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THE ROAD TO MASTERY (Part I)
Travel with Willem deTHOUARS (Kuntao Silat), Bruce JUCHNIK (KoshoRyu), and Tony ANNESI (Takeshin Sogo Budo) as they show signposts on the technical journey toward Mastery. Your first signpost is, of course, Basics. But basics are more than they first appear. Even for a beginner, each art has a different concept of what basics should be. DeThouars and Juchnik discuss basics like perception and awareness while Annesi covers basics like stance and blocking stability. Not only must you master basics, you should also test them. Discover Shihan Annesi's unique way to test postural efficiency so you can improve your own stance and structure. (120 min.)
DVD CONTENTS:
VOLUME ONE
• Introduction
• JUCHNIK: Sensitivity Drills
• DeTHOURS: "A Salad Bowl"
• ANNESI: Testing Karate Basics
• JUCHNIK: More Sensitivity Drills
• deTHOUARS: Monkey Awareness
AK-16, $69.00
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THE ROAD TO MASTERY (Part II)
Basics become Forms and Techniques. You have practiced many basics as self-defense. More often, however, basics transmute into the more complicated combinations you know as kata or waza. Even these contain more than meet the eye. Annesi's bunkai of Tensho kata, for example, illustrates a point made in his earlier Transmutation videos and in Cracking the Kata Code videos, that any form, whether a kata or a waza can hold enormous meaning below its surface. Learn how a simple kata can have subtle application that can be lost upon even those who practice it regularly. (90 min.)
DVD CONTENTS:
VOLUME TWO
• ANNESI: from Kihon to Kata
• Teaching TENSHO
• TENSHO Bunkai
• Experimenting with the Ridiculous
• Continuing the Analysis
• Going to the Next Level
• Student Commentary
AK-17, $59.00
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THE ROAD TO MASTERY (Part III)
Form & Techniques produce Variation. For most students, improvement in the martial arts means adding to their list of techniques or variations. The more choices of techniques you have with which to respond to an attack, the better you are able to handle that attack. Variations are endless so it is logical that students perceive a large repertoire of variation as the pinnacle of martial development. This video suggests that Variation, although essential, is merely a stepping stone on your way toward mastery. (90 min.)
DVD CONTENTS:
VOLUME THREE
• JUCHNIK: The Master is a Student
• Mimicking the Attitude
• Secondary Rotation
• Sensitivity Drill to Throw
• Basics Differ
• "Capturing the King"
• Defeating the Opponent's Senses
• Applying the Drill with a Blade