Company: Paladin Press
Tape Name: Ultimate Street Fighter, Volume 2
Tape
Cost: $79.95 (gets you Volume 1 & 2)
Length of Tape/Time: Approximately 1
hour, 10 minutes
Number of Moves/Techniques: Concept Tape with numerous techniques
Return
Policy: Refund on damaged or defective tapes only
Experiences in dealing with
this company: Fantastic
The Instructor: Kelly Worden
Company’s Address: PO
Box 1307,Boulder, Colorado 80306
Company’s Phone Number: 303-443-7250
Web Page:
http://www.paladin-press.com
E-Mail: sales@paladin-press.com
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 would recommend this product: 10
7. Wasted Time ( The higher
the number, the less “ fluff” /repetition ): 10
8. Playback Score/Watching if
over-and-over again: 10
9. Would I purchase more of this company’s products:10
10.
Overall grade based on cost vs. Value: 10
Grand Total: 97 %
Secondary Grading Criteria:
1.
Beginners benefit: Excellent
2. Intermediate benefit: Excellent
3. Advanced
benefit: Excellent
4. Time to benefit: Some material is immediate benefit, some
material requires serious
investment of training time.
5. The need to buy
additional tapes to understand this one: None
Written Summary:
This video
is the second in a series from Paladin Press featuring Kelly Worden. As in the first
video, the material presented here is “ high velocity “ and is a continuation of
the material presented in Volume 1. As on the first video, the material presented
by Mr. Worden is heavily influenced by Filipino Arnis and Wing Chun and is very
“ street modified “. Mr. Worden is a believer ( and I agree with him ) that concept
training should take precedence over training in technique. There are many, many
sound fundamental concepts of fighting presented on this video and it's worth watching
many
times.
Mr. Worden builds on the five basic strategies of fighting written
about by Bruce Lee ( hence the subtitle of the video series “ Renegade Jeet Kune
Do ). There is something for everyone on this video. If you want to learn technique,
you will find enough here to keep you busy for months. If you want training tips
and advice, there is plenty of that here as well. If you want information on how
to improve your skills as a martial arts instructor, then you also need to check
out this video.
But in my opinion, the real focus of this video series is
none of the above. Instead, the focus of this video series ( once again, my opinion
only ) is to help any martial artist learn to “ customize “ his own personal arsenal.
This is why the concept training, as taught by Mr. Worden, is so important. How
can you personalize your own martial arts training without understanding the concepts
behind the techniques ? The answer is you cannot. If you do not learn to apply concepts,
then you are simply learning by rote and can probably never each the skill level
that you otherwise could. Mr. Worden’s video series goes a long way in helping the
individual martial artist make that very important jump. Obviously, if you are an
instructor, then the preceding sentence applies to you even more.
We have
reviewed quite a few videos by Kelly Worden in the past and all of them have ranged
from very good to excellent. However, I believe this is Mr. Worden’s best work to
date of the videos we have seen. Even though the video is subtitled "Renegade
Jeet Kune Do", I believe that title to be somewhat inaccurate. I think a more
appropriate title should have been “ REAL Jeet Kune Do “. I do not want this review
to turn into another long winded speech about the nature of Jeet Kune Do. But if
the title and the material are annoying to others in the Jeet Kune Do arena, then
so be it. All I can say is “ It’s about time “.
