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This has most probably been done & reviewed but I'll give me worthless $0.02 for anyone's interest.
Overall, I say this is VERY much worth watching. I've only just finished watching it over the past week & will need to really watch it more carefully to take in some parts I may have missed.
Rorion & Royce demonstrate in three different tiers, Rorion is the dominant one in about 80% of the volumes. He is cheesy & so is Royce but the respect they have & the way they say things make their littles witty comments pretty funny.
The most cheesy of the moments is Royce & Rorion going through an entire summary of the three different tiers where Royce is (intentionally) making mistakes to demonstrate their counters. Even though it is a little cringe worthy, it is a good way to summarise the techniques & answers some questions they don't address in the initial demonstration.
The three tiers are seperated into Basics, Intermediate & Advanced but the majoirty of the stuff I've covered already to a certain degree & I've only been training 1/2 a year.
As I say, you probably seen all that is on this DVD on the net, in a book or another instructional, but I found this beneficial for someone like myself who knows how to do techniques but has trouble pulling off the basics consistently. The demonstration and description by both Royce & Rorion are clear, it honestly has taught me some mistakes I make.
Good & bad things IMO.
Good: Overall clear, shows some basics aswell as double attacks & potential combinations (how to counter & how to counter that counter.. counter counter blah!). They showed how effective working the gi is.
Bad: I found the guard passing quite poor. They take too much time with the one arm under the leg technique that really leaves you open for a triangle no matter what they say. I think they should have taken some time at least with open guard passing & some more reliable closed guard passing. I could be bias to this because this is my most weak area of my weak ground game.
Definately worth a watch, I borrowed it off my friend who got off e-bay for cheap so I'm not sure how much they charge for the DVD's but for nothing, much worth it
Overall, I say this is VERY much worth watching. I've only just finished watching it over the past week & will need to really watch it more carefully to take in some parts I may have missed.
Rorion & Royce demonstrate in three different tiers, Rorion is the dominant one in about 80% of the volumes. He is cheesy & so is Royce but the respect they have & the way they say things make their littles witty comments pretty funny.
The most cheesy of the moments is Royce & Rorion going through an entire summary of the three different tiers where Royce is (intentionally) making mistakes to demonstrate their counters. Even though it is a little cringe worthy, it is a good way to summarise the techniques & answers some questions they don't address in the initial demonstration.
The three tiers are seperated into Basics, Intermediate & Advanced but the majoirty of the stuff I've covered already to a certain degree & I've only been training 1/2 a year.
As I say, you probably seen all that is on this DVD on the net, in a book or another instructional, but I found this beneficial for someone like myself who knows how to do techniques but has trouble pulling off the basics consistently. The demonstration and description by both Royce & Rorion are clear, it honestly has taught me some mistakes I make.
Good & bad things IMO.
Good: Overall clear, shows some basics aswell as double attacks & potential combinations (how to counter & how to counter that counter.. counter counter blah!). They showed how effective working the gi is.
Bad: I found the guard passing quite poor. They take too much time with the one arm under the leg technique that really leaves you open for a triangle no matter what they say. I think they should have taken some time at least with open guard passing & some more reliable closed guard passing. I could be bias to this because this is my most weak area of my weak ground game.
Definately worth a watch, I borrowed it off my friend who got off e-bay for cheap so I'm not sure how much they charge for the DVD's but for nothing, much worth it
