The Shinai Primer

[burgess77]

I'm trying something different in media. Some of you may know that my site sells Marsten Sensei's Kendo Basics DVD. A while ago I filmed the detailed process of preparing a new shinai at a working kendo shop in Japan (I have a shorter one (http://www.youtube.com/user/burgess77#p/u/12/GZwoZ1fdKZc), different guy, on YouTube, 9 mins). I just couldn't justify the cost of making this into a DVD. However, now I'm trying downloadable media out and The Shinai Primer is a test product. Figured I'd give it a whirl at $1.99, the file is 237MB as a Quicktime m4v (H.264), 20 mins. This could open up a whole new avenue for providing quality media at very low price points (I'm not quitting my day job) due to the lack of physical media costs.

So I am offering up the link here to see if there are any takers and whether I should pursue the downloadable thing. Of course, I will still produce kendo video for YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu7-vMef0vk) and such, but is downloadable a viable means of producing marketable content? I guess I'll see. Any comments, good or bad, are appreciated.

williswall.com (http://www.williswall.com/kendo/)

Steve

[turboyoshi]

I believe digital and streaming content is the way to go but I'm not sure this particular example is going to be a good indicator of your marketability. Although your price point looks good, the product itself isn't something I'd feel a need to spend money on. I would have preferred something more useful to my pursuit of kendo knowledge such as the instructional dvd by Marsten sensei. Just my thoughts.

[burgess77]

I believe digital and streaming content is the way to go but I'm not sure this particular example is going to be a good indicator of your marketability. Although your price point looks good, the product itself isn't something I'd feel a need to spend money on. I would have preferred something more useful to my pursuit of kendo knowledge such as the instructional dvd by Marsten sensei. Just my thoughts.

We're talking...thanks for your thoughts.

[jjcruiser]

I agree with Turbo. I'd pay $1.99 for well-translated versions of certain instructional seminars on video, if that doesn't run afoul of international copyright law, like this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Owu9bONY0)or this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AkmUNdj1Go&feature=related).