Product Description

"Mr. Fitness Champion" Silk Manning guides you through an aerobic kickboxing workout with both Beginner Basic and Intermediate workouts to tone and shape your muscles.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS Rating: NR UPC: 084296401192 Manufacturer No: 40119

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18053 in DVD
• Brand: ALLUMINATION FILM WORKS LLC
• Released on: 2007-01-02
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 59 minutes

Customer Reviews

The shorts he wears will keep you focused...
This is an extremely CORNY workout, but I like it. I find myself reaching for it when I want to do some cardio a lot more than my other DVDs. It's simple jabbing, punching and kicking. I agree with the other reviewer, the introduction that you can't skip past is nauseating, but just push play go get your water and come back. He's an interesting guy. Ladies, the shorts he wears will kepp you laughing/staring. That's got to be a sock in there.

Cheesy but better than Tae Bo
I find this workout to be a better kickboxing workout than tae bo. If you are just purely into aerobics, tae bo may be right for you. If you want to do actual kickboxing moves, khi bae is a better choice. I like how it actually puts emphasis on footwork and basic form. The warmup and cooldown are approprate for a cardio workout. Though the main workouts are short (you can replay them you know)for well conditioned people, the combos are progressed nicely instead of sporadically going from one thing to another like tae bo. I like how making windmill motions with you hands (as in tae bo) are replaced with uppercuts (that you actually use in kickboxing). I've been in martial arts for years and recommend this for anyone who wants to learn some basic kickboxing and get a cardio workout.

beginners: ignore snotty comments from "advanced" exercisers
This video is years old by now, so maybe there are better ones out there - or aerobics studios that offer cheap classes - but I rather liked the 20 minute version of Khi Bae that came with my 8 minute abs.

If there are beginners out there who are put off by all the snippy comments about this video, don't forget that these people all say that they are advanced. Therefore, what is "too easy" for them may very well be challenging and a great place for you to begin.

I would ordinarily be as annoyed as they about the blonde woman in the back (who is clearly no expert). It's not a good idea to teach bad form, after all. But in this video, the instructor is very clearly the one to watch for form, so that is not, I don't think, the issue. What you so-called advanced exercisers may not have realized is that people who are not fit or particularly coordinated may actually see the blonde woman as inspirational - not someone to aspire TO, but rather, as someone who is willing to give it her best (ON CAMERA, no less), so they may feel just a little less self-conscious about getting up and trying it.

And finally - it says BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE on the box - what were all of you "advanced" exercisers doing with it to begin with?