Lee Young-sup is acutely aware of the difference in his status being a younger brother, but he finds a true talent the first time he flies a kite. Set in Seoul, Korea, in 1473, the novel depicts the relationship of two brothers in a tradition-bound family. It was first published on Mathrough Clarion Books and follows two brothers in Korea during the 15th century. (This is Mike, yo.) And just to drag the quality of the entire post down, here’s a video clip about kite fighting starring Santa Duck and Zombie Buddy…Īnd as a final exclamation point on our weeklong celebration of Natalie’s amazing book, we Emus would like to share our very own version of “cover art” for FLYING THE DRAGON.The Kite Fighters is a 2000 historical children's novel that was written by Linda Sue Park and illustrated by her father Eung Won Park. And, of course, pick up FLYING THE DRAGON to learn more! Very special thanks to David for stopping by. I hope readers gain an appreciation for the aspects of culture the books presents, and perhaps a taste of kiting as well. Kite flying offers a number of teaching opportunities - art, science, atmospherics, aviation, history, and culture. What do you hope readers (and future kite flyers) will come away with after reading FLYING THE DRAGON? (Did a guest spot for the Re-Inventors last year dealing with “war kites”).Ĥ. We’ve been involved as support for about a dozen books and several television programs. And after ten years as president of the American Kitefliers Association, we get a lot of calls. We do a lot of interviews – usually when we are traveling as guests of international kite events. How often do people request your expertise? Natalie said that she found your name in the acknowledgements of Linda Sue Park’s middle grade novel THE KITE FIGHTERS and had seen you quoted in a Parents magazine article on kite flying tips with kids. Too often, books and especially motion pictures get details wrong and it takes years to correct those mis-taught lessons.ģ. So it makes sense to teach them things correctly.
How important is it for an author to get the details right in a relatively little-known sport like kite-fighting? I personally became involved because it was fun and something I found I could do fairly well.
In the early days, the event developed because of the close friendships between the Japan Kite Association and the American Kite Association. The kites, rules, and techniques are different. Japanese styled kite fighting has been popular at American festivals for a number of years. How did you get involved with the sport of rokkaku (kite fighting)? To help celebrate the release of FLYING THE DRAGON, David was nice enough to answer some questions about Kite Fighting.ġ. In 2005, he was inducted into the Kiting Hall of Fame by the World Kite Museum. He also serves as Vice Chair of the International Kite Federation and Chairman of the World Sport Kite Championships Organizing Committee and was twice elected President of the Kite Trade Association International.ĭavid has received the highest awards that can be given by the international kiteflying community: the Edeiken Award from the AKA and the Checkley Award from the Kite Trade Association.
To ensure accuracy and realism, Natalie turned to David Gomberg of Gomberg Kites.ĭavid served an unprecedented ten terms as President of the American Kitefliers Association (AKA), the largest association of kite enthusiasts in the world. We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming: Japanese rok fighting can be found with a Youtube search for Sanjo kite fighting.
#KITE FIGHTING UPDATE#
SLIGHT UPDATE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POST: David has informed me that the video right above is of Pakistani style fighting, which is different from the Japanese fighting in the book. No, I’m not mis-spelling ‘flying.’ It’s really ‘fighting.’ Which, of course, obviously leads to the brilliant question in the title of this post: um…what? FLYING THE DRAGON, the new middle-grade novel from Natalie Dias Lorenzi, has a deep thread running through it of kite fighting.
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