Indian Wrestling & Physical Culture Guide - Traditional Techniques for Strength & Fitness | Training, Workouts & Self-Defense

I will just say simply if I could have given this more stars I would have. This DVD covers two topics I love .Wrestling and rare ancient forms of exercise. I have been involved in Martial arts for over forty years . I presently teach club swinging and can say there is nothing on the market that deals with these topics as this DVD does. The author did a splendid job capturing for the first time on film the almost lost exercise arts of India. Yoga has been done to death but it seems no one has captured these other ancient forms of exercise before. I personaly visited the Library of Congress in Washingtom DC over one hundred times while researching ancient forms of wrestling . I looked up over four hundred old or vintage books . I also cornered the curator of the Asian Studies area of the library and had him help me search for all books in print or movies on India and its wrestling .Many books only exist on Microfilm. Trust me nothing like this DVD exists. After seeing the film I came to discover the Filmaker and author did this documentary on his own dime and after many trips to India. The information captured is priceless to some one like myself. It allowed me to see for the first time the actual practices I had up till viewing this DVD had only read about. There is one old book that realy encompasses the the traditional styles of exercise in India. It is the Encyclopidia of Indian Physical Culture written in India in 1950. This DVD is a great companion to that old book. The footage of the Mallakhamb is worth the price alone. If you are looking for an instructional this is not for you . If however you are looking to see actual people of India doing Dands(push ups), Baithaks (Hindu Squats),Heavy Jori (clubs) swinging,Gada(Mace), Mallakhamb (pole /Vine)and tradition wrestling practice this DVD is a must have. I look forward to other materials produced by this Author. He definately delivered.