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Advantages: cheap, plenty of action, it's MMA Disadvantages: poor sound and picture, no extras, quality of fights
***What is it?***
The sport of mixed martial arts is one of the most misunderstood sports of all time. People get the impression of street brawls and bar fights when they think of no holds barred fighting. Boxing promoters say that people who compete in this sport are unskilled and don't have the dedication to do well in something like boxing. I'd like to say that most of the martial artists in these events devote their lives to martial arts and ... ...action and the fighters know when to give up and submit. There have actually been less serious injuries than sports like basketball, hockey and skiing.
The amount of respect and sportsmanship showed in this sport is of a higher regard than any other. Fighters will rage war on one another for anything up to half an hour then hug and congratulate each other afterwards. But enough about that as I have devoted a whole opinion to the cause in another ...
Advantages: Good for the beginner and some interested strength training methods Disadvantages: Not very good as a cardio routine
...arts actor for several decades, David Carradine.
This DVD is made up of two videos that were first release back in the 90’s and put together into one product. The two videos contained on this DVD are:
• Shaolin Cardio Kick Box
• Shaolin Strength Training
Shaolin Cardio Kick Box
This part of the DVD lasts about 45 minutes and has David Carradine showing a routine for you to follow along to with several other people in the background.
The routine ... ...minutes and is narrated by David Carradine and performed by two people who are supposed to be teaches.
This part of the DVD starts off with a warm-up, has some strength training movements and then has an internal cool down.
The movements are performed several times slowly and then performed several times using full tension which is a technique called “Dynamic Tension”.
After performing this routine, I did have a slight sweat so it did work out ...
Advantages: Fight fans will like it Disadvantages: No extras
The all new Ultimate Fighting Championship was under new management and just getting bigger and more mainstream with each event to the point where it is now getting bigger crowds than boxing and is mainstream tv in america.
UFC lets fighters use all the skill from every martial art, boxing, kicking, wrestling, throws, submissions. There are 5 weight divisions and all the action takes place in the OCTAGON, 3x5 minute bouts with title fights 5x5. ... ...good show case of all the skills a fighter needs to gain top level in the UFC. Both fighters show boxing skill, wrestling and good ground and submission ability.
No extras-oh well
Another good night from the most intense, full-contact events in sports today.
Ultimate Fighting Championship ...
Advantages: Good extras Disadvantages: Some mismatches
...and knees all hurt here.
Pride is based in Japan and is very popular and bigger than boxing there. It's world rival is UFC which is based in America and is fought in a cage while Pride is staged in a ring.
Pride 29 wasn't a bad show by any means, but it's far from the best. Very few of the fights (10 in total) are really competitive, a few whitewashes and some mismatches. Sergei Kharitonov's destruction of human punishment sponge Choi Mu Bae is ... ...times and terrifying at how Cro Cop neutralised Coleman's wrestling.
This DVD has a very good quota of extras, from fighter interviews and biographies. Crowning glory for extras is "Backstage with Bas Rutten" lasts a good 10 minutes.
A good entry point for pride rookies. Worth checking out. ...
Advantages: Wanderlei Silvas aggression and the skyscraper knees from Randleman Disadvantages: Just to many mismatches
...!!! this hurts, alot.
Pride 23 was no classic but still worth a look for fight fans.
As allways it was held in the massive Tokyo Dome with a equally massive crowd.
Not a whole lot of great fights with many mismatches, what pride fans have come to expect over the years.
Some highlights include Wanderlei (the axe murderer) Silva, great nickname, vs Hiromitsu Kanehara. Just to see the sheer aggression of Wanderlei is something different that sets ... ...DVD extras are ok, Detailed fighter bios is good also video feature: what is pride fighting? and pride rules.
If your a fight fan you might want to add this to your collection, if you just want to check out some Pride events there are better ones out there. ...
