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1 comments about A Dog Brothers' Gathering of the Pack, Fighting Escrima Kali Arnis.

1. You have to give credit to the Dog Brothers for bringing realism to the stick-fighting arts. This video features numerous full-contact stick fights between fighters wearing minimal protection and different skill levels and approaches, all skilfully narrated by Eric ("Top Dog") Knaus. Knaus spins a running commentary throughout each fight, pointing out the important aspects of each fighter's techique, whether it's working or not, and any problems or mistakes. Interspersed with the fights are brief interviews with the fighters themselves, discussing what it was like to fight, get hit, and survive. Knaus is in several of the fights himself and as the senior instructor you can see the difference between his level of skill and technique and the less skilled fighters, but the quality of the participants is overall pretty good, I would say. This video shows that the basics are what count in a real fight, and that the fancier and more elaborate techniques such as double-stick normal and reverse figure-eights are easily counterable if you know what to do. The other thing I noticed is the complete absence of passing maneuvers. Apparently these just don't work that well in a real fight, despite many teachers who still teach complete systems of passing techniques. All in all a very practical, educational, and interesting addition to your stick-fighting video library. By the way, the style of stick fighting in this video is Indonesian Pekiti Tersia, not Escrima, Arnis, or Kali, but it's very similar to those arts, and Knaus mentions they've also incorporated elements of the Filipino arts into their style, such as the Ilustrisimo cross-step. I also have Christopher Ricketts and Reynaldo Galang's four- video set on Kali Ilustrisimo and they're also excellent videos on this originally southern-island Filipino art. I especially liked their coverage not only of the special flow drills and stick techniques, but also of the Lingua de Fuego ("Tongue of Fire") knife-fighting kata and its applications.

1 comments about Katas and Applications (Self Defense and Martial Arts Inc. Series).

1. Highly recommend these self defense programs. High Quality and excellent instruction.

4 comments about Remote Control.

1. This movie is very funny, it is one of the best comedys I have seen in a long time.



2. When I was living in Iceland, I watched this movie all the time! It is the best Icelandic movie I have ever seen!



3. Óskar Jónasson has created a comical masterpiece. Remote control gets funnier every time I watch it and is already a cult item in Iceland. I dare and double dare everyone to see it, at least three times!



4. Oskar Jonasson certainly has a flair for the trivial and absurd. His comic genius shines in this wonderful romp filled to the brim with exaggerated characters in situations simultaneously commonplace and incredible.
   
   Fans of the scandinavian "quest comedy" style will love this. For those not familiar with the genre, "Remote Control" (or "Sodoma, Reykjavik" in the original Icelandic) provides an excellent introduction. It's all here: The story plays like "The Wizard of Oz", with the characters literally travelling through a strange land (and Reykjavik, Iceland provides a very strange story-stage indeed) meeting all manner of oddball characters on the way; the inane philosophical dialog; the stoic acceptance of the most absurd situations; etc.
   
   This style of comedy is often emulated (but never duplicated) by Hollywood. Films such as "Dude, Where's My Car?", "Office Space", "Road Trip" and others come to mind. British films like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" do as well.
   
   Well worth seeing. And if you like this kind of comedy, worth owning as well. Now, if they'd only make a DVD version...

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1 comments about Stretching and Breathing (Self Defense and Martial Arts Inc. Series).

1. Highly recommend these self defense programs. High Quality and excellent instruction.

1 comments about Humanized Makiwara Conditioning (Self Defense and Martial Arts Inc. Series).

1. Highly recommend these self defense programs. High Quality and excellent instruction.

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