Brutally Honest – Rick Young’s Cross-training – Long Range Pad-work – Hard hitting

Summersdale Productions are definitely starting to put themselves firmly on the map and this is starting to show in the finer details. Their DVD box-covers continue to improve in design and now even the DVDs themselves are improving with a very new and tactile label being attached. All in all these are some of the better-produced DVDs that I’ve bought in a long while and that includes normal film DVDs.

This title only serves to make their catalogue stronger and I can’t wait to see what else Rick Young has to offer.

Assembly

None needed.

Appearance

Produced to the normal high standards that I’ve come to expect from Summersdale both the cover and the DVD cover meet my expectations ensuring that this series of DVDs is going to look good on your shelves.

I’ve also noticed that they are starting to colour co-ordinate the covers so that if you’re an eclectic and have a wide range of Summersdale DVDs you can spot your specific ‘star’s’ DVDs just by looking for their colour.

Build Quality

Good solid colours and printing on both the cover and DVD without bleeding make this look professional.

The audio and sound quality are good and you can hear and see everything as well as you need to. There were a couple of blips with the camera where the subjects moved out of frame which doesn’t detract from the message being put across but which was a blip in my expectations.

Rick’s presentation is faultless and he’s able to talk on a subject for an amazing amount of time without a break. Even if his students do something different to what he’s asked them to do he remains unflustered and quickly gets them back on track in order to continue.

Ease of Use

Yet again the quality of martial artist that Summersdale is working with means that they are also working with a high quality of instructor and this comes across in Rick’s teaching methods.

Quick to praise and thank his students he’s also able to communicate a lot information very clearly indeed and makes good pointers on the actions being carried out.

Techniques are demonstrated in such a way that it’s easy to break them down and learn them whilst looking at the DVD itself and so makes this a great training aid for anyone who likes to do a good pad-work session in their training.

The combinations taught go from the basic to the advanced with some obviously being a bit more JKD/Thai than others. This is no way means that they’re not practical or valid techniques but might have some other stylists scratching their heads (the jam especially).

Price
At £24.99 this is an ideal price to pay for a DVD such as this. No matter what percussive style you study this is going to help you and your students build up a good repertoire. Get it

This DVD can be ordered from www. Summersdale.com