Fencing Workout Review

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(More customer reviews)On the positive side, this DVD will certainly increase muscularity in ways that may allow one to be a better fencer. There is a significant amount of focus on strengthening and toning the legs, as well as agility work, that will keep your heart racing and likely make you sore after the first few times you do it.
On the negative side, this DVD rushes the participant into a very intense work out that you may not necessarily be ready to do. Many stretches and some exercises can only be performed after significant training, such as doing a split.
Some portions also require you to have a fencing foil, so be forewarned that full use of this DVD requires a foil and a hanging target.
In short, it is a useful DVD, if you are physically capable of keeping up with someone who has about 15 years of fencing training and practice. I recommend this DVD for those who seriously want to fence- as well as a yoga routine and strength training prior to your use of this DVD!

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American Ninja (1985) Review

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(More customer reviews)I watched this film earlier today and you know what? For being 20 years old this movie holds up remarkably well. Much better than the previous year's NINJA III: THE DOMINATION, which was instantly dated thanks to the FLASHDANCE influence.
New recruit Michael Dudikoff unwillingly gets mixed up in some illegal arms transaction between crooked Army brass and a group of ninjas. He also accidentally arouses the lustful attention of the Colonel's hot tan daughter! But before he can make sweet love he's got to stop the evil ninja clan!
Some reviewers mention this as a "guilty pleasure" I disagree. With great fight scenes, icky sound effects every time somebody gets stabbed, a fun story and a energetic performance by Steve James there's no way you can classify this as a guilty pleasure. It's too good for that.
Judie Aronson who plays Dudikoff's hot girlfriend gets naked a few times in FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER.
D: Sam Fastener (NINJA III: THE DOMINATION, REVENGE OF THE NINJA)
Joe Armstrong - Michael Davidoff (BACHELOR PARTY, TRON)
Curtis Jackson - Steve James (I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA, WEIRD SCIENCE)
Patricia Hickock - Judie Aronson (FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER, WEIRD SCIENCE)

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TKO : Widescreen Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)This one surprised me. It started off corny, but as I got into it I found that I really enjoyed it.

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Dozen DVD Deal - Action (1981) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an interesting set of DVDs.
There are some good films here and some not so great.
"The Big Red One" is a much overlooked war film starring, believe it or not, Mark Hamill of "Star Wars" fame. The story is told very well.
"Fort Apache, The Bronx" stars Paul Newman and is really not so bad a cop film. If you like that genre, this is a good addition to your collection. Again, a well told story, if not a little dated.
"The Gauntlet" is a pretty good Clint Eastwood movie from 1977. Not one of his best, but not one of his worst either.
"Point of No Return" is the American version of "LaFemme Nikita" starring Bridget Fonda. The original is the better movie, but this one works. Its a fun watch.
"Ricochet" stars a pre-Oscar win Denzel Washington and a very over the top John Lithgow. It passes for entertainment, but barely. Lindsay Wagner shows up, if that helps.
"Soldier" is a Kurt Russel movie that he worked out for. Nice pecs, Kurt.
"Tango and Cash" is actually a pretty good film. Importantly, it does NOT take itself too seriously and it fun to watch. It stars Kurt Russel and Sylvester Stallone in their prime action-hero days.
"Victory" is a great film. The best featured here. It is placed in a concentration camp in WWII and its about soccer. You're intrigued, right? Its actually a very good movie, uplifting and well told. Again we have Sylvester Stallone and he's joined by Michael Caine and Pele (soccer superstar).
Obviously, there are some good films in this collection. Dont write it off without a consideration.

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Sparring: Tips, Tactics & Techniques to Dominate Your Opponent Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been looking forward to a DVD on sparring for ages, and this is now on my list of favorites by Sammy Franco. If you've ever sparred with a more formidable opponent, you already know why, too. Unless you're a boxer, you don't spar for the sake of sparring. You spar in order to learn and benefit from the skills and attributes you can improve that will make you a better fighter. But like Mr. Franco says in the DVD, when you're a beginner or if you're sparring with someone more advanced than you, you go into "survival mode". You defend as much as possible, try to land a few hits every now and then, and hope for the best. You don't learn much, frankly. But it doesn't have to be that way.
This DVD will teach you the skills you need in order to start learning and to ultimately dominate your sparring partners. You will feel more confident and wonder how it is you ever sparred without these techniques in your arsenal. Oh... and you will LOVE the "steamroller" and "cover & crush" techniques!

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Kickboxer (1989) Review

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(More customer reviews)Jean-Claude Van Damme will never be confused for anything other than what he is: a martial arts actor whose acting abilities are less important than his high-kicking ones. This is not a bad thing either. He is probably one of the two or three best action stars now working, and his legions of fans appreciate his style. In KICKBOXER, he reveals in one movie the best and worst of what he is capable. He plays Sloan, an American fighter whose brother is crippled by the savagery of the Thai champion, Tong Po, played by Van Damme's real life friend Michel Quissi, who stars in many of his other films. What the viewer sees is your basic get-revenge-on-the-dude-who-hurt-my-brother movie.
Van Damme closes with s stirring victory over a very tough and, in his own way, a colorful foe. Van Damme's strengths include his good looks, athletic ability, martial arts expertise, and even some boog-a-looing disco dancing. What he adds to this is a sense to the audience of breathless expectation. By simply looking at him undergo the bone-breaking training imposed on him by his Wise Old Master, the viewer can just for that moment put himself on the screen, absorbing the same beating. Even in his first films, when he played the bad guy, the audience knew that any victory the hero achieved over him was dictated only by the script. In KICKBOXER, Van Damme begins what for him proves a winning trend: he needs a worthy opponent to make the movie resonate. In KICKBOXER, Michel Quissi, who is no Asian at all, puts on makeup to simulate the epicanthic eyefolds and shaves his head to produce one mean-looking man. One of the most effective uses of a heavy that I have ever seen in any martial arts film is directors Mark DiSalle and David Worth's decision to introduce Tong Po not by sight but by sound. Van Damme hears a strange pounding and when he investigates by following the noise, almost as if he were a human geiger counter, he sees Tong Po kicking a concrete pillar hard enough to shake dust. The latent fear in his eyes connects viscerally to the audience. This scene in which Van Damme shows hesitation is one of his best, but he rarely exhibits this less than heroic temperament in future films. The down side to KICKBOXER is generic to the genre. It is simply not possible for him to absorb such bone-crunching punishment and bounce up off the mat to fight on and win. But his ability to do so is probably part of the myth and mystique that marks such fight movies. Does anyone really want to peek into the magician's hat to see where the dove comes from?

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Ring of Fire 2: Blood and Steel (1992) Review

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(More customer reviews)RING OF FIRE II: BLOOD AND STEEL is without question Don "The Dragon" Wilson's best film ever. Those disappointed by the fact that he only had one major fight in RING OF FIRE will find that he more than makes up for it here.
In fact, so does everyone else. While I was disappointed that Gary Daniels was not in BLOOD AND STEEL, most of the rest of the kickboxing cast from RING OF FIRE are back, and it is evident that everyone was determined to make a kung fu maovie so action-packed that it would be almost impossible to dislike.
And as far as I'm concerned, they have. Don particularly shines in the film. Never has he been faster, tougher, or more determined to kick ass. And everyone one of his martial art compadres (Eric Lee, Ron Yuan, Vince Murdocco, Dale Jacoby) get their oppurtunity in the spotlight as well, and they do not disappoint.
And to top it off, the film's head villian, Kalin, is played by non other than everyone's favorite kickboxing tough guy, Ian Jacklin. He and Don have a fantastic climactic duel that will blow you away.
If you hated every single other movie that Don "The Dragon" Wilson has been in, RING OF FIRE II: BLOOD AND STEEL is the one to see. If you loved all of his other movies, RING OF FIRE II: BLOOD AND STEEL puts them all to shame.

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Bloodsport III Review

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(More customer reviews)Following the previous 2 all-around excellent Bloodsports, part 3 is a sad disappointment in terms of any excitement until the last 30 minutes of the film, where it all makes up for it with some of the best fights ever.
Bloodsport 3 has a few returning characters from the 2nd film, including the main character, Alex Cardo (Daniel Bernhardt). The other 2 returns, Lueng (Pat Morita) and Master Sun (James Hong), have maybe 2 minutes of screen time combined. Bloodsport 3 does get a new charcater, Mr. Devalle played by John Rhys Davies - Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings movie, who has decent acting talent. Mr. Devalle is the center of the story, encouraging Alex to fight in his tournament so that Devalle can place a successful bet on him. Refusing to enter the kumite, Devalle murders Master Sun so that Alex will change his mind, but he still refuses. Devalle enters a new competitor, The Beast, in hopes that he will prevail. After extensive training, Alex surprsingly enters the kumite to avenge his master and defeat The Beast.
Unfortunately, the story is boring and been done a hundred times, but fortunately it doesn't matter once the kumite begins. The kumite literally lasts for the last 3o minutes of the movie straight, with fight after fight of beautiful choreography and great editing. The Beast is definetly a great villain in the kumite, but unlike Chong Li and The Demon in the previous Bloodsports, he only has 3 fights in the entire kumite. His 3rd fight is against Alex, which lasts a good 4-1/2 minutes and is the best fight in the movie. I actually liked it a lot more than Alex's fight against Demon in the previous Bloodsport.
Bloodsport 3's only bright spot is the fights, which are not disappointing at all. The first hour of this movie is all around bad, but buying this movie for the kumite alone is still well well worth it.

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Goju Ryu Karate Kata (Tsunami) Review

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(More customer reviews)How often can you watch a Karate master, filmed in their prime, demonstrating their art? Morio Higaonna demonstrates the twelve kata that make up the Goju Ryu Karate system, as well as applications of some of the movements. You do not have to be a practitioner of Goju to get a lot out of this video. And if you do practice Goju, you absolutely must have this video! An awesome reference guide, and very inspirational!

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The latest version of this best selling karate instructionalvideo includes a new biography of the author, illustrated with previouslyunpublished period photos, as well as a full set of navigational menus.

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Karate's Secret Throws by Vince Morris Review

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(More customer reviews)Judo & Karate came out of Jiu-Jitsu, This dvd by Sensei Vince Morris is very good & his teachings are simple, clear & practial. Being a student of Judo Gene Le Bell (myself) I found this dvd well worth the price & the people who put out this product most sincere. Buy this dvd.

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Mike Swain's Judo (1990) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have purchased this DVD and found it 25% useful. Why 25%? Well the rest of the DVD seem to have no sound (i.e. both the replaced and original order). I have notified Black Belt as well as Amazon of this problem and hopefully they will address this issue ASAP as it is frustrating and disappointing to say the least. However, from what I have previewed so far (with sound) is quite good and very useful for the budding judoka. I am crossing my fingers to preview a working version of this DVD (2nd replacement) and provide some positive feedback.
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Ufc 57: Couture Vs Lindell 3 (2006) Review

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(More customer reviews)Great job blowing the ending results for the people who havent seen it yet, Im sure its appreciated.

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Cesar Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Grappling Instructional Series Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a top notch well organized DVD set from master trainer Cesar Gracie.
A couple things make this a special deal:
1) The techniques cover both Gi and no-Gi.
2) The moves flow in a logical order - it is not just a hodge podge of techniques.
3) Many of the moves are unique, and not shown in other tape series.
4) Cesar's English is much clearer and easier to understand than most jiu jitsu instructors.
5) The price can't be beat.
If you want to improve your jiu jitsu game, this is a great buy.

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JKA Shotokan Karate The Kawasoe Way Part 2 Heian Nidan, Yondan & Godan (Tsunami) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased all four videos in this series three years ago. I continue to use these videos and I have learned a lot from them! They contain a lot more than just kata, but the kata are the best part. Also contained on the tapes are warmup exercises, basic technique, bag work and some sparing. When combined with the use of the "Best Karate" books (volumes 5,6,7,8), the learning of new Kata is relatively easy. The kata are demonstrated once from the front view, in half speed, then a second time at full speed from the front view and then full speed from the side view.
The best "selling point" of these videos, is the value.
Volume 1 contains two kata (and a lot of basic technique.)
Volume 2 contains four kata.
Volume 3 contains two kata.
Volume 4 contains four kata.
I wish Instructor Kawasoe would produce videos of some of the black belt katas like Sochin, Unsu, Gojushiho Sho & Kanku Sho.
In summary, if you are looking for help to learn Shotokan kata, I recommend you buy these videos.

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In the second tape the author demonstrates further advanced striking and kicking techniques and introduces basic one step attack sparring.He also completes the Heian series of kata with detailed instruction in Nidan,Yondan and Godan

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U.S. Open XII Annual Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament Review

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(More customer reviews)Check out the trailer of the US Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu XII 2007.

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Comprehensive Applications of Shaolin Chin Na 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)This video does exactly what it says . It shows one a number of techniques and follows the supporting manual "Comprehensive Applications of Shaoling Chin Na" . The techniques are done smoothly and proficiently "well done" Dr. Yang. All in all a 1st rate production , some may complain that the technique are not shown often enough , only three times , but we all have rewind buttons , then some may complain they are shown too frequently but in different applications for different attacks (can't please everyone) Dr Yang does show many of the same techniques but each time they've got a slightly different twist (no pun intended)and it's useful to see the variation .
What I noticed different in this video from others of the genre was the lack of tape space used for superflous fluff , they didn't waste a lot of time or space , got right down to it no gratuitious advertising or flashy intermissions between techniques , good job. A wealth of information on this tape , will be using it extensively , much to learn , gain.

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This 118 minute video complements the book of the same title.

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An Aikido Seminar with Terry Dobson Review

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(More customer reviews)I consider that this video is very good for advance people that wanted to go deep onto aikido`s path, but may be not so usefull for beginers because is not really basic, it is about ki, and mind, also technics but from this points of view that is also difficult for senior students. So is great material from a person that was a direct student of o`sensei Ueshiba, and also one of the few westerns that practice under the master, that makes unic the video. I wish this can help your desition of choosing this DVD.

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