Comparing DVDs & VCDS:

Jin Gang Force Technique Kung Fu
(Buddha Disciple Strengthening)

Instructor Yu appears to run a young person's school for traditional skills. Each of these disks emphasizes one aspect of the training but each shows young people performing "hard " Chi Kung (Qi Gong) skills like breaking breaks with their heads, bending metal and so on. Be this as it may you probably have never seen such young practitioners demonstrating these skills. But pay particular attention to the Tui Nah (massage) section below. Jin Gang is supposed to originate in the Song Dynasty over 1100 years ago.
Learn more about this formerly secret family style.

On this page we COMPARE our VCDs (Video Compact Disks) with our DVDs (all of which are NTSC). We make this comparison to help the view make judgements regarding quality, price and complexity of information.

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NEW!   Nine Palm Techniques

Here are Chi Kung exercises in the martial tradition, not the watered down generalized moves associated with what for instance some are now calling "medical" Chi Kung. The elder teacher instructs his young students. The exercises are not difficult to learn but they have levels of difficulty in performance. These exercises are to induce the Chi to enter the entire body and therefore to encourage longevity and rejuvenation.

DVD#24336 (Double)
About 130 minutes. $27.95 see discount list
OR VCD#1336 (Double)
About 130 minutes. $13.95
OUR RECOMMENDATION:
The issue here is that this style is based on its Qigong but the instruction, though clear, is not tremendously detailed. One idea might be to order one or both of the other disks and then decide if you want the details enough to pay the extra for the DVD. An experienced student might not need the instruction in English.

NEW!   72 Health Massage Methods

For a long time we have been viewing selected series on the art of Massage, known as Tui Nah or An Mo. To those uninitiated in this, there is a good deal of massage involved in martial arts for everything from maintaining good limb flexibility to dealing with injuries. In this pari of disks teacher Yu sits there are monitors his students as they literally give massage treatments to clients. The organization of the massage technique and the straight forward methodology will be a good introduction to those in the martial field who wish to pursue this traditional aspect of the work. Some knowledge of the meridians would be helpful. Over seventy massage methods are shown.

DVD#24337 (Double)
About 97 minutes. $27.95 see discount list
OR VCD#1337 (Double)
About 97 minutes. $13.95
OUR RECOMMENDATION:
If you have some knowledge of good massage technique you can probably take the less expensive VCD. Most of the commentary is self evident .

NEW!   72 Self Defense Moves

Here are many defenses shown by Shihfu Yu's young students. Many of these are based on Chin Nah and utilized strikes and throws. Most of these are appropriate to a class situation and are not what might be called "severe" though there are a number that show more intensity.

 Order DVD#24338 (Double)
About 107 minutes. $27.95 see discount list
OR VCD#1338 (Double)
About 107 minutes. $13.95
OUR RECOMMENDATION:
Pretty good applications of Chin Nah striking. The fact that young, loose and only partly trained students are performing the moves doesn't change their value. Self explanatory enough that the DVD version is unnessecary.

 

 

 

 
















DVD to VCD Price Comparison Chart (except where noted)

DVD

One Title

2 Titles

3 or more Titles

VCD

Doubles $13.95 each

Doubles

27.95

25.95

23.95

The Rules: You can combine any DVD titles in the same series (such as Single and two Doubles) to get the DVD discount.

 





























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