Review of James Keating's Comtech Trapping Vol. 4 - Art of the Flow DVD

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Reviewer: George Hernandez
Date: May 05, 2011
DVD Bought from: http://www.everythingwingchun.com/james-keating-wing-chun-dvds-books-s/194.htm

Technical Specifications:
Title: Comtech Trapping Vol. 4 - Art of the Flow
DVD Length: 52 mins
Region: 0
Type: DVD-R
Format: NTSC
Video Quality: Average
Audio Quality: 2/5 (Poor)

What It's About:
Presentation of trapping techniques related to James Keating’s, Lap Sao, and Hubud and Chi Sao offensive and defensive fighting matrix.

Comments:
Mr. Keating presents this DVD on trapping technique from the originals of Chinese Wing Chun and Philippine martial art forms. This would be considered a hallmark of JKD which blends different styles of fighting into one coherent system of defense. He starts off with presenting a blackboard filled with terms and linking arrows pointing to a list of techniques which are attributed to the family of movements such as Lap Sao, Hubud and Chi Sao training. He calls this a matrix. Much of this material was covered in his past DVDs, but this is a new way to look at it. He then goes into demonstrations and Chi Sao.

Content Overview:

• Introduction
• The startle response and entry techniques
• Matrix of movement

• Demonstrations
  • Startled response
  • Bong Sao – Lop Sao hand
  • Lop Sao w/grapping hand
  • High line
  • Low Line
  • Employing the Hubud hand
  • Using the other persons movement
  • Arm Bars using the elbow

• Chi Sao
  • Sensitivity
  • The advantage of touching/sticking
  • How it relates to the previous techniques.
  • Going in and staying in.
  • Follow up with kicks and knees.