Company: World Grappling Federation
Tape Name: Oleg Taktarov Series - Tape
Four - Combinations
Tape Cost: $24.99 ( All five tapes of series $99.95 ) + s/h
$4 per tape ,$12 max. per order
Length of Tape/Time: 38 minutes
Number of Moves/Techniques:
Eleven
Return Policy: Unknown
Experiences in dealing with this company: Unknown
The
Instructor: Oleg Taktarov
Company's Address: P.O.BOX 366 , Lakeside , CA 92040
Company's
Phone Number: (619) 938-0611
Web Page: ?
E-Mail: ?
Primary Grading Criteria:
1. Production/Tape
Quality: 10
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: 10
6. Degree to which we'd recommend this
product:9
2. 7. Wasted Time (The higher the number, the less "fluff"/repetition):
9
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:
10
Grand Total: 93 %
1. 80%-100% = 93 %
2. Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent
= Good
3. 0-5 stars = 3.25
Secondary Grading Criteria:
1. Beginners
benefit: Fair
2. Intermediate benefit: Good
3. Advanced benefit: Good
4.
Time to benefit: Practice makes perfect
5. The need to buy additional tapes to
understand this one: None
Written Summary:
First, the obvious.
Repeating myself all over again would be as boring for the reader as it would be
for the reviewer , so , for more general comments regarding the reviewer's feelings
re Mr. Taktarov, please read the reviews for the three previous Taktarov tapes.
A
list of the combinations shown on this video :
1. Choke to arm- lock from
being rear -mounted on opponent in hedgehog position
2. Choke to banana-split
in position as above
3. Arm-lock to toe-hook
4. Knee-bar to squeeze-lock
5.
Finger-choke to ankle-lock/leg-lock
6. Guillotine choke to neck-crank
7. Knee-bar
to leg-lock ,from bottom position, opponent in halfguard
8. Defence against rear
choke; ankle lock to armlock
9. Standing Combinations : hip throw to a kind of
rear double leg takedown
10. Hip Throw to hip throw
11. Hip Throw to double-leg
type takedown
Plus some Randori shown. There are some really nice combinations
shown, which I feel it might be useful to experiment with. Mr. Taktarov, with his
Sambo background, is clearly an expert as far as leg-locks are concerned. Again,
whilst this is not one of the all-time top ten grappling instructionals , there
may be quite a few things to be learnt here.
E.P.
