My school is small and mostly men who don't have much interest in katas, but I think the movements are beautiful and will help me become a better martial artist so I decided to do some work on my own outside of class. With that said, though I think the DVD has a lot of info, I was hoping that the Kata's would be broken down more for a novice. The Kata's shown are too fast for me to pick up. The warm up training in the beginning is excellent though. Was just hoping for some slower training.

Seems to be a quality product for learning weapons. I am just getting started, but have no complaints about the quality of these Kama's.

I have studied martial arts for less than 2 years and have developed an interest in weapons so I decided to buy a couple of things. I have never even held a pair of chucks until my order arrived. I think for my level I would have been better off getting the corded chuks as the ball bearing seems fast and maybe a little more difficult to control for my novice level, but I will get some instruction in class and I am sure these will do fine. These things are very soft with the padding and therefore risk of injury should be nil.