Product Description

Join Kili on the beautiful beaches of Hawaii and experience a creative Hula Workout for Beginners. Kili has designed this program to allow the beginner to learn a choreographed hula dance and also experience an aerobic workout. This uniquely designed program combines hula and fitness to target your heart rate and speed up your metabolism. Combined with a healthy diet, Hula Fitness for Beginners is an energetic and creative new way to workout.

Practice along with Kili at the end of your workout, you will be held spellbound by the raw beauty of this traditional dance.

Kili teaches Hula, Tahitian Dance, Yoga, Acrobatics and Aerobics classes on the island of Maui and is a featured performer in the famous award winning show Ulalena.

Special Features:

- Dolby Digital 5.1
- Interactive Full Motion Menus
- Photo Gallery
- Web Links
- Chapter and Episode Selections
- And More...

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91124 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-03-04
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 40 minutes

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Customer Reviews

Definitely not what I expected
I ordered this DVD expecting a low-impact workout based on traditional hula. I did not expect this weird hybrid dance incorporating the mashed potato and other totally non-hula moves (that are high impact and bouncy) set to really hokey music (Hula Rock Momma...gak!).

While you do get some introduction to each of the hula steps, they really aren't broken down totally...you just have to hope for the best.

On the tiny bit of good side, the other production values are decent...this production company seems to like to have the intructor do a voice-over, rather than actually talk during the workout, but I think the purpose of this is (as I found in the special features section) that you can turn off the voice track and just have the music. But with music this hokey, who'd want to do that? The setting is gorgeous and the instructor is obviously a real hula dancer, but I was expecting something more traditional and not some bizarre hybridization with country linedancing.

I'm returning my set, because I cannot do high-impact workouts due to an injury. So if you're looking for low-impact, look elsewhere and if you're looking for anything resembling traditional hula, again look elsewhere.

Not what I thought it would be
Yes, this video does teach a 'Hula Workout' and appears to have clear instructions. However, the music is atrocious. I was looking forward to some traditional Hawaiian music, the reason that I thought this workout would be fun, but the whole thing is set to a heinous track called "Hula Rock" which sounds like a lightly Hawaiian flavored takeoff of a fifties bee-bop style song. I watched this once, and couldn't even get through the thing. The music really ruins this experience.

Great workout, but not serious hula
This hula workout video was fun and effective, strengthening thighs, abs and buns. It was unique, and the setting was lovely. Kili has a sweet voice and manner about her. For those looking to seriously study hula, though, keep moving. The music was really one song which was hula meets oldies meets old country. This would appeal to people who like oldies, but left me cold. Not all the moves are hula, and even includes the mashed potato. All in all, very little culture was included in this workout video. Good for belly dancers, already educated hula dancers,and other hip swivellers looking for a unique workout.