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Tae Kwan Do Chung Do Kwan Basic Teachniques.......2006-12-18
This DVD clearly demonstrates the fundamentals of this sport. I was impressed with the presentation and recommend it as the best I have seen.
Excellent TKD Beginner Video.......2006-12-12
As a practicing martial artist for 25 years, the first 10 in the Korean martial arts, I have seen my share of instructional videos. If you want a clear picture of the moves, requirements, and basic form necessary for beginners to advance in the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do, this is the DVD for you. The camerawork, performances, content, and organizational layout of the DVD are of high quality.
martial art for everyone.......2006-12-08
As a novice to Tae Kwon Do, I found the DVD very informative. It is a great practice guide; the demonstration is excellent, especially the views from different angles are very useful.The instructions are clear and draw attention to important details. The selection feature on the DVD makes it easy to view, practice any section of the instructions.
Average customer rating:
- Excellent interview - good extra clips
- A better choice would be...
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Early Masters of Tae Kwon Do
ASIN: B0007U1YE4
Release Date: 2005-02-16 |
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"The Founder Of Korean Art of Tae Kwon Do" GENERAL CHOI HONG HI The founder of Tae Kwon Do is featured in this comprehensive documentary done shortly before his passing.
He talks in length about his youth, his vision for the future of Tae Kwon Do, and how, where and when it all started. No more rumours hear it from the General himself a man of extreme integrity and honor.
He also will show you his morning workout and as well you will see him in this interview doing his hand conditioning and stretching routines. He later takes you on a tour of his own little museum and talks about his memorabilia that he has collected over the last 55 years.
Also there is rare never before seen footage of the best Tae Kwon Do Masters ever caught in action. Training and demonstrating their art. You will see Grandmaster Park Jong Soo demonstrating with unbelievable skill, speed and power plus others show their own kicking drills. This rare footage was mostly shot in the 1960's but is full color and very very high quality.
85 minutes
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Excellent interview - good extra clips.......2007-02-15
This is a really great video for any TKDist's collection. The whole video is about 85 minutes long and it starts off with a very good 55 minute interview with General Choi on a variety of topics, especially on his vision for Taekwondo. He discusses his time in Japan, in the Japanese Army in Pyongyang and in prison in North Korea. He mentions his background in Karate and mentions that his "study" of Taek Kyeon only really covered 1 or 2 "movements". For those who have an interest in the History of Taekwondo (beyond the "whitewashed" histories that so often appear), this is a great resource. Granted, you will have to patiently listen carefully to General Choi to understand exactly what he's saying but it's worth the effort.
It continues with a view of General Choi's home routines, including his stretching and exercises as well as some body hardening techniques he does. It also has a nice "walk through" of his trophies and awards.
The final section of the video is composed of a variety of demos, featuring GM Park Jung-soo and others. There is great footage of the Chang Hon Forms, breaking demos, Hapkido-esque self defence and even some techniques done on the knees.
Overall the interview is very fascinating and the extra clips alone are worth the price of the video. Highly recommended for serios students of TKD, and it's a nice companion to "Early Masters of Taekwondo" available from the same source.
A better choice would be..........2005-03-16
I was disappointed with this DVD. It reminded me of a home video. Choppy editing, variable volume. Most of the time was spent on an interview with General Choi Hong Hi, founder of taekwon-do. I had a hard time understanding it without subtitles and the interviewer clearly didn't understand what General Choi was saying, either. It was embarrassing to watch. I enjoyed seeing some of the patterns performed back in the 1960s, but if that's what you're looking for, a better choice would be the 4 disc CD-ROM set Legacy: Taekwon-do Multimedia Encyclopedia. It includes interviews with the General, all 24 patterns, the entire 15 volume Taekwon-do Encyclopedia, and 200 Korean words related to taekwon-do. Highly valuable for any student.
Bottom line is, I was hoping this DVD would make a nice addition to my small collection, but I'm considering donating it to the public library.
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- Amazing footage - I'm happy it's preserved
- Put me to sleep
- Bad bg music ruins every thing!
- decent archival footage - but what's with the waltzes?!
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Verious Tae Kwon Do Masters GeneralChoi
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Don Warrener
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Geneal Choi Hong Hi, Founder of Korean Art of Tae Kwon Do -D
ASIN: B00009ZK6A
Release Date: 2005-11-23 |
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Captured for all Tae Kwon Do enthusiasts. See the founder General Choi as well as many of the early Tae Kwon Do masters performing, forms, drills, self defense, breaking and much more. Plus Hapkido's famous 20 cane techniques, these rare , dynamic and explosive techniques are of value to all styles of martial arts. You will see performed all 25 patterns of Tae Kwon Do from Chon-Ji to Tong-II. Each pattern is performed and then many of the self defense applications are taught by the master performing.
Approx. 77 minutes B/W.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing footage - I'm happy it's preserved.......2007-02-15
This video should be in every TKDist's collection. The main portion of the video is in grainy black and white with a few "bad" sections from the original source but it is still very clear and absolutely fascinating. It shows many of the early masters performing the original Chang Hon forms (24, no "Juche" by the way) in the "old way" without sine-wave and in a very Shotokan-esque "hard" style.
Granted, the overdubbed music is a bit over-the-top and the black-and-white may be offputting but the content is amazing. There is a lot of material to see from comparing the "old way" of doing the forms to some of the demos, step sparring, training drills, and especially the Hapkido cane at the end.
Between forms, they perform breaking demos, self defence, sparring and other such stuff. It's priceless to see the art as it was in the 60/70's and to see how much has changed. Following the first part, there are some "newer" demos from the 70s (I guess) with more breaking and one steps, again very interesting.
The last section is old video of a Hapkido artist demonstrating 20 cane techniques. This is awesome and a must for any HKDist in my opinion.
Highly recommended for serious students of Taekwondo (and Hapkido). I would recommend this for more advanced students who are ready to explore a bit more beyond the dojang.
Put me to sleep.......2006-02-18
I had been studying Tae Kwon Do for about 8 months as I eagerly awaited this dvd (which looked home made when I recieved it.) I was disappointed with what I bought. The footage is extremley grainy, the sound is poor/ (music?) and I was foolish enough to think I would benefit from viewing this. Well I did learn something about myself. Dont act impulsivley.There must be better footage than this. My opinion is that this dvdr is not worth the s&h I payed
Bad bg music ruins every thing!.......2005-12-02
Ok,i saw this dvd for 20minutes,and i fell sleep right away!
why? because background music is so boring that makes you
sleep right away... I like all the forms,but i notice that
their forms seems to me came from shotokan karate katas.
i know that general choi said he studied karate in japan,
but he never mention which style of karate! I think he is not
honest person,because he make storys about Takkyon and himself.. But as far as i know Taekwondo and Takkyon don't share anything common...
decent archival footage - but what's with the waltzes?!.......2005-01-27
This DVD contains archival footage (as is the case with many Rising Sun Productions DVDs) of General Choi and others performing I.T.F. Taekwondo forms, techniques, etc. The footage has not been cleaned up in any way, thus the image quality is what you'd expect for 40 year old film. That I can handle - but who decided to use waltzes for the entire audio track????? I don't know what music would have matched the movements, but the waltzes just don't cut it for me... it's too incongruous. I had to turn down the sound to finish the DVD.
I think there is tremendous value in preserving this type of footage on DVD; Don Warrener and Rising Sun are to be commended for these efforts. It would be great if it could be digitally cleaned a bit (admittedly an expensive proposition for material with a such limited appeal, so I suspect it will never happen) and if it had more appropriate music.
Product Description
This exciting new 10 DVD series features Grand Master Jong Soo Park. Grand Master Park was one of General Choi's most trusted and senior students. In this series he will take you through the entire Tae Kwon Do syllabus, from the very basic punches, kicks and stances to the most advanced kicking combinations, takedowns and self defense applications all as General Choi intended them to be performed. This DVD series will give an endless amount of instruction and knowledge that you will want to watch over and over for years to come.
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The purpose of all martial arts is primarily self defence and Master Park shows you exactly how Tae Kwon Do deals with all kinds of situations against a knife a club, sitting down in a chair, woman's self defence, Also he teaches you the basic throws of Tae Kwon Do the basic sweeps and just so much more that is not explained in this day and age of Olympic Tae Kwon Do.
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This DVD will teach you all the hand basics including blocking striking as well stances and blocks with your legs. Master Park in his easy to learn teaching methods make this the absolute perfect DVD for beginners of TKD. He will show you so much and in such detail that you will be totally amazed by his not only teaching skills but by his attention to detail that few TKD teachers go into. If you have been training for less then one year this is an absolute must DVD.
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COLLECTABLE:MARTIAL ARTS CULT CLASSIC.THE ORIGINAL 35MM, VERSION HAS BEEN DIGITALLY RE-MASTERED BY THE PRODUCER, FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 RELEASE,ON D.V.D.IN THIS CAST YOU'LL SEE, ED PARKER, & RUSS DODSON, FROM"REVENGE of THE PINK PANTHER" SEE "KEN WALLER" WITH "ARNOLD"IN "PUMPING IRON," AND "STAY HUNGRY".CAROL CONNORS& ,ANN ROBBINS, WHO WON THE ACADEMY AWARD OSCAR, FOR "ROCKY THEME" IN THE MOVIE "ROCKY", (SLY)& "RAFAEL LOPEZ"!
Customer Reviews:
What is this THING doing under "Elvis Presley"???.......2006-10-19
Too bad there are no ZERO stars.. This "thing" would get it.
OK, Parker WAS working for Elvis and so on.
But apart from that, which is extremely minor, WHAT is this thing doing under "Elvis Presley" when you search for new Elvis Presley DVD's?
Amazon sure had a strange way to put things together.
Go ahead try it: Type "Elvis Presley" in DVD search and you'll get a certain number of DVD's... including this.
Come on Amazon... wake up!
Product Description
This is the DVD most people have been waiting for, for years. Taught by a real Korean Champion and with no fluff just the real deal techniques that really do work not theoritically but in actual sparring situations. You will learn how to counter how to use your legs in combination kicks plus so much more it is impossible to explain in this limited space.
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Grand Master Park will show you not just the basic forms in two different speeds learning mode and performance speed. He will also show you the essence of the patterns showing the most important moves and then he will show the self defence applications of many of the moves of each of the forms and what it is that they are trying to teach.
Product Description
Master Jong Soo Park is known mostly for his fighting skills as he was the first heavy weight champion of Korea back in the mid 1950's. But on this DVD you will learn the most advanced forms of Tae Kwon Do and he will show you for the first time on DVD the most important elements of each form and the applications of the most important techniques.
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