_stra) wrote:
I think this might be the stick figure program

http://www.filelibrary.com:8080/cgi-...133/aikido.zip

Btw - the program is a cool as all hell ;-)
It doesn't allow to view the resulting animation as a whole, and it has no movement interpolation.

Disappointing.
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2003, 11:18 PM   #8
bob_stra
Location: Australia
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 641
Australia
Offline
Quote:
Aleksey S (shihonage) wrote:
It doesn't allow to view the resulting animation as a whole, and it has no movement interpolation.

Disappointing.
I haven't really played around too much with it. Aren't you able to export the animation file as a BMP / gif? If so, you could manually link the BMPs to form an animation.

Also, you can't adduct / abduct the arms/legs, so no bearhugs, chokes etc

Anyone else have any other progs? I still think this one is pretty damn groovy
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2003, 12:23 AM   #9
PhilJ
 
PhilJ's Avatar
Dojo: Aikido Bukou
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 240
Offline
Re: Pirated Aikido Movies

Quote:
Michael Ellefson (MikeE) wrote:
One of my new students borrowed me a CD-ROM
Did ya learn that fancy-shmancy grammar in that thar skewl ya went ta?

I've tried modeling aikido techniques with every single version of Poser that ever came out (back when it was by MetaCreations). Even with the latest version, it's still tough, and forget about modeling the hands, etc. You'd have a psychotic epsiode before you could say "munetsuki kaiten-nage".

Still, I highly recommend looking into the latest Poser. WELL worth the money if you like modeling figures and want to make cool little anims from it.

*Phil

Phillip Johnson
Enso Aikido Dojo, Burnsville, MN
An Aikido Bukou Dojo
http://www.aikidobukou.com
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-07-2003, 12:33 AM   #10
Bronson
 
Bronson's Avatar
Dojo: Seiwa Dojo and Southside Dojo
Location: Battle Creek & Kalamazoo, MI
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,677
Offline
If you have Poser you can go toStill Point Aikido Center and buy the Aikido Poses 1: Basic Postures downloads.

Well I suppose you can buy it even if you don't have Poser...but it won't work very well for you They also have a link to a free Poser demo download.

Bronson

"A pacifist is not really a pacifist if he is unable to make a choice between violence and non-violence. A true pacifist is able to kill or maim in the blink of an eye, but at the moment of impending destruction of the enemy he chooses non-violence."
  Reply With Quote

Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Omoto-kyo Theology senshincenter Spiritual 80 06-10-2022 08:32 AM
Don’t waste your time practicing AIKIDO Khaled General 155 12-16-2013 08:24 AM
Watch Out for Aikido 'Shihans'.......... Man of Aiki General 74 02-24-2009 08:37 AM
For Ted Ehara - Boundary of your aikido? billybob General 123 12-18-2006 04:52 AM
Dilution of aikido eugene_lo General 40 02-07-2006 11:22 AM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:09 AM.



vBulletin Copyright © 2000-2024 Jelsoft Enterprises Limited
----------
Copyright 1997-2024 AikiWeb and its Authors, All Rights Reserved.
----------
For questions and comments about this website:
Send E-mail
plainlaid-picaresque outchasing-protistan explicantia-altarage seaford-stellionate