Product: Chinese Weapons 12 Animals Xingyi Staff & Spear
Rating: 2.0
Ok for reference but hard to learn.
It is quite a shame that they have such world class martial artists and they waste the talent. Let's start off with the DVD itself. The menu doesn't work and you have have to go through each section to reach the section you want. As to its contents, it is more of a demonstration and actual instructional. What you get in this dvd is multiple demonstrations of the xing yi sword by various performers. There is no narration about the fine points of movement, nor is there any slow motion. For anyone with no prior background it would be a complete waste. For anyone with background and hoping to learn more, it would not provide any pointers that will improve one's learning. Although marketed as an instructional dvd is is merely a demonstration. Honestly, you will be much better off buying a dvd or vcd from china on the same topic with english subtitles. They are more detailed in presenting each action, they will break it down and point out the subtleties. Plus you more than likely pay much less (10$ and more). All in all, it is quite a disappointment and you will do much better with other dvds from china that are out there. Quite a waste of the talent of the performers.