Company: Total Approach JKD
Tape Name: Strength, Precision, Sensitivity
Tape
Cost: $26.95
Length of Tape/Time: 35 minutes
Number of Moves/Techniques: Drill
Training Tape
Return Policy:
Experiences in dealing with this company:
The
Instructor: David Elwood
Company’s Address: PO Box 8727, Somerville NJ 08876
Company’s
Phone Number: (908) 685-TAJKD
Web Page: http://users.nac.net/tajkd/
E-Mail:
tajkd@nac.net
Primary Grading Criteria:
1.
Production/Tape Quality: 8
2. Instructors demonstrated skill level: 9
3. Comprehension
Score/Immediate Understanding: 9
4. Degree to which this will make someone a better
Martial Artist: 9
5. Score on delivery vs hype: 9
6. Degree to which we would
recommend this product: 9
7. Wasted Time ( The higher the number, the less “ fluff”
/repetition ): 9
8. Playback Score/Watching if 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: 89% ( Fair = 2.25 Stars )
Secondary Grading Criteria:
1.
Beginners benefit: Good
2. Intermediate benefit: Good
3. Advanced benefit:
Fair
4. Time to benefit: Immediate
5. The need to buy additional tapes to understand
this one: None
Written Summary:
This video
is presentation of approximately 30 or so training drills to help improve one’s
the fighting attributes of strength, sensitivity, and precision striking. There
is a good deal of effective training material on this video, particularly for the
beginning to intermediate level student.
The first section of the video
deals with striking strength drills. Most of the these drills deal with teaching
a student how to effectively shift weight into a strike while in motion. The remainder
of the drills deal with strength in a stand up grappling situation where students
attempt to use leverage to off balance their opponent.
The second section
deals with precision striking. Use of focus mitts is emphasized in these drills
as the students attempt to use visualization skills as well as developing good target
acquisition skills.
The third sections deals with sensitivity training. In
these drills, sensitivity is developed by learning to feel the what the opponent
is doing and then attempting to counter this move. Lock flow counter for counter
drills are shown and explained in good detail. This section was my personal favorite
on this video and Mr. Elwood discusses how this generalized drill may be applied
to joint locks that the viewer may already know but were not demonstrated on this
video.
These training drills seem to have good potential for teaching beginning
to intermediate level students. My main problem with the material on this video
is that most experienced martial artists will have seen and done these drills already,
in one form or another. While the material presented is sound, it is not particularly
insightful or revealing to anyone with any significant amount of martial training.
CJ
