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Introduction To Asian Long Staff Fighting

On this DVD, sensei Christopher Keith of the Northern Chi Martial Arts Center teaches Northern Chi no kon dai and shushi no kon dai. The production is good, with simple camerawork and multiple angles to show details, and the sensei's instruction is succinct. Sensei Keith practices with an un-flashy, traditional style, and the bits where the producers try to hype him up with fancy effects are a little unfortunate -- but don't detract from the meat of the program.

The additional material is little more than clips from some classes, but they give a sense of the teaching style and mood of the dojo. And while there are videos out there with worse music, the constant replay of the one track here gets pretty unnerving.

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