Chuck Norris' Private Lesson | 
| Actor: Chuck Norris
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: $277.28
New (1) Used (4) from $124.98
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 137504
Format: Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
UPC: 014381663426
EAN: 0014381663426
ASIN: B00001O2GA
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Release Date: October 26, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Six-time World Karate Champion Chuck Norris takes you through the ultimate in martial arts instruction, workout and demonstration. Geared for the entire family and, in particular, women, Chuck teaches basic self-defense techniques, which result in enhanced personal awareness and a greater level of self-confidence. Part Two of the lesson includes a high-energy, low-impact aerobic workout, and your private lesson concludes with an artful demonstration by Chuck.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 WONDERFUL teaching aid! April 19, 2007
Barry Greever (Chapel Hill, NC USA)
This is a top notch basic teaching aid in self defense/martial arts. Punches, blocks, & kicks are all presented clearly, succinctly, & in a way that that the viewer is protected on safety issues. I sincerely wish that Chuck Norris would do another one with movements that are less basic! I now have a "black Belt" (Novice Black belt) and still use it to review basics and subtleties. It keeps me from getting "too big for my britches"! I highly urge people to watch this DVD!
Chuck Norris Private Lesson June 6, 2005
Jeanie Oram (Vandalia, Oh USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got the video from the library and found it easy to do and I learned how to defend myself from an intruder or someone who wants to to bodily harm to me.
Work out April 9, 2005
Robert Kajpust
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr. Norris does a wonderful job in explaining exactly how to do the workout. He is a great teacher. Move's very slow for the beginner and then steps up the speed as you progress. Wish there were more of his tapes like this.
Get fit and get safe. February 21, 2005
R. J. Garis (San Marcos, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a terrific initiation to self-defense and martial arts. Chuck Norris is a natural as an instructor. He is easy to follow and understand. Anyone can get these basic self-defense techniques. This is also a quick and fun aerobic type workout. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants more confidence in streetwise self-defense.
Great Martial Arts/Self-Defense Teacher Workout December 30, 2004
Lena, LMT (Nassau, NY)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This program was better then I could have hoped for. He is very detailed in his instructions, teaching many martial arts punches such as punching, jabing, palm strikes, spear hands & even elbow strikes & kicks such as front, round & side. He always makes sure of the most important, use of hips & blance & not locking joints. He spends a few minutes demonstrating slowly a punch or kick & then a couple of minutes practicing that move with BOTH sides of the body. After 1 hand & 1 kick demonstration/practice, he then demonstrates combinations just learned to use for an assailant and then spends several minutes practicing it. This continues for an hour. It is great he incorporates use of combinations to learn for muscle memory.
The workout is more practice of 22 minutes. He does still speak, but where else can you get a DVD where they pay to have the instructor show you over & over again to make sure you keep at it & really learn it? Not just see it once, practice for 1 minute & the video is over & you forget everything. You do want him to speak: form & balance is the most important & when you're first learning, it's the first thing you will be sloppy on & will compromise your ability the most, not to mention cause muscle & joint injury & lose balance. This DVD runs exactly how a real martial arts class would be run.
There is about a 5-10 minute demonstration of more advanced moves such as spining kicks, fake turns, etc. Which is what everyone thinks looks cool, but don't realize it's there in case you strike wrong & how to keep going. He makes it look VERY easy & he has SO much fun doing it. He also has a female student using the techniques learned on a stunt man (Mr. Norris is VERY happy it wasn't him LOL) with also some nice advanced moves that inspires you to want to learn more.
The only bad things I could say was the 80s type set, the bad music, everyone dressed in leotards, and all the women forced to wear too much makeup & looking brain-dead except for a few. But even the most vacant woman when demonstrated with Mr. Norris, didn't seem to know when to stop before crushing her knuckles in his face hard & he had to keep grabbing her wrist in time. Even I'd want her on my side in a fight, she looked "blood-thirsty" as he said.
Since all my faults have to do with what is the director's & producer's fault & not with the information provided, they layout or Mr. Norris's teaching ability, I would happily reccomend this to anyone.
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