A Guide to Selecting Good Self-Defense Videos
Take a Google search for self defense videos, and you'll find that there are hundreds of companies ready to take your hard-earned money in exchange for the latest thing in self-defense. You have everything from legendary “forbidden martial arts” instructors all the way down to so-called black ops special forces top secret training videos. Now a lot of this can be confusing and difficult to choose a video for someone who doesn't know a lot about the self-defense industry. Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind when buying or just looking at self-defense videos:
Guideline #1: You should stay away from anything that says anything that makes the technique sound forbidden and top secret, such as black ops, special forces, secret skill or secret training camps because it is most likely a scam. To be honest, black ops secret ninja force skills are just made up to make you think you're getting something top secret. The skills that true black ops and other spec forces learn are actually very similar to what you'd find in a lot of different martial arts. There's no hidden techniques. Unfortunately, a lot of companies out there will claim to teach you top secret techniques banned by the military in exchange for a lot of money. You should avoid people advertising this. It is most likely a scam. The material isn't very good, and how can you really trust someone if they're lying about their system? How can you trust your life with their system?
Guideline #2: You should stay away from buying e-books. Now I know this is an article about self defense videos, but when you're looking for self-defense videos, you'll find a lot of people actually selling e-books. However, a person can gain a lot from e-books. However, a lot of the learning is left up to you. Instead of actually viewing the techniques to see for yourself how they're done, you're just reading someone else's rendition of it. With an e-book, you'll be missing out on some of the more crucial aspects unless the book has thousands of pictures. Sure, the information in the book may be very good, but if that's your only source of knowledge you'll never really understand how to do the techniques properly? The truth is, you can't. Don't buy any e-books. If you're looking for self-defense videos, stick to videos.
Guideline #3: Another thing to keep in mind, when looking for self defense videos, is to look for self defense videos the creator actually stands by. Good self defense videos should have a good warranty and good unconditional guarantee. If you try the product for less than 30 days, you can't really judge if it's a good system. A lot of people just do a seven day trial period, which isn't really any good. You can't really examine a system in seven days. In fact, a general guideline is the more someone stands behind their system, the more it's trustworthy. A test period of over 30 days is typically what you want. The unconditional money back guarantee, 30, 60, 90 days, they're all pretty good. Look for people who actually stand behind their product.
Guideline #4: Do some research. Google the name of the creator and the name of his product before you buy the product to see what people are saying about it. If it has good reviews, it's probably a good product. A product with bad reviews is usually not something you want to buy. You'll find that if you Google the names of a lot of guys out there that their self-defense videos aren't getting good reviews. They're usually not received very well and get awful reviews. Try to remember that there is a website called “BullShido”. Personally, I don't trust anything I read there. Anything that's not MMA is completely trashed and disregard since it's written by MMA fanatics. The knowledge there is good but is highly biased. So, there are better sources out there than MMA forums…but you can find other sources. If you Google the name of the system and get a lot of bad reviews, you probably want to steer clear of that one.
You should have no problem finding a good company that will treat you right if you follow these guidelines when looking for self defense videos.