Worth every penny...
You don't have to be an advanced rider to benefit from this clinic series featuring Buck Brannaman. However, it probably does help if you're at least a serious student of horsemanship...if only to understand the importance of the endless 'wax on, wax off' moments Sensei Brannaman ;-) delivers along the way. Cindy Meehl and her production team followed Buck to 7 clinics to capture 'footage' for the documentary, Buck. Cindy then cut the best from each clinic and arranged the content by topic. In particular, thank you for this arrangement, Cindy (should you ever read this). The video itself is high quality, with great audio (production quality like this is a rarity unto itself in the world of instructional horsemanship DVDs). In my opinion, this is worth every penny.
Lightness, Harmony & Dignity.
This set of DVD's is the single best source of horsemanship wisdom and practice that you will ever find. Both the audio and video are superb. It is the best $145 dollars that you will ever spend on your horse. Among many other things, Buck offers some important things to do with your horse that will eliminate 95% of the bronc rides that you might have in your future. And this may actually save your life. So, I would say that this is money well spent.
At the beginning of every DVD, Buck speaks informally, for a few minutes, about the general philosophy that informs his approach to horses. In the "Lessons" section of each DVD he covers everything from ground work, to basic exercises horseback, to more advanced and subtle concepts that will help both you and your horse to achieve a clear, harmonious communication based upon mutual trust and respect. Everything he does with a horse is designed to set the horse up for success with a minimum of both mental and physical...
Definitely Worth The Watch
This set of DVDs is really worth the watch. The quality of the product (packaging & content) is excellent. It is a must-have for anyone that is interested in "practical" horsemanship. There are golden nuggets of information strewn throughout the set (discs 1 to 7).
As a precursor / primer, I would highly recommend that you watch Buck Brannaman's "Groundwork" DVD before you watch Discs 1 & 2 as it will give you the framework and understanding of Buck's approach and methods. Similarly, one would benefit from watching his "Making of a Bridle Horse" before watching discs 3 & 4. This is just because this set of 7 DVDs are not really a stand-alone, how-to kind of series. It is extremely valuable and informative, but it might not be "instructional" enough for everyone without the more in-depth coaching of his instructional DVDs.
Should someone choose to only watch this set of 7 discs, then it is definitely still worth it!
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