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CompleteMartialArts.com - Malay Fighting Arts(c) - Mano Insayo (Hand Drills)


List Price: $35.00
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Manufacturer: Malay Fighting Arts Academy
Starring: Guru James Hogue, Mas Wayne Hodgson, Mas Carl Magnuson
Directed By: Guru James Hogue
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883629604770
Format: NTSC
Label: Malay Fighting Arts Academy
Manufacturer: Malay Fighting Arts Academy
Publisher: Malay Fighting Arts Academy
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2008-08-25
Running Time: 55
Studio: Malay Fighting Arts Academy

Editorial Reviews:

Mano Insayo (Hand Drills) is the combat hand drills of the Malay Fighting Art(c) that is based on the Filipino martial arts. This DVD takes you from the basic drills to the advance, teaching you how to build a good combat flowing drill. You will know how to flow and change in mid-drill without missing a beat. In the heat of combat there is no time to stop, you must adapt to change and keep fighting. This DVD will teach you to adapt in seconds to your opponent's change in technique and never break flow. You need this DVD for the serious Malay Arts fighter.

Bob Orlando of OrlandoKuntao.com wrote the following e-mail after reviewing the Mano Insayo DVD.

I received your DVD today and viewed it during lunch. It is amazing how we both combined Filipino hand drill training and the other arts to which we've been exposed. Some of our drills even look alike. I've always said, good martial skills, movements and lines will be found in many systems (that's because--in the past at least--those skills that did not work quickly *died* out :-)

Thank you for sending that. It's always good to see similar drills and effective training methods taught by others.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Basic
Comment: This product really has me torn. One the one hand, I realize that people have 'aha' moments when their art fits together in their mind and it is nice that someone puts those thoughts on video to benefit others. One the other hand, it feels like a bit of misleading advertising.

The ad I saw for this only said Malay martial arts, and had a quote from Bob Orlando. I thought to myself 'I should get this, even sight unseen, because there's not a lot out there about Malay martial arts'. After viewing this video, there still isn't.

What he covers is basic hubud-lubud from Filipino arts. There is little here that one can't find elsewhere and, I'm sorry to say, the little that one might consider 'new' is an easy extrapolation. I would have been happy even with a unique application of the basic drills.

At one point he says "I don't think anyone else has ever put this on video" and I think, 'I have: Dan Inosanto, Paul Vunak, and Steve Grody, among others'.

He does this bit about the exercise not being called hubud-lubud, and that it's just a name. Whatever the veracity of this argument, he's still showing the same stuff.

He also does some things that I think are wrong, but to each his own. I would have found a discussion of stylistic differences interesting, but no explanations as to why they do things the way they do to even come to your own conclusions.

The production value is middling. At times, there's a child and someone else in the background. He does perform in front of a white area. A better production would have the performers fill the frame more. All that being said, while these things are noticeable, you can still hear and see the performers.

I suppose this video has some value for beginners. But truthfully, I find Steve Grody's videos are better.








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