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Question by pugpaws2: Ever made a martial arts instructional Video?
I was wondering how many of you instructors and advanced martial artists (5th dan and above) have made your own instructional videos? If so did you have someone else film, edit, produce it? Did you do the editing yourself? If you edited the video yourself, what software or suite did you use?
After several years I finally did find a video editing suite that I used to produce 9 instructional videos. They are not Hollywood quality, but I only wanted something reasonable. I want people to be able to learn from them, not be wowed by a bunch of special effects. I’ve seen to many videos that distract you with un-necessary effects.

I have used many video editing suites. My experiences were that most were very disappointing. Several suites either would not install, or would freeze up when using.
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I see that you are looking to accuse here. If so accuse me too. i have many times told people that they should not learn by video, books, …etc. Yet I market nine videos of my own. I tell people that these are for information only. A person should learn under the guidance of an instructor. Videos, …etc is for review, reference, and to help understand about other arts/ techniques. my view on that has not changed. I do however believe that video has a place. It is just not one of being a person instructor.
Stuart F Thanks for the info. It is appreciated. I had Adobe Premier 6, but after a month of stumbling around trying to figure it out, I gave up. All I wanted to do was create a 20-35 minute video to teach the basics of the Bo and demonstrate a kata. As for frills, I wanted only a first play clip before the menu comes up. Power Director v5 does that easily. I did want to have a PiP, but decided not to. Since I had no one to run the camera, I just set it up and did the raw footage. 1.5 hours of footage became 34 minutes of finished video.
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I see that you are so intent on accusing that you did not read my post well. I will not bother to repeat myself. you can believe what you wish. It is obvious that you are fast to alienate yourself from those of us that are the regular top contributors here.
Shihan J i fully agree with you on windows Vista. It truly sucks. I have two computers here. I use XP while my wife’s computer has Vista. Her computer is faster, yet with Vista it runs much slower. I refuse to use it at all.

For what it is worth. I had bought a Hi Def video camera last summer. It came with Power Director v6. My computer would not recognize the camera. Needless to say I returned the camera and software. Cyberlink has released v7 which should be improved over the v5 I use regularly. I’m considering upgrading to it since it is powerful, easy to use, and cheap $ 69 regular, $ 119 deluxe edition. Then I’ll upgrade from my digital camcorder to a true Hi-Def video camera.
Stuart F Good comment about lighting. My videos were all shot out doors. I did like the problems caused with indoor shooting with mixed light sources. Fluorescent lights give that sickly greenish look.
Lycann Thanks for joining in. My question came about as a result of seeing another question someone posted on using Windows movie maker. I personally don’t like it. I’m sure people would like to see some of my video, but I’ll ever post anything on Youtube. I feel that there is some good martial arts video there. However the trash martial arts videos there are more prevalent. I have no desire to have people using my clips as they see fit. It is hard enough to control who get them now.

Best answer:

Answer by Stuart F
I have produced an instructional video, not my instruction just my film making. And when I did it the thing that struck me was how basic they were. One angle one shot size with the instructor demonstrating just as they would to a class. As if they wanted to get it over and done with as quickly and cheaply as possible, and it shows in the quality.

Anyway I edited on a 35 grand Avid system and filmed using a sony dvc pro camera and the sony pd150 for some hand held stuff that didn’t get used. I still prefer Avid or Adobe premiere.
Final Cut pro from Apple is very good if you have a mac, and doesn’t need that high of a spec to run.

Video editing requires a lot of memory and quite a bit of processing power, but any medium to high spec pc these days can do things that 10 – 15 years ago needed 20K plus equipment.

My tips
1. Plan what you want to instruct and imagine how it should look
2. Storyboard and script what you want to see and hear
3. Get the shots on the storyboard along with 2-3 other angles or framings of every shot
4. For a 15 minute bit you will need to film about 1.5 – 2 hours of actual footage
5. keep a log of each shot with a description and its position on the recording medium.

These tips should make it easier when it gets to the editing stage.

For ease of use I have heard that Movie Maker , (I think that is what it is called comes with windows post 2000), is pretty good, but I haven’t used it so can’t really rate it.

The other thing about martial arts instructional videos is that I don’t think I have ever seen one that is correctly lit, or had any lighting on it at all other than the daylight from the window and the lights in whatever hall it is being filmed in. And mixing light sources like that isn’t a great idea. Flourescent tubes give a terrible look on camera, better to film it outdoors.

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Question by xxsworn.to.love.deathxx: Where can I buy Martial Arts videos?
I want to start doing Martial Arts….I heard it is very challenging and good for the body.

Where can I get a Martial Arts DVD…to learn it by myself…..

Jeet Kune Do or Kung Fu….one of those.

Thanks!

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Answer by cs313
even a video wont work. when i first started martial arts i asked the same thing as u including if it was possible to learn online. learning online or on a video will only help a few thigns but i am 100% positive that u will be confused even on the slightest thing like where the fingers should be on a leopard fist because they simply show it and it is not fully detailed. kung fu is very general in ur question. there are many styles of kung fu, traditional and modern. even if u were to look at a style on a video and compare it to a real school, all schools with the same style are not een the same. they may teach the same thing eventually but never at a uniform curriculum unless it is a very good school or a whole entire chain.

of course JKD and kung fu is good for your body, anything physical is. but learning how to fight is most important. i promise u that u will not be able to defend yourself effectivelly in a real life situation without sparring or with a personal instructor that will actually choke u (not full blown) to learn reflex and exactly how to defend yourself. many schools have children learning but when they actually start sparring i can actually see only the art is in their mind not the martial.

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Question by Black_Belt16: Where can i buy Martial Arts instruction videos?
I have two black belts already, Kyuki-Do and Judo, along with some training in Brazilian Juijitsu.
But thats about all i can get where i am. I’m looking for instruction videos on Muay Thai. Also any Martial Arts striking/technique videos.
I’m looking to expand my Martial Arts knowledge as much as i can right now, after high school i plan on taking more lessons. But right now, i want as many legit instruction videos i can get.

Thanks in Advance

(also training for the UFC)

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Answer by Orange County Judo Training Ctr.
The best place that we are aware of for martial arts videos in terms of price and selection is http://www.budovideos.com You can read a brief description on our links page.

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