Created by Billy Blanks and released 1998. Taebo is a fitness video which combined martial arts, boxing, and a little dance, set to a fast pace music to form an intense cardio workout. It became an international phenomenon. He uses the idea of energetic excercises, with choreographed moves to up tempo music, making it fun for everyone to do. It is effective in toning and defining the body's musculature. It is said to inmprove one's balance, flexibility, coordination, and has cardiovascular benefits.