I recently snagged the 2009 Pan Jiu Jitsu Championship DVD set from Jiu Jitsu Progear. As hinted in a previous blog post I have been watching more Jiu Jitsu related videos in my spare time. I like the DVD very much so far although I haven’t been able to watch all the fights yet.
I was excited to get the DVD because I wanted to find a solid set of fights to watch and learn from. Instructionals are great for learning, obviously, but it’s hard to have techniques sink in when you are doing other things when watching TV. With this DVD set I can intermittently watch at my leisure.
Some people have complained that videos/DVDs like this fall short because the fights are not narrated (there are no announcers). I disagree: it is one of my favorite features (or lack of feature); I like being able to watch and make my own observations. If I where watching it live I think announcers would be appropriate.
I hope in watching these fights I will be able to pick up little nuiances and techniques. Will it work? That’s the topic for a future blog post.
Below is the official promo for the video.
The next Pan Jiu Jitsu championships are in March.
slideyfoot
on Jan 3rd, 2010
@ 8:33 am:
Does that set have commentary? I enjoy watching BJJ competition videos, but only when they have good, technically aware commentary. My mind tends to wander otherwise.
Hence why the 2008 and 2009 Mundials sets were so good, although its a shame that the women’s finals didn’t get commentary until 2009 (hopefully that is going to be a regular feature now, as I much prefer watching the women. Great technique).
ryan
on Jan 3rd, 2010
@ 11:05 am:
They do not. Which I like, but I haven’t watched competition videos with commentary, though.
I am now curious to check out Mundials videos (or another set with knowledgeable commentary), though, because of your comment.