A very late in coming review. I got this DVD when it first came out and watched and thought it was good but I wasn't overly impressed (Sorry Tom).

However after working with Tom at our Cincy workshop in August & seeing Tom in action I decided to re-watch it, especially after I started having some shoulder issues. Tom told me to try the stick work to help with the shoulder.

I just finished re-watching it and I must say that after the 2nd viewing I am MUCH more impressed than the 1st time around. I have a much greater appreciation of the material he covered: Some good & unique ways of training with kbs & sticks for both strength, power & rehab. In addition the applications he shows for some of these exercises is great. It really brings home the WHY of doing the work from an MA point of view instead of just doing it to be doing it.

Tom also made that point in Cincy. I opened it with my standard JM routine ala Scott S & Steve M and afterwards he showed some of the practical MA applications to what I had shown. It was cool.

In the conditioing section,Tom covers some basic stick drills: stick walking, fanning, pronation & supination of the wrist & shoulder, and some shoulder stretches. He then moves into some kettlebell work and shows many unique drills such as the one inch clean, the hip flexor lift, kneeling cleans and the X-press to name a few.

 In the Concrete Conflict section he shows some basic self defense techniques and the various ranges of compliance and shows how some of the exercises in the strength section apply to these techniques.

  Tom has an extensive background in the martial arts of South East Asia and has studied under many top notch instructors such as Dr. Harold Konig, Dan Inosanto, The DeThouar's Family and many others.

  This is well worth adding to your libraray for its unique look at strength & conditioning and its practical application in martial arts. Even if you don't study a martial art this is well worth owning.

Great DVD Tom. Anxiously awaiting the next (several).

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