'Self Defense Training Camp' is a new game for the Xbox 360 designed to get you into shape while teaching you skills that may save your life. The game makes use of the system's Kinect peripheral to teach you everything from how to throw the perfect uppercut to how to break out of a choke hold.
'Self Defense Training Camp' has four modes: technique, reflexes, composure and stamina. The game also includes "meditative forms of exercise" designed to keep you calm in stressful situations. The game is being published by Ubisoft and will be released on November 8th. You can check out the launch trailer for 'Self Defense Training Camp,' along with a ton of stills from the video here.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Motion-based Training
- Opportunity for new fitness technology based on motion recognition
Where This Applies
- Fitness
- Opportunity for the gaming and fitness industries to collaborate in creating immersive virtual workouts
- Self-defense
- Opportunity for the self-defense and martial arts industry to utilize gaming technology to provide accessible training
- Gaming
- Opportunity for gaming companies to tap into the growing interest in motion-based gameplay and infiltrate the fitness market
