Product Review: Everything you wanted to know about Side and Hook Kick DVD (part 1)

Hi Guys,

Its product review time again. This time its the Elastic Steel Everything you wanted to know about Side and Hook kick DVD. It's one of 3 DVD's in the series, the other two cover Roundhouse kicks and Front Kicks.

This is the promo video.



What you get.

At this time I only have the Side and Hook Kick DVD (both covered on the one DVD) so all my comments refer to that DVD only.

First up, its not cheap by any means. I paid just under US$100 and believe it is still going for that price. That makes it the most expensive single DVD I've ever bought. It is the most expensive of the series with the other 2 going for about US$70, but they only cover 1 kick each.

First off production quality is pretty good, although for that price I kind of expected more computer animated CGI for the anatomy sections, instead we get Paul in front of an old anatomy poster with a pointer stick.

That out of the way, the DVD does cover a lot of areas:

Kinesiology of the two kicks.
Basic Technique of the two kicks.
Specific warm up.
Endurance Training.
Focus, Precision and Control for both kicks.
Balance and Stability for both kicks.
Antagonist Training.
Strength and Power for the two kicks.
Speed and Timing for both kicks.
Height and Flexibility for both kicks.

That's a pretty thorough list of technical skills, I cant really think of more areas that could be covered.

Each of the sections is a separate chapter which can be accessed by the menu at the start of the DVD so it is easy to navigate to whichever specific exercise type for either of the kicks.

Part 2 of the review will go into what I thought of the DVD.