Company: Jiu Joe Jitsu
Tape Name: Video # 2 (Street Survival & Rape Prevention)
Tape Cost: $29.95
Length
of Tape/Time: 45 minutes
Number of Moves/Techniques: Too many to count!
Return
Policy: Defective merchandise only
Experiences in dealing with this company: Good
The
Instructor: Joseph Saladino
Company's Address: P.O. Box 542, Mount Sinai, NY.,
11766
Company's Phone Number: ?
Web Page: http://www.selfdefense.net
E-Mail:
info@self-defense.net
Primary Grading Criteria:
1. Production/Tape Quality: 9
2. Instructors demonstrated skill level: 10
3.
Comprehension Score/Immediate Understanding: 9
4. Degree to which this will make
someone a better Martial Artist: 10
5. Score on delivery vs. hype: 9
6. Degree
to which we'd recommend this product: 9
7. Wasted Time (The higher the number,
the less "fluff"/repetition): 8
8. Playback Score/Watching it over-and-over
again: 9
9. Would I purchase more of this company's products: 9
10. Overall
grade based on cost vs. value: 9
Grand Total: Revised to 91% (Good = 2.75 stars)
Original grade was 95%
Secondary Grading Criteria:
1. Beginners benefit: Good
2. Intermediate benefit: Good
3. Advanced benefit:
Good
4. Time to benefit: Immediate
5. The need to buy additional tapes to understand
this one: None !
Written Summary:
The more I watch of
Mr. Saladino, the more I begin to appreciate his extensive repetoire of martial arts
techniques. In this video "Joe" shines, and one gets a glimpse at how much
of a well rounded martial artist he really is. Mr. Saladino incorporates the use
of quick hand strikes, kicks, jujitsu techniques, and sometimes even the use of a
stick (which he's very good with). Joe shows the viewer how they can use a multitude
of these techniques, to defend oneself in the following 11 self defense scenarios:
1.
Counter Attack to a Straight Punch
2. Double Arm Lock Escape
3. Double Wrist
Hold Escape
4. Double Choke or Collar Escape
5. Counter Attack to a Rear Grab
6.
Disarming and Attacker with a Club (Joe's VERY GOOD with a club/stick)
7. Sharp
Object Counter to a Attack
8. Stick Defense Against Knife Attack
9. Choke Prevention
and Counter Attack
10. Counter Attack Against a Boxer (In this one, we get a surprise
glimpse at Joes' versatility as he throws an unbelievably fast and powerful turning
side kick)
11. Counter Attack Against a Wrestler
The thing I like most
about Joe's techniques are they're fundamentally sound, highly effective, yet they're
not "style" specific, and most won't take years to master.
There
are many teachers who show how to just use karate (block/punch/kick) in various self
defense scenarios, and others who show how to just use judo or jujitsu, however rarely
seen is the effective combining of these, which can create something very special,
and Joe does just that.
