The Cat - Gogen Yamaguchi, 10th Dan

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Summary: Good historical document
Review: Although the DVD does show historical footage of Gogen Yamaguchi, the quality is extremely bad. The faces of the practioners cannot be seen and the colour is dark and running.

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Summary: Bad Quality
Review: Although the DVD does show historical footage of Gogen Yamaguchi, the quality is extremely bad. The faces of the practioners cannot be seen and the colour is dark and running.

Rating:
Summary: Good historical document
Review: Generally, the quality of the picture is very poor. It's understandable, though, because this DVD is a reproduction from an old footage video. However, as a Goju Ryu student, seeing Yamaguchi himself performed Sanchin and Suparinpe kata is already worth the money.

If you are a Goju Ryu student, especially from Yamaguchi style, you may want to have this DVD in your collection. If you are a general practitioner from other style and looking for some references and instruction material, this is not what you are looking for. Morio Higaonna's Kata series is a better instructional aid, but this Yamaguchi DVD is definitely a wonderful historical document.

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Summary: Goju Ryu Kata done by the master
Review: I have been searching for a dvd with all of the Goju Ryu kata on it so that I could learn and practice them and this dvd not only has them all on it but many of them are done by Gogen Yamaguchi himself. I couldn't be more excited about this dvd. It is amazing.

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Summary: Appalling quality
Review: The quality of this DVD is appalling, and virtually unwatchable. Althought I understand that the footage is old, I had no idea that it would be so bad that it makes most amateur videos look like award-winning examples of cinematography!

It is difficult to see the kata being performed clearly, and due to the absence of audio in the clips (the only sound is the narrator and the funeral scene at the end), the breathing cannot be heard.

The video is blurry, dark and visually "noisy". The funeral scene at the end is so dark, it is difficult to see anything at all.

Don't waste your money

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Summary: So it's not High quality,SO WHAT?
Review: This looks to have been put together quite awhile back. If you want High Quality,bring Gogen Yamaguchi back from the dead and do a retake. This footage is very rare and you probably won't find it anyhere else (I haven't). So quit whining and watch it for what it is-- Very rare footage of Grand Master Gogen Yamaguchi. Excellent Historic Footage!