beginner question..

[somewhere in time]

i dont really have the money to spend 140$ a month learning in an academy right now, so i have been looking into instructional dvd sets. i was wondering if anyone could advise about which ones are worthwhile (for an absolute beginner). i thought maybe the bas rutten dvd's of combat? any advice or comments would be appreciated.

[Tommy_Arashikage]

What are you doing? MMA, Muay Thai, BJJ?

[Grant Ellis]

Bas Rutten's Big DVDs of Combat are an excellent choice for the novice.

They cover a wide variety of topics:
warm up exercises, sparring exercises, striking, ground work, etc.

I have them and I think they are pretty good.

[Shinbone]

What are you doing? MMA, Muay Thai, BJJ?

Precisely! What do you want train?

[somewhere in time]

Precisely! What do you want train?

well since i know literally nothing (experientially) about martial arts i am not entirely sure, but Bjj and judo both have alot of appeal to me.

[Grant Ellis]

if you train in judo, make sure you type on the internet a lot WHY judo is so much better than BJJ.

If you train BJJ make sure you type WHY bjj is so much better than judo.

30 page thread, guaranteed.

[somewhere in time]

well, i though about it a little more, and i guess really the ideal is to train everything- so i guess mma... but grant, you say the bas dvd's are worth it for a beginner?

[Grant Ellis]

Yes.

Bas covers almost every position (and from multiple angles) shows you how to setup strikes and submissions, shows counters and defense for the moves, and also shows reversals.

Being something like a 12 dvd set, it is VERY thorough.

Ever wonder how Fedor got the armbar so quick on Mark Coleman?
Bas shows the variation Fedor used.

Are you flinching a lot in standup?
Bas shows an exercise you can use to help you get past that.

[Shinbone]

Yes, I agree, Bas Rutten explains it very clearly.

[somewhere in time]

cool, thanks alot!

[Titan]

Nobody has mentioned it, so I will: have a friend to train with you. You can do physical drills on your own, but unless you´re Evan Tanner, learning BJJ alone from video and apply it in practice isn´t easy.