Reviews for Mook Jong Construction Manual: Building Modern And Traditional Wooden Dummies On A Budget

The average rating for Mook Jong Construction Manual: Building Modern And Traditional Wooden Dummies On A Budget based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-02-15 00:00:00 Mario Vega First I want to tell that I haven't actually build a dummy. The book is very informative, and if you want to build a dummy yourself (when you are not repelled by the amount of work, it wont build itself) this book certainly can help you. I didn't really like the "modern" dummies, a bit too fancy for the style if you ask me. Overall a good book. But before buying it ask yourself: Am I really going to put in the work to build a dummy?

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-20 00:00:00 Amanda Clinton Overall, like Galang's other books, this is a commendable work, and is a great documentation of Filipino Martial Arts techniques and expression of their philosophy. I don't think that one could conceivably learn Sinawali from this book alone, but it nonetheless is an impressive work that Eskrimadors will value. The historical information on Sinawali and the Pampagan region is very interesting. While I have read criticism from certain circles on Sinawali, in my experience, Sinawali can help to develop both ambidexterity and a simultaneity of attack, defense, etc. in open-handed fighting that can be of great benefit to the martial artist. I had years of open-hand training before Eskrima, but Eskrima enhanced my open-hand skills tremendously, and some of this came from numerous Sinawali drills I had done over the years with partners, on the bag or dummy, etc. The repeated claim that Sinawali is the precursor to mastery of Espada y Daga (Sword and Dagger, though usually it is more properly Olisi, single stick, and Baraw, a specific type of dagger) is a sensible one, for the ambidexterity required of Sinawali is required for Espada y Daga. The majority of the book is sequences of pictures of Sinawali techniques, and one should weigh the efficacy of this type of presentation relative to one's needs before purchasing it, I think.