Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners: Tahitian Cardio

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Summary: Challenging fun hula workout!
Review: Hula dance choreographer Kili and her 2 assistants are delightful and professional. The dance workout is well structured and paced. You learn a complete hula dance, which is broken down into sections so you can practise it and get a good workout at the same time! You'll feel it in your hips/thighs and abs (in fact, your whole body!) as you sway, bump and step your way through. The inspiring music and beat of the drums motivates your hips to keep moving! Towards the end you get to put it all together in a graceful, flowing, complete hula dance - fantastic. I love this DVD! Meitaki ma'ata (thanks!) Kili.

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Summary: Inspirational Tahitian Intro. Makes Fitness Fun
Review: I did Tahitian dance years ago and always thought it was a wonderfully sensual dance form. Now years later I wanted to try to get back into shape so like many people I wanted new fitness DVD's for the holidays. Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners is a *best buy* because it lives up to its name in every way. It is an exciting dance fitness workout not too challenging for beginners, nor is it slow for those familiar with different forms of dance. Kili is beautiful, spiritual and fit and her assistants are inspirational. Tahitian style is appropriate for a wide age range--no jumping, kneeling work or sudden shocks for tender joints. All and all the DVD brings the warmth of the islands and sunshine to the homes of those of us living far from the sea in cold climates. Well done! I'd buy another of her DVD's in a heart beat and highly recommend this DVD.

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Summary: I didn't think this could actually be taught!!
Review: I saw a Tahitian hula show in Hawaii once which absolutely amazed me - I thought it was the most complicated and erotic dancing I'd ever seen. I figured I'd never be able to learn to dance like that. This DVD is as good as a Tahitian hula dance teacher! Even though it's definitely for beginners, you might spend your first workout staring at the talented dancers and wondering how you'll ever learn. But somehow it gets easier every time. I noticed ways to improve every day, and after 2 weeks I was hula dancing! - and getting a great workout. I absolutely love this DVD. I'm going to try Tahitian hip-hop next, since it looks more like the kind of dancing I saw in that dance show.

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Summary: Attention: "out -of- shape begginer's"
Review: This video is a challenge. I have not worked out at all in a VERY long time and I am over weight and out of shape. This video seem's to be fun, like the other viewer's have said, BUT, don't expect it to be a cake walk. I just did the video for the first time today and I could only do about 5 minutes and after that my legs were so shaky and burning that I had to stop. There is alot of squating involved in this video, which one viewer said there wasn't, but there is. I watched the whole video before I did it and there is ALOT of squating, that's how your able to move your hip's the way the instructor show's you to. Also, there is a brief hopping move, but this you could probably just not do and keep moving through it (which the same viewer that said there was no squating or kneeling also said there was no hopping, did they even watch this video?) I did love the music it's very cultural and "get's you moving" Good drum beat. I just think they should rename this video for intermediate level and not begginer. It's defanitly NOT a begginer video. I will have to do little by little of this video each time to try to complete it. 4 stars because it's "begginer" title is misleading, but I loved the music and moves.

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Summary: I love this video!!
Review: This workout is so much fun!! And you actually have learned an entire dance by the time you are through with it!! This is one of my all-time favorite videos!!