Powerstrike Millenium Series #3
Ilaria Montagnani, Patricia MorenoYear Released: 2003
Categories: Boxing/Kickboxing/Martial Arts
Background: This is the first
"Powerstrike" video I've done, and my
kickboxing experience, while not non-
existent, is relatively minimal.
Bottom Line: I LOVE THIS
WORKOUT!!!
This is the most fun I've had doing
cardio in the approximately 3 months
since I restarted. For some reason,
cardio has been very much "eating my
vegetables" for me lately; I have been
hating sweating. But I had a GREAT
time doing this one.
I'm not going to break down the video
in detail because other reviewers have
(thankfully) already done that. This
video starts out slowly, as other
reviewers have pointed out -- and for
me, the slow part is really, really good -
- I can tell this video is going to do
WONDERS for my form, because the
form-oriented segues seamlessly into
faster combos, rather than being
isolated from the actual kickboxing.
Eventually the pace picks up and as
an uncoordinated person, I admit I
found the combos hard to follow even
though they were taught reasonably
slowly. But difficult is good -- I have a
lot to work on! The fun the instructors
seemed to be having was contagious
and I didn't even mind much being
pretty lost during some combos. I am
planning to do this video again on my
next cardio day (tomorrrow) and to my
shock and surprise I am looking
forward to it (I wish today were a cardio
day!).
Despite the overall wonderfulness of
this video, I do have one gripe with it:
the camera work often didn't allow you
to see the relevant body parts at the
relevant time, sometimes til several
repetitions of a move had gone by.
Often what you get instead is a close-
up on an instructor's sweaty face, and
while I like to see my instructor sweat,
it's more important that I can see the
moves. This will be less of a problem
as I become more oriented to the video
and I'm not going to worry about it. I
highly, HIGHLY recommend this video.
Instructor Comments:
Both are lots of fun, and really seem to
enjoy working together. I liked how
they would step out from the group of
background exercisers -- still "doing"
the workout, but demonstrating how
the moves in the workout would be
used in an actual boxing context.