Admit it, you just wanted the quick rank LOL. just kidding. I have heard the same things you said from other places to. Seems to be the general concensus. Well......except the part about Jody Sasaki's vidoes being good. There are some heated opinions over his tape series. Did I mention HEATED OPINIONS?RichK said:Don't know about the videos, I have also heard they were Tabatabi's. I spent the few extra dollars to see if the complete certificates were sent. Yellow thru 1st Brown are complete but do not contain a date. The BB cert is complete minus the date, so I guess you fill that in when you video test (or those not so honest fill it in when they want). I emailed about testing, just to find out any answers as there was a previous thread about this and I am already under a large organization, they were slow to answer and the answers didn't seem to go with the questions I asked. Plus the lineage is qustionable. The manual though is quite good and very through, even though I have seen some say the way some of the material was written was copied from other sources. I have Larry Tatum's manual that I got from him back in the early 90's and it is all of the techniques. I wanted something more explaining the forms and sets, since when I wrote all of my own stuff down it was with the old Tandy computers and I never updated it and along comes XP that can't read the older stuff. BTW LT's tapes are great. So are Jody Sasaki's. CT111 I think it is Century has Sasaki's DVD's for $10 each.
This just might be the right way for you to go.ct111 said:...so if i can get the tapes for $150 vs $550 for mr. tatums videos(which i'm sure are great!!!)i would like to do so.thanks ct111
Yeah I liked Jody Sasaki's tapes too. But I've lost count over how many "Jody Suck-saki" comments I've heard. Sigh. Far more of those than the Tatum complaints that I"VE HEARD. It might just be my area though ya know? Most people here complain about the pricing of Tatum's tapes where as they complain that Mr. Sasaki doesn't hit his guys hard enough (whatever!! since when was that an instructional requirement, Master Tabatabai doesn't exactly floor Mr. Masoud Salehi on his tapes either). later.RichK said:James, been heated debates over Tatum's tapes too. Anyone have tapes out there's always gonna be debates. Jody is a good guy and a pretty good tactician. Oh, BTW, just to clear up something. Accord sends out certs to 1st BB, the "up to 5th BB" is stuff in the manual.
RichK said:James, been heated debates over Tatum's tapes too. Anyone have tapes out there's always gonna be debates. Jody is a good guy and a pretty good tactician. Oh, BTW, just to clear up something. Accord sends out certs to 1st BB, the "up to 5th BB" is stuff in the manual.
That sounds good, but that only counts if everyone knows you need a seal as many certificates from many schools don't use seals. From what I hear, not too many people know about the seals. This is personally my first time hearing about the seals on any forum.kenpopr said:You do get the certificates but they are unofficial. You must video test and it must be a continuos test. If at any moment there is a pause the test is invalid. After passing the video test they send you a school seal which makes the certificate official. If you have the certificate and not the seal then it is just another piece of paper. The seal is the key.
kenpopr said:You do get the certificates but they are unofficial. You must video test and it must be a continuos test. If at any moment there is a pause the test is invalid. After passing the video test they send you a school seal which makes the certificate official. If you have the certificate and not the seal then it is just another piece of paper. The seal is the key.
I can't really answer this for you. Not sure, maybe it was the only way to motivate people, showing you upfront what you get.Blindside said:If they have to send you something after every test, why don't they just send you a completed certificate?
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Wasn't he at one time the Champion/Defending Champion for Self Defense at the IKC tournament back in the day?Kenpojujitsu3 said:Yeah I liked Jody Sasaki's tapes too. But I've lost count over how many "Jody Suck-saki" comments I've heard. Sigh.
Hey masherdong,masherdong said:Sup Luis,
How are things in PR? Hope your school is doing well.