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I used to teach Taekwondo. And that was how we did it. I would say everyone to the left, and go to my right so it made it easier for the students to follow along. I started today too with combat. And the foot work is changeling but I'm sure we are going to nail it soon.

I feel your pain. I have been practicing karate since I was a kid but I find the program confusing. Not only because of the points you mentioned but also because of the constantly changing camera angles. I would have preferred 1 slow proper repetition and then move into it. It's also confusing because they just start throwing punches and I didn't know how many until the second round. I think I just need to do it enough times to commit it to memory like I did Kenpo X. I find that I spend half my workout trying to figure out what just happened instead of working out. I was super excited but now I am super frustrated.

The mirror image thing doesn't bother me as that's how alot of videos and classes are done.

However, I did Insanity prior to Combat and now feel I was a little spoiled by Shaun T. The instructors have great energy and the workouts are fun (now that I'm in my 3rd week and have an idea of what's going on). I've studied martial arts for years, so the punch/kick combos came pretty quickly, but their cues for changing moves are terrible. I have a hard time knowing when pacing changes or how many reps of each move in the combo to do before moving on. Most of the time, I figure out the combo and just try to do as many as I can in the allotted time (a la Insanity).

With Insanity, the progress bar across the bottom was very helpful for knowing when to change moves and Shaun T gave great audio cues. I could just listen and focus on my form. At this point, I could probably just have the audio of the Insanity workouts and be able to complete them. Granted, I've just started my 3rd week of Combat, but I don't feel I can take my eyes off the TV b/c I'm worried I'll miss a change.

I'm with ya, it is a bit confusing but I find the more I do it the better I get. The issue with me is that I am beyond uncoordinated so that makes it even harder. I get totally lost so only after a few rounds do I finally get it and then when I do that round is over. I think I finally have Combat 30 down which is good but last night was Combat 60 and I was lost again. I think it is really just a practice makes perfect thing. The same thing happened with TurboFire, I was lost until I did it a lot.

Good luck!! It's worth it for sure.

Jo

I had never even noticed that. I guess because I'm such a visual learner it never even crossed my mind. I have noticed that the cuing isn't as great as other programs, but that hasn't bothered me. I also noticed that they do and say same things that are quite like other BB programs.