Fight Quest Season 1
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DVD: Region Code 0Format: NTSC
Running Time: 430 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-13
Studio: Discovery Channel
DVD Reviews of Fight Quest Season 1
DVD Review: A taste of martial arts
Summary: 3 Stars
FightQuest is a show that appeared on the Discovery Channel from late 2007 to early 2008. This dvd set contains all 10 of the first season episodes. The show seemed to be an answer from the Discovery Channel people to The History Channel's Human Weapon, which followed a very similar premise. Since comparisons will be inevitable, I will first comment on this dvd set in particular and then comment on the show itself.
The Fight Quest dvd set came with 5 dvds, 2 episodes per disk. There are no extras on the disks, and in fact there is no way to chapter surf through the episodes, so fast advancing will put you either right up to the next episode or to the end of the disk. You can choose which episode per disk you want to view first. The quality of the picture is no better than it was when the show aired on Discovery. Also, I noticed in many episodes in which subtitles are used to clarify words used and locals' accents that the words are clipped on the left side of the screen. It makes me think they needed to compress the episodes but did not. I own a Panasonic HDTV 26" that is less than 2 years old, so it should have been able to pick up any size picture (full screen or letter boxed) the disk creators wanted. In general, I was not pleased with the quality of the shows on these disks and thought somebody did a quick job to get the set into production. That is the reason for 3 stars, otherwise I would give this set a 5-star rating.
Now, to the show itself, which deserves at least 4 if not 5 stars. In my opinion, this show is more entertaining than Human Weapon. Although both shows are good and follow a similar format, the differences in Fight Quest are what make it better. Both hosts in Fight Quest seem more natural on camera and less rehearsed, i.e., they seem more real. Also, both hosts in Fight Quest must participate in competitive sparring by the end of each martial art exposure, whereas in Human Weapon the 2 hosts would choose which one would spar. There is less explanation about the moves and the arts themselves with Fight Quest, which is something I liked better about Human Weapon. But the fighting is more intense and real with Fight Quest. Also, partly because Fight Quest only had 10 episodes, there are some arts that are different or not displayed in this show than in Human Weapon. For example, Fight Quest contains episodes focused on Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Korean hapkido, which are not found in Human Weapon. Both shows contain episodes on karate, French savate, Chinese kung fu, and Israeli krav maga.
Trivia: Jimmy Smith from Fight Quest beat Jason Chambers of Human Weapon in a mixed martial arts fight in California, on May 12, 2006 according to Chambers' entry on wikipedia.
Overall, I recommend watching Fight Quest if you are into martial arts or just a little interested, but this dvd set needs some professional touches and should have been released after they were added.
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