Product Details

• Actors: Young Kil Song
• Directors: Sang H. Kim
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Turtle Press
• DVD Release Date: November 1, 2003
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000YWR02
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,994 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just Good..., January 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Nunchaku (DVD)

This guy is great. Master Yong Kil Song, former Captain of the Emergency Response Unit for The Korean Special Forces and Master of several Martial Arts including Taekwondo, Yudo, Hapkido (my favorite) and Weapons Expert including Sai, Tonfa and of course Nunchaku/Nunchucks.

This Top Rate DVD is superior to anything close out there teaching:

Grips
Blocks
Strike Essentials
Transitions
Drills
Origin, other Weapon Applicaions and more.

Within the first 5 minutes Master Song is already demonstrating reverse grip attacks even I have'nt seen, and I thought I'd seen it all. The whole DVD is full of suprises like that, and is also rather excellent about extending and evolving initial Nunchuck strikes into multitudes of combinations where you're sometimes glad that every technique is also demonstrated in slow motion so you don't miss how they otherwise twist and spin like a whirlwind in the hands of this extraordinary Master and Teacher. It is also very good that it is made clear that alhough Nunchaku is a *LETHAL Weapon*, it's dynamic power must not be used to bring harm to anyone, but also an ideal tool to sharpen one's coordinative skills and reflexes, builld strength and agility for your hands and fingers for empty hand Martial Arts and also enhances your gracefulness with Sword and other Weapon Arts. Looking forward now towards the Nunchaku Forms Video to apply and challenge myself in mastering the new techinques I learned here.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn strikes and combinations, January 20, 2006

By 

Jay Genaro (San Diego CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nunchaku (DVD)

I'd fooled around with a pair of nunchuks on and off, but never had any formal instuction. I knew how to swing them and catch, but that was about it. Since buying this DVD (about 2 months ago) I've learned not just the basic strikes and catches, but some awesome looking combinations. The slow motion views really help you get the details down right (and avoid hitting yourself in the head!) while the full speed demonstrations give you something to work toward. Don't expect to just pick up a pair of chuks and pop this dvd in and go but with a lot of practice and repeated watching of the dvd to pick up the nuances, you'll be looking like a pro in no time. Next up on my list: the forms dvd by this same instructor, which has double chuks on it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good for practice, not so much for beginners, September 14, 2009

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margaret - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nunchaku (DVD)

If you are a beginner this is not what you are looking for. The instructor does show the moves pretty well but he does not explain them, how to perform them nor the purpose for each move. Plus, he is not easy to understand.