Heart of the Bujinkan Volume I
by James Menephee
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Director: James MenepheeDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Published)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 40 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-20
Studio: CustomFlix
DVD Reviews of Heart of the Bujinkan Volume I
DVD Review: Pros and Cons
Summary: 4 Stars
The DVD is 20 mins long, with a bonus feature at the end, which is 17 mins long. Amazon has it stated that it's 40 mins long, but this is not the case, unless of course you want to include the informal bonus material. The 20 minute version demonstrates the basics of the martial art, which everyone should first master; and the bonus feature is simply showing one of his training sessions. Half way through this bonus feature / class training session however, there's a minute and twenty seconds where I got a black screen with no sound, which then returns to normal. Either this is bad editing on their part, or I just received a faulty copy. Overall I liked the DVD and will find it useful. The camera is filmed at a good distance, (just showing his entire body); many times he repeated every technique from the opposite angle so that you could better see what was being done; and his voice is loud and clear. Improvements could be made however. For example, there were a few cases where the instructor demonstrated a technique, and stopped to say that "it's this bone of the hand that you are trying to break", but he did not provide a clear close up of what he was doing, as there was only one camera being used!!! The person filming tried to zoom in to give us a better view, but this was not shown at an ideal angle, so it wasn't completely clear. Alternatively, he does not give the name for the particular bone within the hand he is referring too, or at least he doesn't give us the name in English. It is only shown from a distance, or a zoomed-in bad angle. This may be good enough for some, but may be completely lost on others who are new to the art. This is my first instruction video of the Buj, so I cannot provide any comparisons. I am also relatively new to the art, so I cannot comment on the instructor's taijutsu, but from a beginner's perspective, it looked good. Overall, it's a very short DVD; it has valuable information; and I liked it.
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