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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8153
EAN num: 9781741570137
ISBN number: 1741570131
Label: Hinkler Books (AU)
Manufacturer: Hinkler Books (AU)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 64
Printing Date: 2005-03
Publishing house: Hinkler Books (AU)
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Mark Richardson offers a simple and easy guide to Karate. Simply Karate is the perfect fitness program to help you build strength and learn basic defense moves. The DVD & book format is ideal for use in the comfort of your own home.
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I've just looked through the written material and watched the dvd.
This is a perfectly good dvd for a number of purposes.
On the one hand, if you're looking for a Christmas present for a kid who likes karate, this won't be far off. On the other hand, karate enthusiasts are sometimes totally focussed on their own particular styles, and hate anything that's not in exactly that style. Especially if they're young.
Another use for this dvd/book combo is as an overview. If you're thinking of taking karate, and you wonder what it's all about, this is a useful overview of a bunch of techniques.
The production values are very good, by the way. Good audio, good camera (it doesn't move much, but the camera angle is fine, and the picture is clear). There are occasional closeups of a foot position or hand position, when that is appropriate.
The materials I have don't set out a clear martial arts bibliography for the author/demonstrator (essentially, the materials say he's been studying since he was a kid). Usually, this sort of dvd tells you the instructor, his style, and the specific instructors who trained him.
Frankly, that's not terribly important for most purposes for which you'll use this dvd.
There's another purpose for this dvd, and it's what I was looking for; I can use this as a sort of warmup, aerobic, basic technique dvd. I can pop it in, and just follow along until I get warmed up and out of breath.
Essentially, I plan to use this dvd as a sort of a tai-bo substitute. That is, for me this'll be an exercise video instead of an overview video.
There are a lot of different karate styles. Most people aren't able to tell the difference between them because the legit styles all use the same basic techniques, and the major differences show up in emphasis and differences in techniques. Some styles use higher stances, some lower.
The demonstrator appears to be a student of a Mas Oyama student (Kyokushinkai), and his style is close enough to the style I've studied that I can mindlessly follow along and get a pretty good workout.
Is it perfect? Well, no, but little in this world is perfect. But as an overview of basic karate techniques, or a sort of mostly aerobic exercises/karate exercises/stretching/warmup video, it's better than a lot that's on the market.
In fact, it's the best I've seen, but while I plan to use this for my off days as a workout, I'm still looking for a dvd that's specifically a workout using good quality karate technique.
This is pretty close, and it's cheap as dirt, so I'm giving it four stars.
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