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Styles: Pyong An Do Won, Tai Shing Pek Kwar, compositional arnis
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Learning from DvD
I want to learn the Twin Tigerhead Hooks, but there's no one close by that teaches, so I was thinking of getting the DvD off of martialartsmart.com, does anyone have experience learning from DvDs? Are they good or bad? etc.
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Styles: Present: Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu and Gracie Barra BJJ, Past: Combat Hapkido, Karate
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I've learned some techniques from DVD's and they work but u need to film urself doing it and watch ur self and the dvd at the same time or send ur video to a sensei and ask him to plz tell you what mistakes u make
Especially if you're learning a very limited group of techniques, it's possible, just difficult. It will take longer than learning from a person, but it sounds like that's not an option. Watching both DVDs at the same time is a good idea. Sending them to a sensei is better.
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I dont know the DVD in which you refer, but I think you should be wary of a lot of instructional ones. Anything which gives you the "beginner to black belt" sell is bound to be too good to be true. Such is the case with a kickboxing one I bought a year or so ago. The main content was 38 minutes, and it was Bill Wallace passing on his experitse from a seminar. No link to any syllabus, and nothing in terms of a begginers guide.
My genral rule is to get with those that specialise. Kicking, punching DVDs etc. Dont guarentee you anything in terms of belts etc. they will just help you with the techniques.
And I doubt anything will ever beat attending the class, and asking the sensei.
Basically I look at it this way. The primary way you learn martial arts is by doing martial arts. I'm sure that if you asked anyone on this site if they at least make an attempt to train outside of class they will say yes. You are capable of doing this simply because you have reached a certain level in that art. For example, I am able to train in Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido or Boxing outside of a class, but I have a really hard time training it anything else away from instruction. Now, from a video or a book it will take longer to reach that level of training by yourself but it is still possible.
Your case with Twin Tiger Hooks is pretty similar to mine with nunchaku. Very limited experience prior, but learning from a video. Been at it for a little while now and I am getting better at it, but I am no where near world class. I say go for it.
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Well it's not one of those black belt in two week things, but it's told out for right now, so I'm trying to find reviews and crap, but they're hard to find.
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