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It all started in a small enough way - some famous singer had decided to use capoeira-practicing martial artists as backup dancers in one of his music videos. The video was a bit of a sleeper hit, but the flips, kicks, and other moves of the dancers captivated audiences and the video ended up sweeping awards for creativity and innovation that year. After that, the new fad in music videos became using more and different acrobatic moves to instill a sense of movement and power into the video.

Which brings the young martial artist to the counter of JMC, the Japanese Music Company.

"How can I help you?" asked the receptionist.

"Well, I ummm...heard that you were interested in martial artists for music videos or somthin' like that, and was wondering about that," he answered, scratching the back of his head nervously.

She looked down at her electronic scheduler. "Well, we have open auditions for backup dancers the first Monday of every month, and-"

"I actually wanted to make my own video," he interjected.

"That's a bit different," she said, looking at him with interest. It wasn't often that you had someone either uneducated enough or self-confident enough to try and just ask for a starring role in a video. "Usually, the only people to make videos are famous musicians already. And seeing as I don't recognize you..."

"I know that," he said. "But ummm...I had an idea for this video and think that you might be interested in it-I have a demo here." He pulled a DVD case out of the pocket of his pants and laid it on the counter. "That has my agent's contact information on it, if you guys end up being interested. Thanks for the help." With that, he turned and left the reception area.

"Hmm, Tendou Productions Demo-technical and singing? Interesting...Well, no harm in passing it along, right?" And so the DVD ended up in the inbox of JMC's talent search department.