Mugwump asked me to post a one-line review of these tapes. Here's my compliance with this request.
These tapes demonstrate a comprehensive display of physical maneuvers to effectively escape an attacker in a close physical attack.
Now, my comments on the tapes:
Everything Mugwump posted initially in this thread I would agree with. Very impressive tapes, especially the dichotomy of sizes. That helped me, more than anything, since I'm almost her size. I'd like to get them for myself, however they are not available in DVD format. I'll be contacting Ms. Soalt's website with regards to this.
A caution about these tapes. I've learned there are many things you can do to mitigate the circumstances of an attack that don't include actual physical reactions, ie: enhanced SA, mindset, more alert, aggressive appearance, etc. These tapes do not go into detail about this. You see Dr Ruthless using these techniques in the real world examples but they are not addressed explicitly. Consequently, I would not give these tapes to a woman as her initial exposure to improving her self defense capabilities. It's difficult enough to get women to think about her self defense; watching Dr Ruthless show why she deserves her nickname on these tapes
could turn women off to this kind of thinking.
I don't have a VCR (or a TV). In trying to find a place to watch the tapes, I asked several of my girlfriends if they were interested in watching, but they used the excuse of 'I don't need this.'
My 16 yo niece was the only one interested in watching. (her mother was not) Auntie's next task is to find a location for us to practice on a regular basis.
Cinncinatus: Please tell MG my hat is off to him and all the other men like him who are willing to be punching bags for women to learn to defend themselves. It looked like some of those blows scored, despite the padding.
Roycroft: Tapes should be on their way tomorrow afternoon.
Mugwump: My sincere thanks for providing your tapes to the ps.com community for perusal.
LL