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Qigong Massage

Advantages: packed full with techniques and information; a serious well presented resource
Disadvantages: some may find it pricey (although not if you remember the almost 4 hours viewing time!)

...due to their training in qigong / taiji. I have now joined a tajiquan course which is quite good, but I find the explanations (I like to know the why of the how, if you know what I mean...) lacking. I therefore decided to investigate theory and method and happened upon the YMAA and Dr Yang Jwing Ming's collection of most helpful, most detailed, most interesting books and DVDs. The Qigong Massage DVD is the first I bought, after some internal deliberation, ...
...Most Taiji / Qigong DVD fall into two categories: either they are an airy-fairy new-agey load of ... not much, or they are absolutely impossible to follow as they are presented by people who can only demonstrate - not teach. This DVD is in a class of its own. Dr Yang taught engineering (his PhD, which gives him the title of Dr - he is not a physician - was in mechanical engineering) and he seems to have acquired excellent skills for transmitting ...

ventjoran 17.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Qigong Massage (DVD)

Ninja films made as they should be

Advantages: A mature serious approach to the genre
Disadvantages: compared to some martial arts films now, looksa little dated

...serious element of realism. Whilst Enter the Ninja concentrates largely on Franco Nero's character, Sho Kosugi has a great part in the film as a disillusioned bad guy. The film is a more serious look into the world of ninjas and actually attempts to put a decent plot into the movie Who's in it? ☺☺☺☺☺☺ Franco Nero~ Cole Susan George~ Mary Ann Flanders Sho Kosugi~ Hasegawa Alex Courtney~ Frank Landers Christopher ...
...Susan George: Eastenders, Tales of the Unexpected, Venom, The Jigsaw Man Franco Nero: Force 10 from Navarone, Die Hard 2, Django, Camelot Sho Kosugi: Iron Eagle, Pray for Death, Revenge of the Ninja, Rage of Honour Christopher George: El Dorado, Chisum Mission Impossible, Wonder Woman, Love Boat So what the heck is it all about? ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺a 86;☺☺☺☺ The film starts ...

tayloa22 15.11.2007 · Read full review
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van dammes double impact

Advantages: a clever film and rather enjoyable
Disadvantages: typical van damme acting but hard to play two people

as van damme films go this is probably the best he has done.playing to parts at once as brothers seperated at birth and reunited 25 years on is admirable given van dammes lack of acting quality.basically a story of two different brothers seperated as infants due to the brutal slaughter of their parents by chinese underworld gangsters.it revolves around a bridge that was constructed using the expertise of van dammes parents who were then executed ...
...the bridge profits over the years.their bodyguard at the time arrived to late to save his parents and with the babies being left in the car he grabbed one and headed off while the childminder made off through the bushes with the other.one was left and raised in hong kong while the other was taken and raised in france then bought to america to run a karate business.basically the bodyguard takes chad(van damme) to hong kong to find his brother alex(also ...

tmlfc1 14.09.2007 · Read full review
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Confuses Audience

Advantages: See what life might have been like during the Qing Dynasty
Disadvantages: it left the viewer confused with unanswered questions

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon takes place during the Qing Dynasty and tells the story of woman and men warriers and a sword known as the Green Destiny. I was utterly confused when watching this movie and had a hard time grasping my head around the plot. This story line was very difficult to follow and was needed to be searched on the Internet to discover the plot. In my opinion, the movie didn't answer any questions that were set up in the beginning ...
...plot and the characters of the story were to confusing that it was distracting from the effects included. Personally, I beleive that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was a pointless movie in which there was no plot but just a series of random events that made transitions through the movie. ...

secret23 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Must See - Brilliant & Ingeneous martial arts!

Advantages: Culturally accurate (As I can tell), Comical, Excellent martial arts & Choreography.
Disadvantages: Not too deep, more for action than story.

I watched this movie as a recommendation from a friend. - And I'm glad I did. This is one of Jackie Chans' first films and helped hurtle him into stardom. Don't be put off by my special effects rating, a good martial arts film doesn't need them! The choreography is outstanding and carries the film from start to finish. The story is of a young unruly martial arts student (Jackie) who is forced by his father to leave town to train with a legendary ...
...of all, feared by new apprentices'. The young Jackie later discovers the legend is all but an old drunk. He dismisses him, until later through a funny and riveting series of events their paths meet again. As the film continues, Jackie's character, Wong Fei-Hung, is taught 'drunken Kung Fu'. In the mean time it is revealed an assassin has been sent after Wongs' father. I think it is plain to see that this is soley a martial arts movie; the story there ...

Infinite7 27.10.2009 · Read full review
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