Was looking at MA DVD’s in response to Afghanistan-based military close-quarter combat instructor’s request for teaching materials. I purchased this 6-DVD set and am only watching it to make sure all 6 DVD’s play.

Production values / audio : one of the first DVD-based programs I’ve watched with easy-on-the-ears audio. By this I mean it’s not in some dojo or gym made of 100% Italian marble where you get an unavoidable & constant audio-in-a-barrel ringing echo.

Production values / video : it’s well-done, & Mr. Paulson has a good sense of what is visible or not to the viewer. The video is low-tech, & that’s a good thing: clear, well-framed, recorded at the appropriate distance, and SINGLE CAMERA/SINGLE ANGLE!(where it is the =WRESTLERS= that change angle, & your eyes don’t have to re-orient to complex wrestler wrap-ups when you’d suddenly get a new angle edited in. By accident or by design, the production company got it right.

As for the wrestling/armlock techniques, I’m no expert, but the ease & thoroughness with which Mr.Paulson describes each technique(& every permutation: counter-moves & counter-counter-moves / variations / options / etc.) demonstrates to me a reliable indicator of expertise.

I’m impressed, & of the various MA/MMA DVD sets I’ve watched so far(half a dozen or so), this one is among the best. Does what it sets out to do. Delivers as advertised, & I will pick up his “Leg Locks” set as well.