Dragon Ball Book Progress Update 2
Krillin's in da house!
Hey everyone. Time for a progress update on The Dao of Dragon Ball.
The site has only had a few updates recently, but the book is coming along nicely. I have a couple people reading it and providing feedback, and I am wrapping up the writing.
The book is undergoing a transformation process, like how Goku and Gohan entered the Room of Spirit and Time, then completed their training and came out super strong. Or likewise Vegeta and Trunks.
I recently purchased my ISBN so that the book can be sold internationally, including on Amazon and other online stores. I also registered with the United States Library of Congress so it can appear in libraries and universities.
Once the writing is completely finished I will transform it into an Adobe InDesign file and deliver it to a professional indexer, as every non-fiction book needs to have a solid index.
When this is complete the book will essentially be done, and I will then publish it through Amazon CreateSpace so everybody in the world can buy it. Hopefully, everybody will!
Hammer of the Gods – Dragon Ball Martial Arts and the Double Axe Handle
Vegetto Smashes Majin Buu with a Double Axe Handle
In this Dragon Ball explorative essay we’re going to focus on the martial arts technique known as the double axe handle. This iconic technique is found throughout the Dragon Ball series and has both a rich history and symbolism.
Dragon Ball is a comic book and anime filled with fighting and all kinds of different martial arts styles. Yet many of them share similar techniques, and the double axe handle is one of the most identifiable.
These are the questions we will answer in this article:
- What is the double axe handle?
- What are its origins and history, and how does it relate to Dragon Ball?
- What are the histories of East Asian martial arts, Buddhism, and the Lightning Bolt Clasped Hands style of combat?
- How do eastern philosophies and this technique fit into the fights of DBZ?
- Why is the double axe handle used so often in Dragon Ball?
- Outside of Dragon Ball, where else can the double axe handle be seen?
Read on to find out! continue …
Dragonball Book Review – Pojo’s Unofficial Dragonball Z Cards Simplified: A Player’s Guide
Pojo’s Unofficial Dragonball Z Cards Simplified: A Player’s Guide
Pojo's Unofficial Dragonball Z Cards Simplified
The Dragonball Z Collectible Card Game (CCG) premiered in 2000 with the Saiyan Saga starter decks and booster packs. There are now over eighteen expansions and several rare and promotional cards to play around with. The CCG’s purpose is to play mock battles in Dragonball with your favorite DBZ characters and abilities, mixing and matching fighting styles and combat techniques to come out the victor.
Pojo’s Unofficial Dragonball Z Cards Simplified: A Player’s Guide details the origins of the game, the various cards, and strategies from winners of national tournaments.
The book starts off with a nice introduction to the Dragonball series and is a suitable primer for those unfamiliar with the topic. Of course there’s no substitute for watching the show or reading the comic book, but it sets you up for the rest of the contents. It follows with a description of the various card types, such as Physical Combat, Energy Combat, Non-Combat, Dragon Ball’s, Battle Grounds and Locations, and Mastery cards. It then breaks those down into different fighting styles, including Red, Blue, Black, Orange, Saiyan, and Namekian along with descriptions of what makes each one unique.
Overall it gives a pretty good idea of what the game contains, but it doesn’t actually include the rules, so you’re left trying to piece together how the game is played from the descriptions of cards and strategies therein. I suppose this is because the rules change frequently with each new release of cards, and it would have been difficult to summarize all of the rules into a few pages, but it would have made a lot more sense to me if they had tried. continue …
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