Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves - Series 1 - Complete
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| | Customer Reviews: Crudelli - The real Deal (01 January 2009)A great product from a genuine Martial Arts exponent. Loved watching this fascinating series and had the pleasure of hosting a 3hr seminar with Chris in Nov 2008 in South Wales, so I can personally vouch that he can back up his video performaces for real - A genuinely humble and fascinating guy! Brilliant DVD - you can learn a lot (09 April 2008)Occasionally I was lucky to catch an episode of this on TV but they were shown at dodgy times. Now i can watch whenever I want! bargain price, and very entertaining - one of the best buys i have ever made hit and miss (19 March 2008)Chris Crudelli tours the world looking at various martial arts and takes a sincere interest in the slightly unusual aspects that surround them. First, as a martial arts enthusiast I was genuinely pleased to see a BBC production looking at the various aspects of them. Crudelli seems like a genuine man who wants to explore the aspects of the martial arts that we don't necessarily know about. Crudelli has, from what I have read, an indepth experience of the martial arts, not always afforded to the average Westerner. His obvious respect and appreciation has allowed him to gain insights for the general public that would probably been refused to most others. This clearly shows. This is not a typical martial arts series - it gives a general insight into what the art is and then looks at the hidden, not so well understood aspects behind them - for instance, the concept of chi, ki and spirit. It could potentially be an anthropologists dream to see how mysticism is woven so deeply into the physical expression of the martial arts. Some of the locations are fascinating - it may lack a sense of grand environmental scope but what you do see is a very human side to the training - it is not glamorous or glitzy: these are gritty individuals who ahve forged themselves regardless of their environment. At the risk of contradicting myself later, it is a very accessible show that in its snippets and small sections is easily digested by the viewer. Sadly, there were some, as see them, flaws to this series. For starters, a lot of each episode seemed to be focused on Crudelli doing 'his thing' in Britain. This involved showing members of the public how to apply martial arts thinking to resolve or eleviate potentially risky situations that they may find themselves in, according to their job. This is not a bad thing in itself, but this is NOT an instructional video. There are even warnings at the start of each episode telling people not to practice what they see. It would have been better to have cut these 'fillers' out and put more into unravelling the arts featured. It could be argued that although the series was 10 episodes long, it really only focused on a handful of the same arts, often revisiting the same club during the series. Again, this is not a problem in itself but I would have prefered a whole episode dedicated to each art or club that he visited rather than mish-mashing them together according to theme. Finally, a lot of what is featured is difficult for the lay person to understand and appreciate. Seeing someone bend iron bars with their necks or stopping a row of people from pushing you around can at worst, be written off as party tricks - I am NO expect but it was often difficult to see how focusing on some of these aspects aided the understanding of the art. NOt that these aspects should be ignored but maybe they should have been explained within a wider context of the art. Anyway, a hit and miss production but very much worth the current price. It possibly struggles when weighed up against other shows like Last Man Standing or Fight Quest. However, heres to a new series - I genuinely enjoyed it. Go on, buy it! (24 February 2008)Not much to say really, the dvd is a fiver, and well worth it, 5hours of martial arts in use, from its origins to showing people in UK how to use little parts of it practically. Mostly great (14 December 2007)I love this series though I think it would have been better as a six part series with some of the filler stuff taken out. Chris Crudelli is an excellent presenter. He is an amazing martial artist and has a great sense of humour about while respecting those he is learning from. He goes around different work places offering advice on self defence to life guards, hairdressers and others. It's good for the first episode or two but gets a little tedious after watching a few episodes. For those who like flashy, wushu type martial arts there is some but a lot is about technical martial arts and focuses a lot on the internal energies side of the arts. A brilliant dvd and great value for money although you may need the fast forward button towards the end of the series when you're watching the 10th report you've seen on chi. |
