I have extracted something I posted further down... because I realised after doing it I ought to open the question up wider...
The background is I want to buy some of Rich's tapes...so....
"Now as I am in England and in order to save me a few dollars, I want to order the NTSC tapes as my video recorder says it will play them. Do you know if anyone has done this in the past or if it causes any problems??
I feel that I need to cover/supplement several areas in my training (please excuse the rambling but trying to be clear)
1. Dealing with the Stress of attack. Realistic scenario training and visualisation of scenarios seems to be the way to go. My objective is to remain calm (so far as possible) during a real confrontation and so I need to simulate that stress to desensitize, although accepting that gross motor skill movements will form the bulk of my offensive actions.
2. The Flinch. Accepting that I will flinch to some degree (is this reduced by training?) and learning to counter from there. Firstly therefore need to accurately discover what MY flinch is, whether this is a constant irrelevant of the type of attack?
3. Entries from the flinch (generally I work either triangular footwork to the sides or crashing straight through with cover). Following the entry the idea is to overwhelme, to be in his space and keep there until its over. Short movements with CWCT principles, nothing is "off limits" in terms of an attack provided it follows the five principles (non telegraphic etc...)and taking the weak points (Eyes, Throat etc).
If you can suggest appropriate tapes that will be helpful (if you could please bear in mind my bank manager is old and I would hate to be responsible for any sudden shocks...!!)and very much appreciated.
If there is any information on body mechanics a pointer to that would be apreciated too."
Sorry to repeat post and sorry to ramble, with any project I laways feel the first thing is to set out your goals, mine is survival. I have not included de-escalation or aviodance (or profiling).
These I feel from experience I already do ok (I can improve them but they are not my immediate priorities although this is not to minimise there importance).
I ordered the NTSC tapes and have no problems with the VCR, everything is just fine. If I'm not mistaken, however the tapes are available in PAL format, though they're more expensive that way. The flinch is covered in depth on the Fundamentals tape. I'm just guessing here, but I think for the scenarios the Get R.E.A.L. tapes will be great. I ordered them about 20 minutes ago . Hope that helps
Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate the research and effort you made before deciding to purchase, I think this should always be done before ordering anything.
To answer your questions regarding tapes, if your player has NTSC then it's no problem, we've never had any complaints to date from people who's players also included NTSC.
I would recommend the following as Ikarus pointed out:
1. Fundamentals
2. The Get R.E.A.L.
3. Tool and Target
4. Our book In Total Defense of the Self
This will cover everything you asked about in great detail.
Hey Bear, check your email, I replied to you regarding the differences between regular and express shipping, I await your reply before processing the order.
. Hope that helps