Product Description

Achieving and maintaining the high level of fitness required for martial arts training is a scientific process. The training methods you use and the way you workout can greatly affect your success in the ring and on the street. In this informative DVD, Sang H. Kim has brought all of the exercises in the Ultimate Fitness video series together into one powerful presentation. He teaches you the exercises that have helped him maintain ultimate flexibility for over 20 years and demonstrates the most effective exercises for developing explosive power and speed in your techniques using weight training, running, isometrics, and more. Plus, get advice on developing hard to work areas like agility, balance, coordination and timing.

Packed with information, this DVD is guaranteed to bring variety to your workout no matter what style you practice. You get over 100 drills, exercises and training methods that have made the Ultimate Fitness Series bestsellers. Discover which exercises are the most effective, how you should execute them for maximum results, how to apply them to your martial arts training and dozens more expert workout tips from Sang H. Kim, author of Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts, as he explains and demonstrates each exercise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50110 in DVD
• Brand: Victor
• Released on: 2002-09-01
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

About the Director
Sang H. Kim is an internationally respected author of 12 martial arts books, including the best sellers Ultimate Flexibility, Ultimate Fitness through Martial Arts, 1001 Ways To Motivate Yourself & Others (available in 22 languages) and Teaching: the Way of the Master, and star of over 100 martial arts instructional DVDs and video downloads programs including Ultimate Fitness, Power Breathing, Junsado Training Series, and Complete Taekwondo Series. He won the 1976 Korean National Champion and was named Instructor of the Year by the Korean government in 1983. He earned a B.S. degree in English Literature, an M.S. degree in Sports Science and a Ph.D. in Sports Media Studies. He has been featured in over 200 national and international magazines and newspapers including Black Belt, Joongang Central Daily-New York, Fighter's Magazine-UK, El Nacional, The Times and Hartford Courant.

Customer Reviews

Excellent quantity, lesser quality
There are an astonishing number of drills and techniques presented here. They are divided into the following categories: Speed, Agility, Timing, Power, Stength, Stamina, Flexibility, Reflexes, Coordination.

However, there are no multi-camera angles or slow motion presentations. Production values are adequate but not even close to state-of-the-art. The narrated descriptions are terse and the accent of the narrator makes it a bit hard to understand. The presentation of the material is quite fast paced. This DVD's value to the beginner is limited in that there are no modifications show for less flexible beginners and no hints on how to work up to the full technique.

With these limitations in mind, this DVD presents a treasure trove of valuable information. With a bit more effort Turtle Press could have achieved near perfection. Sang Kim is an amazing athlete and martial artist--he definately has the "right stuff".

Amazing variety of exercises
This DVD is like an encyclopedia of martial arts exercises. If it's good for martial arts training, it's probably in this collection, especially when it comes to flexibility, which gets heavy emphasis. What I like even more than the huge number of exercises is the way the menu is set up. Exercises are grouped so you can skip to the set that you need without having to wade through everything on the disc. As an instructor, this makes it very easy for me to refresh my memory quickly before a class or warm-up. Just pop the disc in, skip to the section I need and go. A great resource for instructors and for students who train at home or want to.

Some good parts and some really weak parts
Some of the excercises are very helpful and useful but some of them are just filler. The weight lifting excercises are a good example of the filler. The excercises are shown but nothing is put in to workouts.

I have to admit though, the stretching/flexability section is great.