Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sling Shot
• VHS Release Date: June 6, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JZHQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,054 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars substance sometimes sacrificed for style, September 15, 2000

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acey (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kickbox 2000: Advanced [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I just got my K2000 Advanced and tried it out last night. It's a tough workout and Savidis is quite the charismatic drill sarge instructor! Glossy, slick set with glossy, slick women and a pulsing techno beat. It gets a little corny: the camera lingers provocatively on a glistening torso or the lights flash like it's a disco; sometimes views of the moves that are going on get lost to the MTV effects.

The routine is good, with punch-kick combos like jab-cross-roundhouse, squat and kicks, and some extremely tough kick-lunge to the floor moves! But the major problem is that he goes lightning fast--way too fast! People who complain that Tae-bo moves are done so fast they sacrifice form and become unsafe should see this video--I've done tae kwon do and cardio kickboxing for a long time now, but there's no way to avoid getting sloppy here because the speed of the sequences get ridiculous! It's not double-time, it's triple-time! So you have to just modify and go at your own pace, which to Savidis' credit he does recommend.

Another annoyance is that before each new sequence, this slick title i.e. "Roundhouse jab cross" will fly onto the screen and you see the exercisers doing the move like it's an MTV video for a few seconds, then the camera quickly cuts to them doing the move in real-time--but you've had no set-up time at all to prepare for the sequence. The second half of the video has tough boxing drills--endless sets of jab-punches and front kick-roundhouse combos. But he completely works out one side of the body then neglects to do it on the other side! Yikes. My right arm felt like Schwartzenegger and my left arm like neglected flab.

This video in my opinion *could have been spectacular* as a workout if more emphasis was given to making the workout balanced, at a more realistic pace, and less emphasis on making it seem like a Tiger Schulman commercial, complete with bodacious chicks ala video-game heroines. Less close-ups of navels and more shots of the proper moves, please! But Savidis is very good, tough, cute and friendly--like Billy Blanks without the touchy-feely Christian angle.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kickbox 2000: Advanced, June 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Kickbox 2000: Advanced [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an excellent workout! It is challenging, and still allows you to improve technique. It promises a solid 30 minutes of intense cardio training, but the other 30 minutes are just as intense from an anaerobic standpoint. I work out intensely 5 days a week, and still cannot easily get through this tape!