First, for those of you who haven't heard about Mr. Akira Fujii's Classic Pass, please watch this. This is a review of the P.S.P, a set of steel plates and a dvd that aims to help you learn/improve the speed of your pass to the level of Akira Fujii's. You can purchase this product here.
Alright, on to the review.
Facts:
You get a DVD instructional video with Japanese and English audio.
You get 5 steel plates, each approximately the size of ten cards.
DVD is short, no more than 20 minutes of video.
Metal Plates are of high quality
Metal Plates are heavy
Metal Plates make your feet hurt like a !@)%!@%&**#( if dropped on said feet.
Opinion:
This is definitely not a tool for the faint hearted, and you should only get it if you're completely determined to make your classic pass as invisible as can be.
The plates WILL hurt your hands/forearms after sustained practice.
I carry these plates around with me everywhere, walking on the street, whatever, just doing the pass... over and over and over and over again. After a week of this, (practicing the different way of doing the pass taught on the dvd). When I went back to cards, I noticed an immediate speed up of my pass, although still not as clean as Akira Fujii's... must work harder!
After practicing with the plates for an hour or more, when you hold a deck of cards... well, you can't really feel them anymore... as far as your hand's concerned, they don't exist. Which is weird because your eyes tell you the cards are there... but your hands are telling you you're not holding anything... I LOVE this feeling.
Alright, on to the review.
Facts:
You get a DVD instructional video with Japanese and English audio.
You get 5 steel plates, each approximately the size of ten cards.
DVD is short, no more than 20 minutes of video.
Metal Plates are of high quality
Metal Plates are heavy
Metal Plates make your feet hurt like a !@)%!@%&**#( if dropped on said feet.
Opinion:
This is definitely not a tool for the faint hearted, and you should only get it if you're completely determined to make your classic pass as invisible as can be.
The plates WILL hurt your hands/forearms after sustained practice.
I carry these plates around with me everywhere, walking on the street, whatever, just doing the pass... over and over and over and over again. After a week of this, (practicing the different way of doing the pass taught on the dvd). When I went back to cards, I noticed an immediate speed up of my pass, although still not as clean as Akira Fujii's... must work harder!
After practicing with the plates for an hour or more, when you hold a deck of cards... well, you can't really feel them anymore... as far as your hand's concerned, they don't exist. Which is weird because your eyes tell you the cards are there... but your hands are telling you you're not holding anything... I LOVE this feeling.