Tony Cecchine tapes - any good?

**doner_kebab** · Posted On: 8/11/2005 6:53am

Hi, I saw a good review for these at BillLewis @ aol web page, but would like other opinions.

**MrMcFu** · Posted On: 8/11/2005 7:26am

Are you in Germany?

***TaeBo_Master*** · Posted On: 8/11/2005 7:53am

I have the tapes and like them quite a bit.

**doner_kebab** · Posted On: 8/11/2005 7:57am

"Are you in Germany?"

No, UK

**doner_kebab** · Posted On: 8/11/2005 7:59am

Tae_bo,
Did you feel you learned techniques that you wouldn't find in usual bjj / submission grappling classes, and also able to put them into practice in sparring?

**roly** · Posted On: 8/11/2005 5:26pm

do a search on Tony Cecchine, i am sure there are other threads about him

**notquitedead** · Posted On: 8/12/2005 7:37pm

He shows the common positions differently (I like the way he teaches the scarf hold and side mount). There are some nice neck cranks on the tapes. I'm horrible at leg locks so I can't really comment on those. I tried using one of the chokes today after a failed arm bar but somehow managed to screw it up...

**FingerorMoon?** · Posted On: 8/14/2005 6:40pm

Some great no-gi stuff on there.
Good positional stuff, really great neck crank stuff, some great leglocks, some modified armlock stuff.

LOTS of detail on the basics of the Americana & Kimura, and the same for the achillies lock and heel hook.

Virtually nothing from the guard position. All of the above are from dominant positions -mount, side mount, or inside a persons guard (Tony says directly to the camera, inside someones guard is a dominant position - shows some cool leg stuff from there)

**Strong Machine** · Posted On: 8/14/2005 9:15pm

His top game stuff is great.Not a fan of the bottom game stuff and he shows no takedowns.
The stuff he shows is for a slow tight game, not a fast loose one normally accociated with lighter guys.
But as I said, I like his descriptions on sinking weight and keeping position.
I hear he stole most the stuff off a japanese instructional, and don't know nor care if it's true.But clearly Tony knows leglocks and neckcranks well.
Of course he is insufferable in some ways too with his not so subtle rips on BJJ and his talking as if he is a god of grappling.

**notquitedead** · Posted On: 8/14/2005 11:25pm

I don't know anything about Tony's background or where he learned catch, but there is a lot of good stuff on those tapes. I got it off of ebay so I think the way he shows the scarf hold, further nelson, and a couple others were worth the price I paid.