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Roy Williams
Height: 60~ Eyes Hazel
~ Hair Brown

Poem ~ The Master Under Light
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The
Rhythm
of
Light

"The
Balance
of
Time
flows
through
the
Rhythm
of
Light"
Roy
Williams
"In
another time, Rod Serling might have walked with Roy Williams
through another
dimension of time and space, a space Williams has created and
portrayed now at a
number of karates top sports events and charities."
Joe Corley/PKC
Few people,
however, who witness the spectacular electric light shows
of
Roy Williams have any hint of the drive, determination and tenacity
that this
Florida martial artist has developed in his effort to understand
and transmit images
of light from his arsenal of weapons.
Roy Williams has the power of two centuries-old samurai swords
in his
control. The blades appear like long slivers of sunlight whipping
through the air,
their black handles guided by the swift accuracy of experienced
hands. These are no
longer weapons of a warrior, they are instruments of an artist.
With the grace of a ballet dancer and the intensity of an athlete,
Williams
blends youthful body with ancient blades to form one fluid motion.
The blades are an
extension of himself as he glides across his dojo dock, elevating
the martial arts to an
art form. Im a performer and through performing,
I think I am sending a message
about appreciating the true meaning of the martial arts, ARTS
is the biggest of
those two words. Its not overbearing, Im trying
to create an intrinsic
appreciation by bringing the aesthetic aspect of martial arts
to the limelight.
Williams has delved into and created a new art of weapons in
motion, Lissajous Do
Ryu. He has, in fact, created a science form Temporado,
dissected its
components into a series of patterns as ratios & systematically
recreated those abstract
patterns for film, transposing them to a new medium, a tangible
fine arts form
trademarked as Halo Aura (tm), a radiant light around
or above the head or body
seen as emanating from a person, place or thing, projecting
a rayed being of subtly
pervasive harmony. The images seen in his live performances,
photographic prints &
video television show emanate from the unique weapons he has
designed and
updated, such as the nunchaku to the penchaku, the
first
(pendulous~balanced~chaku), called the RoyChux,
it~is the NuChux, Competition
Chux, which has transformed the mode of martial arts competition,
next are the
multi-sectional staffs, as well as
{Helio~Tons- Spike Chuxs} & {Halo~Nimbus- Ring Chuxs}.
Williams first evolved the use of black lights (Ultra Violet
Lights) in 1970 and
fluorescent painted & photon vinyl instruments, thus, a
different world was revealed. A
world where visual distractions are eliminated and the wave
form motion of "temporado", becomes
the Art. The power and control are still there,
but now we see a level of precision
never before experienced. Generally, the martial arts holds
for its participants the 3
dimensional intrigue of physical, mental and spiritual cohesion.
For Roy Williams, martial arts has yet other dimensions. He
emphasizes the
attainment of balance, awareness of time, attainment of rhythm,
and awareness of
light. In his four dimensional approach. Its the balance
of (space~time) and (rhythms
of light), that literally illuminates his practice, his art
and his devoted efforts in
revealing the mystery of , "The rhythm of light".
As Williams puts it,
"The
Balance
of
Time
flows
through
the
Rhythm
of
Light"
a
thought not unworthy of a trip into
The
Twilight
Zone. |

Living
Legends
Pioneer
Award
The
Living Legends Alumni Bequeath
To
Grand Master Roy Williams
In acknowledgment of this person's lifetime
of dedication to physical training and mental discipline, with
vast contributions to the Martial Arts community as a Pioneer
of the Sport of Karate in America. A
Pioneer is one who forges the path for future generations to
follow. The above person is one of exemplary character and vision,
who exhibits the principles established
by the ancient Warriors of Bushido.
Given this 18th day of October 2003
National Martial Arts Day |

Florida
Motion Picture & TV Performance
Grand Master Roy & Mary Williams
FMPTA
15th
Annual Crystal Reel Awards


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Get Lost
in Halo
Aura,
a spectacular light show
by:
Richard Whatley
A&E Staff
.....If you attended the Auburn University
Program Council's Talent Show
about three weeks ago, you may remember the final act that won
third place. Russell Wright performed a dazzling and hypnotizing
rare act called Halo Aura to music provided by Jason Willis.
The Act had the audience in amazement and cheers. It is one
of the most visually stimulating performances ever created.
It is a light show using techniques and tools of martial arts.
Halo Aura was created by Roy Williams who has copyrights to
the act. Wright is one of the few to have written documentation
of freedom to perform this act at will. Wright is a senior in
radio, television and film at Auburn. He was born in Hawaii,
and then moved to Jacksonville, FL in the third grade. He had
been interested in martial arts as a young boy, and when he
was 15 he started practicing martial arts."That was sort
of a tension release of having never been good at sports, and
so I found my forte in martial arts", Wright says. He then
met Williams, creator of Halo Aura and Lissajous~Do Ryu in Jacksonville.
Williams became a Father figure to Wright because he was raised
mainly by his mother. Williams allowed Wright the rare opportunity
to train privately with him, while also keeping an eye on Wrights
academics.
"(Grand)
Master Williams is an incredible Renaissance man, to say the
least.
He is a bona fide genius, who has rewritten many concepts about
the martial arts, and they have become a standard. (He is) also
a great man in general; a philosopher, an artist, a physicist.
He has a doctorate and is a very versatile man," Wright
said. Williams has studied basic martial arts based on physics
using Lissajous patterns, which are patterns made up of rings
and ratios of movement. He applied this to the basic open hand
martial arts and weaponry. The next step was Halo Aura.
Halo
Aura is a performing art combining ultraviolet light and martial
arts moves, choreographed to music. Different martial arts weaponry
colored in fluorescent hues gives off the different effects.
It is performed in the dark, using black light. The weapons
usually used are the well known "Roy Chux" nunchaku.
They are handmade, designed and patented by Williams. They do
not resemble the normal sticks that everyone is familiar with.
They range from the usual two-stick assembly up to four sticks
on one.
To describe
the performance is no easy task. "It's a moving meditation.
You kind of have to step out of yourself to be in balance with
these two tools." Wright said. "They are both in sync,
but yet they are both going at different speeds or tempos,"
he said, "and the cool thing about it is that people tend
to get lost in it while they are watching it. It's like a mental
meditation. For those out there performing it, it is a moving
meditation."
When
a performance is caught on film, a theophany can be seen. A
theophany is a visual manifestation of a figure that the viewer
sees, like making out shapes in clouds. About the photography
art of Halo Aura, Wright said, "In the still shots you
are actually able to see those theophanies that are captured
in 3-4 seconds of what you would typically see in the performance."
"Through those blurs and dimensions blending together you
see the different theophanies, like dolphins or birds and even
faces. It is really open to personal interpretation." Halo
Aura is a growing art that has been unsuccessfully copied in
the movies. You may remember the scene in "Batman Forever"
where Robin fights a gang in an alley that is lit up with fluorescent
light, and the gang has the same lighting on their bodies. The
gang leader is actually trying to perform an obscure form of
Halo Aura, but does not pull it off. Williams will be in an
upcoming movie, made for television, called "Angel with
a Kick", from an independent film company playing an Arc
Angel, who will use Halo Aura at the final showdown of good
and evil. Wright was considered for a demo team after less than
a year of training. He worked with Williams on the show for
four years before moving to Alexander City, where his family
is originally from. Wright then got permission from Williams
to do his first solo performance at Camp ASCCA. He has been
performing solo shows ever since, as well as training a team
of his own to perform Halo Aura.
Wright
is a Sixth-Degree Blackbelt, which is a master rank, and he
has been teaching martial arts in Alex City at his Dojo - United
Arts for seven years. Wright said, "I would definitely
like to be able to pass the art out to some groups that would
appreciate it. One of those groups that I have seen that pretty
much did was college type audiences. "I really want to
be able to see people identify with something that is new and
really visually and mentally stimulating. I would like to be
able to do some shows while I am still here in Auburn. "Since
I love Auburn so much, I would like to pass the art along and
have the people appreciate it while I am in this community,"
Wright said. |
Poem ~ The Master Under Light


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Do Ryu

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