Product Details

• Actors: Linda Yiannakis, Fred Spaeth, Steven R. Cunningham
• Directors: Jonas Sanchez
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: August 31, 2001
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000638ST
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,014 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior - Every Judoka needs this tape, August 14, 2002

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Edmon Begoli (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Core Throwing Techniques of the Kodokan Judo Syllabus Volume 1: Dai Ikkyo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I wonder if Mr. Cunningham is maybe a professor by profession. This video is of a scholarly quality and seriousness. I simply can not express how good it is.
This video have exceeded all my expectations. I was originally looking to learn basic, fundamental techniques of Judo, so that I can establish my (currently beginner's) Judo career on the strong fundamentals.
Guess what - I've got more then I was looking for.
Presentations are deep, thourough. Cunninghams's sections on principles and counters are invaluable to Judoka of any level.
Tape 1 has fantastic section on Seryoko Zenyo.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, March 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Core Throwing Techniques of the Kodokan Judo Syllabus Volume 1: Dai Ikkyo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well worth the price! You get exactly what is promised in the Editorial Reviews-Description section. (I know that every publisher hypes their product but this one delivers!)
The video is over 1.5hrs long and very information dense. Cunningham-sensei has a great teaching style and is able to convey the small details that make a technique work. The video quality is also excellent. I highly recommend it. Also check out vol. 2. I only wish that it was available on DVD as I'll probably wear the tape out in no time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dai ikkyo/nikyo, May 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Core Throwing Techniques of the Kodokan Judo Syllabus Volume 1: Dai Ikkyo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

there has been a blessed explosion of martial art video material available since the 90's...those, who grew up in the 50's and 60's, would have given their right eye to be present when a master thousands of miles away gave a class...now available to all..
we've seen expositions of technique before...but not this level of scholarship and nuances of technique shared on these tapes
...combined with clarity of exposition and good video quality...
if the rest of the series remains the same...I expect that this series will be the gold standard by which others are judged...
these tapes are not optional -- obligatory for yourself or dojo...buy them!