Scott Shaw

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Scott Shaw
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Born	1 November 1958 Hollywood, California
Height	6' 2" (1.88 m)
Official site	Scott Shaw.com
Notable roles	Scott Shaw at imdb

Scott Shaw is a prolific author, journalist, actor, filmmaker and musician.

Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 Filmmaking 4 Trivia 5 Books 6 Filmography 7 External links

[edit] Background

Scott Shaw was born on 2 November 1958 in Hollywood, California. He became involved with both the martial arts and eastern mysticism at a very early age. Both of these subjects have come to define much of his life.

[edit] Career

Scott Shaw has had an extensive career in both the arts and the sciences. He first became noticed as an author when his poetry and literary fiction began to be published in literary journals in the late 1970s. Beginning in the mid 1980s Shaw's writings also began to be published on the subjects of anthropology and the social sciences. Though his writings have span many generas, Shaw is perhaps most well known as an author on the subject of the martial arts. This is due to the volumous amount of written work he has composed on the subject. Over three hundred of his articles on the martial arts have been published and he is the author of several books on the subject.

The foundation for Shaw's writings on the martial arts began when he was six years old. This is the point when he began his study of the Korean martial art of Hapkido. Shaw initially studied Hapkido under the direction of Duk Hyun Son. He later went on to study with Sea Ho Choi, Hee Hwan Yoon and Sung Soo Lee. Shaw studied and taught Hapkido and Taekwondo until in 1987 he was the first American to be awarded the 7th Degree Black belt (martial arts) in Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo. In 1988 he earned the 7th Degree Black Belt in Kumdo. In 1996 he was the first non-Korean to be promoted to the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt by The Korea Hapkido Federation. Since that time he has been promoted to 8th Degree Black Belt in both Hapkido and Taekwondo.

Shaw has also written numerous articles and several books on Zen Buddhism, Yoga, Eastern Religion and Asian culture. These writings are based in the fact that from his youth forward Shaw has very involved in eastern meditative thought. He was a direct disciple of Swami Satchidananda. In addition, he studied with such teachers as Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Thich Thien-An. By the age of eighteen he was a certified instructor of Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. At this point in his life he travelled to India where he was initiated into various Buddhist, Hindu and Sufi sects and became Sannyasa. Shaw is also understood to be a Frater Rosae Crucis of the Rosicrucian Order. He is known to frequently travel in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia documenting Asian Culture.

[edit] Filmmaking

In asociation to his wrtings, Scott Shaw is also an active actor and filmmaker. In 1991 he developed a new style of filmmaking that he titled Zen Filmmaking. In essence, this style of filmmaking is defined by the fact that no screenplays are used in the creation of the film. In an interview in the February 23, 1998 issue of Variety (magazine) Shaw explains, "In Zen filmmaking the spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process."

[edit] Trivia

• The final credit in many of his films is, "In Memory of Dinosaur Filmmaking."

• He lives much of every year at his home in Kamakura, Japan.[1]

• Scott Shaw creates much of the soundtrack music for his films under the pseudonym D.J. Acid X. [2]

[edit] Books

• About Peace (ISBN 1-59003-003-6)
• Advanced Taekwondo (ISBN 0-8048-3640-X)
• Bangkok and the Nights of Drunken Stupor (ISBN 1-877792-06-3)
• Cambodian Refugees in Long Beach, California: The Definitive Study (ISBN 1-877792-02-0)
• Chi Kung for Beginners: Master the Flow of Chi for Good Health, Stress Reductions & Increased Energy (ISBN 0-7387-0419-9)
• E.Q. (ISBN 1-877792-07-1)
• Gods In Polyester: A Survivors' Account Of 70's Cinema Obscura (Contributor)
• Hapkido: Korean Art of Self-Defense (ISBN 0-8048-2074-0)
• The History of the Hmong (ISBN 0-9432-4991-9)
• Junk (ISBN 1-877792-05-5)
• L. A. Tales from the Suburban Side of Hell (ISBN 1-877792-18-7)
• Last Will & Testament According to the Divine Rites of the Drug Cocaine (ISBN 1-877792-00-4)
• Los Angeles Koreatown: An Urban Geographical View of the Factors That Lead to Its Inception & Its Current Urbanization (ISBN 1-877792-09-8)
• Love Lived Too Long (ISBN 1-877792-21-7)
• Love Poetry Written to Moo Lei Before She Threw Herself from a Twenty-Five Story Taipei Hotel Room Window (ISBN 1-877792-12-8)
• Nirvana in a Nutshell: 157 Zen Meditations (ISBN 1-59003-017-6)
• Sake in a Glass, Sushi with Your Fingers: Fifteen Minutes in Tokyo (ISBN 1-877792-22-5)
• Samurai Zen (ISBN 1-57863-104-1)
• Sanskrit, the Language: Inception and Modern Day Ramifications (ISBN 1-877792-10-1)
• Scream: Southeast Asia & the Dream (ISBN 1-877792-01-2)
• Shanghai Whispers Shanghai Screams (ISBN 1-877792-26-8)
• Siam Tracy (ISBN 1-877792-25-X)
• Simple Bliss: Nirvana Made Easy (ISBN 1-86204-850-9)
• Suicide Slowly (ISBN 1-877792-14-4)
• Taekwondo Basics (ISBN 0-8048-3484-9)
• The Ki Process: Korean Secrets for Cultivating Dynamic Energy (ISBN 0-87728-879-8)
• The Little Book of Yoga Breathing: Pranayama Made Easy ISBN 1-57863-301-X
• The Tao of Self-Defense (ISBN 1-57863-190-4)
• The Most Beautiful Woman in Shanghai (ISBN 1-877792-24-1)
• The Passionate Kiss of Illusion (ISBN 1-877792-04-7)
• There Is No Wind Through the Trees on a Treeless Beach (ISBN 1-877792-11-X)
• The Warrior Is Silent: Martial Art and the Spiritual Path (ISBN 0-89281-668-6)
• TKO: A Drunken Night in Tokyo (ISBN 1-877792-08-X)
• War (ISBN 1-877792-17-9)
• Wet Dreams and Placid Silence (ISBN 1-877792-19-5)
• Wo' Ton of the Blue Vision (ISBN 1-877792-16-0)
• Yoga the Inner Journey (ISBN 0-595-16549-4)
• Zen O'Clock: Time to Be (ISBN 1-57863-124-6)
• Zero One (ISBN 1-877792-20-9)

[edit] Filmography

• Blade in Hong Kong 1985
• Guongdong Province, China: Poverty and Promise 1990 (Documentary) (Director)
• Long Feng cha lou 1990
• Sunset Beat 1990
• Just a Moment That Passes in Time 1990 (also Producer/Director)
• Zhi zai chu wei 1991
• Wu fu xing chuang gui 1991
• The Roller Blade Seven 1991 (also Producer)
• Long mao shao xu 1991
• The Divine Enforcer 1991
• Capital Punishment 1991
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
• Palomino 1991
• Samurai Vampire Bikers From Hell 1992 (also Producer/Director)
• Nu hei xia huang ying 1992
• The Player 1992 (actor, cameo)
• The Naked Truth 1992
• The Legend of the Rollerblade Seven 1992 (also Producer)
• Jing ling bian 1992
• Return of the Roller Blade Seven 1993 (also Producer)
• Samurai Johnny Frankenstein 1993 (also Producer/Director)
• Atomic Samurai 1993 (also Producer/Director)
• Samurai Ballet 1994 (also Producer/Director)
• Exploding Angel 1995
• Hell Comes to Frogtown III 1995 (also Producer/Director)
• Cambodia: Living in the Killing Field 1996 (Documentary) (Director)
• Toad Warrior 1996 (also Producer/Director)
• Shotgun Boulevard 1996 (also Producer)
• Hollywood Cops 1997 (also Producer/Director)
• Guns of El Chupacabra 1997 (also Producer)
• Armageddon Boulevard 1998 (also Producer)
• Ride with the Devil 1999 (also Producer)
• Ghost Taxi 1999 (also Producer)
• Guns of El Chupacabra 2: The Unseen (also Producer/Director)
• Quest of the Invisible Ninja 2000 (also Producer/Director)
• Pop Beat Killers 2000
• Poppugurûpu Koroshiya 2000
• Liquid Tokyo 2001 (also Producer/Director)
• No Boundaries 2001 (also Producer/Director)
• Slip Into Oblivion 2001 (also Producer/Director)
• Undercover X 2001 (also Producer/Director)
• Sedona 2001 (also Producer/Director)
• Rock n' Roll Cops 2002 (also Producer/Director)
• Max Hell Frog Warrior 2002 (also Producer/Director)
• Max Hell Comes to Frogtown 2002 (also Producer/Director)
• Hitman City 2003 (also Producer/Director)
• Rock n' Roll Cops 2: The Adventure Begins 2003 (also Producer/Director)
• Vampire Blvd. 2004 (also Producer/Director)
• Super Hero Central 2004 (also Producer/Director)
• Legend of the Dead Boyz 2004 (Producer/Director)
• Interview: The Documentary 2005 (Producer/Director)
• The Final Kiss 2005 (also Producer/Director)
• Dinner and Drinks 2005 (also Producer/Director)
• 9mm Sunrise 2006 (also Producer/Director)
• Killer: Dead or Alive 2006 (also Producer/Director)
• One Shot Sam 2006 (Director)

[edit] External links

• Scott Shaw: The Official Website
• Scott Shaw at The Internet Movie Database
• Scott Shaw Filmography at Movie Tome
• Scott Shaw at The Complete Martial Art Hall of Fame
• Scott Shaw Biography at Poetry Hunter.com