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Our KICKSTART DVD is selling really well and has had some great reviews:
Chris Janson Piers said this -
• A great professional production, clear precise instruction from some of the top names in the game!
• Great fight clips before the explanation of each technique, showing the use of the technique in live action (That’s a big bonus!) Liam Harrisons Roundhouse Kick is something to be seen on the pads and in action.
• An extras section with different types of workouts to suit all and much much more!!!!
• Fantastic to see Lisa appearing in the DVD she will certainly motivate any female (and the males of course) with her powerful and perfect technique.
Basically a DVD for all levels because we never stop learning and we all strive for perfection. Great job from all of you, keep up the good work.
Regards CJP
ps : I am sure I do not need to plug Bad Co as it’s a household name but the DVD is available from www.badcompanyshop.co.uk
PHIL GLOVER - "This is one of the best dvd's I have seen on learning the basics of Muay Thai,I recieved my copy the other day and was very surprised by the production quality,there's some great stuff on here and it's well worth watching.
Lisa and Liam come across really well explaining everything simply and clearly for the viewer to understand and it's also nice to hear the smooth velvety voice of Richard Smith commentating as well as seeing him demonstrating the basics of Muay Thai alongside Lisa,Liam and Andy!
I do feel that this would do very well if it could be sold in places like HMV & WH Smiths because it's not amateur looking at all and would further improve the name of Muay Thai here in England.
I bought it because apart from being a fan of the Bad Company lads there is plenty you can learn from this dvd whether you're a beginner,advanced or an instructor like me,I still have'nt seen it all yet but the workout section in the extras looks pretty good and will give people more ideas on improving their workouts.
I have to agree with Cris above,everything he has said about this dvd is true and it's well worth buying!"
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KICKSTART
A Review of the new training DVD from Bad Company.
By Rick Hinchliffe
Kickstart is the new Muay Thai Training DVD from Bad Company. The Bad Company gym will already be familiar to anyone with more than a passing knowledge of Muay Thai, having produced some of the top Thai Boxers in the UK in recent years. Indeed, many of the current stable of fighters at the gym are known much more widely: Several of the fighters hold World titles with some of the more prestigious sanctioning bodies, in addition to taking part in the tough stadium fights in Thailand itself.
The Kickstart DVD is loosely based on the short beginners courses of the same name that Bad Company run on a regular basis. The courses, like the DVD are aimed at giving the beginner the basic tools to work with in order to get the most out of regular Thai Boxing classes. In the DVD, as in the ‘live’ classes, most of the instruction comes from Lisa Houghton-Smith and Liam Harrison. On the DVD, however, there is some further instruction and voice-overs from Bad Company’s founder and Chief Instructor, Richard Smith.
The DVD covers all of the basic techniques of Muay Thai, ably demonstrated and clearly and thoroughly explained by Liam and Lisa. Both of the instructors are relaxed and professional enough in front of camera to put the techniques across without any distractions or poor presenting habits that sometimes detract from instructional video lessons. Whilst being thorough in their explanations, they have resisted the temptation (as so many others fail to do), of trying to go too in-depth with technical explanations, which again can cause viewers to lose sight of what is actually being taught. This course is, after all, primarily aimed at those without too much experience. Each of the demonstrations is accompanied by clips of the techniques actually being used in Thai Boxing bouts, which nicely bridges the gap between a textbook demonstration and the real life application. In short, you get to see that it works!
The main body of the DVD does, admirably, what it set out to do in showing the basic building blocks of this art. There is considerably more to the whole package, however, than one would first assume, as becomes apparent upon viewing the extras. Firstly, there are further routines demonstrated in the extras menu, showing fitness training, some supplementary equipment training and a couple of pre-planned workout routines. Personally, I would have included this content in the main menu under separate chapter headings as anyone buying and using this DVD will doubtless want to try the training methods there.
Another nice touch in the extras menu is the Fighter Interview, which I’m sure will be of interest even to armchair enthusiasts of the sport and not just those who practice. It is a section in which many of Bad Company’s top fighters are relaxing together, presumably after a training session as they are sat in the ring at the Bad Company gym, with Lisa holding an informal ‘interview’, in which she asks the group a series of questions. The appealing thing about this section is that we get to see the fighters totally relaxed and at ease, talking amongst themselves, rather than having questions fired at them by an unknown interviewer. I should point out here that I have interviewed a couple of the fighters from the gym for martial arts magazines in the past, and they were very easy going and pleasant people to interview, but this particular section gives a good insight not only into the fighters as people, but also the easy camaraderie that they share.
Speaking as someone who has seen a great many Martial Arts training videos, ranging from the slickly produced epics made on almost movie budgets, to the ‘video-of-a-bloke-doing-Karate-Kata-in-his-garden’ type releases, I would say that this one is definitely worth a look. Anyone intending to take up Thai Boxing or kick boxing would benefit from this DVD. Indeed, it would even benefit those already practising as both a reference tool and as a source for supplementary training ideas. The price (at £20), is very reasonable – cheaper than a quiet evening at the local for most people, and well worth it for the benefits that will be gained if you follow the instruction as presented.
For further details, or to purchase the DVD, visit the Bad Company website: www.badcompany.co.uk
Rick Hinchliffe
5th April 2010.
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