The Gold Mettle Plan

[ninjamessiah]

I think he means "Medal"...anywho...
www.rhadi.com/goldmettle/index.html
Rhadi Ferguson's got a dvd/book set thing out now called the gold mettle plan. If I was able to dedicate a lot more time to training I'd definately get it, but at this point it's not too worth it to me. It's endorsed by Karo Parisyan too.
I got Rhadi's at-home workout dvd(not "The Grind"), and honestly, besides the poor editing, the content was pretty good.

[judonerd]

Mettle = double meaning. Mettle means guts or backbone. Testing your mettle = seeing what you're made of.

I think he was trying to be clever.

[ninjamessiah]

Hehe, I sure hope you're right ;D

Edit: Yeah you gotta be right...I just read that Rhadi is working on his Doctorate in education..

[ninjamessiah]

Woo Woo
Rhadi is giving away the Gold Mettle Plan for free...I guess it's a limited time offer, 24 bucks for shipping and that's it. I just ordered mine, so I can't say for sure if it was worth it, but hell 24 bucks for advice from an olympian can't be bad. Now for my return to the mats...
www.rhadi.com/goldmettle/superfreegift.html

[judonerd]

I wonder what the catch is... Why is he doing it? Does he just have a basement full of the kits and wants to unload them?

By the way, I ordered Jimmy Pedro's Grip Like a World Champion DVD (http://store.jimmypedro.com/grliwochdand.html), and its very insightful. I haven't gotten a chance to practice it yet, but the techniques are good and the instruction is very clear.

Carl, since you are taking Judo pretty seriously, you might find the DVD worth the cost. Its got a complete strategy for winning grip fights, step-by-step, and its not just a list of ways to tear off their hands, its like a roadmap for getting to whatever grip you prefer.
Then you can go make Aaron Cohen cry.

[ninjamessiah]

The only real catch I've seen is that you're immediately linked to another site where he tries to get you to buy a bunch of other products for hundreds of dollars. You also have to download these 6 pdf files to complete the order...I'm hoping that's not all I paid for cuz they DID say something would be shipped.

Here's the original email:
"Here's the honest TRUTH :-(

It really bothers me that people aren't improving at lightning
speeds.

I mean it really does.

I've heard people say that they want to improve on the mat, but
then they don't do everything possible in order to do that.

One complaint that I received was that some of my products were too
expensive.

Bulsugar!

I, single-handedly have THE BEST judo products available which will
ensure your success.

But if my price was the only thing holding you back, well now the
floodgates are open.

Right now you can get The Gold Mettle Plan Package for Absolutely
F*R*E*E*

Just go right here --> www.GoldMettlePlanPackage.com"

[Carl Elder]

Yeah a guy down here has the same dvd he keeps telling me he'll let me burn it but i havent seen it yet.

[judonerd]

Seriously, why are Rhadi's websites all one big long page? I'm not going to scroll through all that crap. He needs to hire someone to do this stuff for him. It feels like a 4 hour self-help seminar, not a website.

[ninjamessiah]

I think there's an at-home marketing program out there that designs websites like that for people, because I've seen them many times before. 9 times out of 10, at least in my experience, any website designed like that isn't worth your time or money. Pretty much all the same sales pitch too, "BUY IT NOW AT THIS HUGE DISCOUNTED PRICE OR YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY MORONIC FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS JUST LOOK AT THESE TESTIMONIALS YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE"
At least with Rhadi I know he's not a fake.