Company: Bernie Lau Productions
Tape Name: Explosive Aiki Jujitsu
Tape Cost:
39.95
Length of Tape/Time: 1 hour
Number of Moves/Techniques: Approximately
50
Return Policy: Don't Know
Experiences in dealing with this company: Don't
Know
The Instructor: Bernie Lau, Roy Goldberg, Miguel Ibarra, Diane Hughes
Company's
Address: PO Box 299, Mountlake Terrace, Washington 98043
Company's Phone Number:
Don't Know
Web Page: http://www.seattleschoolofaikido.org/about_icho_ryu
Another Link: https://www.facebook.com/bernie.lau.3
E-Mail: Don't Know
Main Grading Criteria
Production/Tape
Quality: 10
Instructors demonstrated skill level: 10
Comprehension Score: 9
Degree
to which this will make someone a better Martial Artist:8
Score on delivery vs
hype:8
Degree to which we’d recommend this product: 8
Wasted Time ( The lower
the number, the less " fluff ") 7
Playback Score/Watching it over-and-over
again): 10
Would I purchase more of this company's products: 9
Overall grade
based on cost vs value:9
Grand Total: 88 % ( Fair = 2 Stars )
Secondary Grading Criteria
Beginners:
Fair
Intermediate: Fair
Advanced: Fair
Time to benefit: Not immediate for
most people.
The need to buy additional tapes to understand this one: Possibly
Written Summary:
Ever since Steven Seagal
introduced the aiki arts to American martial arts movie fans, there has been a tremendous
increase of interest in these arts. This tape series gives the viewer a look into
aikijujitsu which could best be described as a violent cousin to aikido without the
mysticism and religious overtones. This video is extremely well produced and beautiful
to watch as Mr. Goldberg, Mr. Lau, Mr. Ibarra, and Ms. Hughes give the viewer an
impressive showing of their martial arts skill. That said however, this is not an
easy video from which to learn aikijujitsu. Any art that requires such a high degree
of body feel and sensitivity to one's opponent is difficult to learn, even from an
instructor, and the fact that the techniques shown are without any narration or verbal
coaching make this video a difficult task for all but the very advanced students.
There are many techniques shown ( approximately 50 ) and they are all beautiful
to watch. The setting for most of the techniques is a traditional dojo, complete
with a mat and instructors wearing gi's and black belts. The techniques shown deal
with both armed and unarmed attacks ( primarily knife defenses ). Each technique
is shown between 4 and 7 times with between 1 and 2 slow motion viewings per technique.
We are given the Japanese terminology for each technique and we get to see all four
of the instructors doing different techniques throughout the tape. I felt like there
was probably too much time spent on showing different repetitions of the same technique.
If
you have a background in jiu-jitsu or aikido, then the material on this tape will
probably be fairly easy for you to learn. If you have little to no experience in
an art that teaches joint locks and throwing techniques, then you may be lost when
it comes to making these techniques part of your personal arsenal. Still, this is
a beautiful tape to watch and I would recommend it to anyone who has the background
and/or patience to learn the techniques from a video. That said, it is definitely
not a tape for beginners.
CJ
