Product Details

• Actors: Sang H. Kim
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Studio: Turtle Press,U.S.
• VHS Release Date: August 1, 1996
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1880336081
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,702 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Midwest Book Review, May 1996

Viewers can follow along as Master Sang H. Kim teaches dozens of kicking drills. Ideal for all martial arts styles and ability levels.

Product Description

Want to kick higher, faster, stronger? Tired of hundreds
of repetitions with little to show for it? Bored with the same old
martial arts training regimen? Then the Ultimate Kicking Drills video
is for you. You get an hour of kicking drills, techniques, exercises
and tips to put you on the road to measurable, scientific improvement.

With dozens of drills to develop linear, circular, stationary, mobile,
spinning, jumping and low kicks, this video is guaranteed to bring
variety and excitement to your kicking practice, no matter what your
style.

Drills include: Heavy bag
- shield target
- hand target
- fixed and
- moving target drills
- static and dynamic partner drills
- stretching bar drills
- isometric drills
- plyometric drills
- outdoor training
- power and speed knee pitching
- speed, power and agility running
- timing drills
- multiple target drills
- partner exchanges
- flexibility drills
- weight training
- conditioning
exercises essential to awesome kicks plus dozens of informative
training tips from Master Sang H. Kim

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars From Girevik Magazine, August 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ultimate Kicking Drills [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The video covers flexibility, coordination, power, timing, accuracy and training. Sang H. Kim, the presenter, does a good job explaining all of the drills and their importance. He also demonstrates all of the drills, himself, and does them quite impressively.

The production quality of this tape is top notch, and there is DVD version as well. The graphics are well done, the video crisp, and there are many helpful diagrams. The audio quality is good up until the scene at the Korean training hall. You will know what I mean when hear it.

One of the guys watching with me is an experienced kickboxer and he was impressed with most of the drills. He had seen a few top kickboxers performing these same drills. However, he did say that the video was geared more towards Tae Kwon Do, meaning point fighting instead of free fighting. This is definitely true, especially when you get into aerial kicking. I agree that this is not very effective in the ring, but doing it for training purposes develops proprioception and balance. The section on flexibility shows both static and dynamic stretches. Unfortunately, it does not cover PNF principles. Some people might worry that he demonstrates ballistic stretching, but from everything that I've heard, this is fine for martial artists.

His section on training is actually pretty well done. He even mentions that heavy lifting for low reps is good for martial artists. Although, he also advocates high reps if they are done rapidly. Both of these principles work quite well with the Party line. My only complaint is that most of the weight training he demonstrates in single joint and on machines. Some of his ab and core drills were unique and I actually liked them quite a bit. The best part of the training section is the explosive drills for improving the speed of your kicks.

This is a video that I would recommend to any martial artist. I think most fighters would fight it useful as well. It is a finely crafted production and is one of the nicest looking instructional videos I have ever seen. Ultimate Kicking Drills lives up to its name.