Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC, Full Screen
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 076700745X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,834 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A supreme success, May 4, 1999

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Mikal Hauser (Norrth Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video represents the highest in production quality and content that such videos have to offer. It is a fascinating glimpse into the martial arts for those who have never studied and a challenge to improve for those who have. The Shaolin monks in particular have stunning technique. There is a short demonstration of chi (ki) power as well which is the foundation of hand-healing and of the highest levels of the Asian martial arts. This in itself is worth the price of the video (I would have bought it for fifty or sixty bucks without a second thought). Hand healers are rare and amazing people, whether they come from a healing perspective, a martial one, or both. At this level, there is very little difference.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable, February 23, 2007

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Stuart Berman (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Martial Arts (DVD)

This DVD was a terrific survey of the origins of various Far Eastern martial arts that are now seen in the West.

The DVD is about 90 minutes featuring the history of many martial arts forms, how they evolved in the last few hundred years and how they are being practiced in the US today from the popular to the esoteric.

The material is interesting and the production quality is high. No particular martial arts type is emphasized and there is a broad section covered.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best I've seen., March 30, 2001

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This review is from: Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of the best documentaries on martial arts, I've seen. And it's not SHORT. Most videos run 60 minutes or less, this is 100 minutes. It shows many of the styles, and history. Gives a good overview for anyone who is interested in taking up a style. Buy this video.