Martial Arts category: 1527 books
Surviving Armed Assaults
A Martial Artists Guide to Weapons, Street Violence, and Countervailing Force
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Fair Fight? Not likely. Least of all from a criminal who is looking to make a quick profit at your expense. A sad fact is that weapon-wielding thugs victimize 1,773,000 citizens every year in the United States alone. Even martial artists are not immune from this deadly threat. Consequently, self-defense...
Karate: The Art of Empty Hand Fighting
The Groundbreaking Work on Karate
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting is the definitive guide to Shotokan Karate—the most widely practiced style of Karate—and has inspired millions of Karate practitioners worldwide. Authored by one of the great masters of the art, Hidetaka Nishiyama, this book is a classic, groundbreaking...
by Kenji Tokitsu
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1998
La vie aventureuse de Miyamoto Musashi a inévitablement fait de celui-ci une figure mythique de la culture japonaise. Célèbre pour ses combats, maître dans l'art du sabre, ce guerrier était aussi calligraphe, peintre, sculpteur, et auteur d'une oeuvre écrite importante par son influence. Rendu...
Cheng Man-ch'ing and T'ai Chi
Echoes in the Hall of Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Cheng Man-ch’ing (1902–1975)—also romanized as Zheng Manqing— certainly played a lead role in popularizing tai chi ch'uan throughout the world and greatly influencing the way the art is perceived and practiced. This fact alone should drive all those interested in tai chi to study the man’s...
Against All Odds
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
A New York Times best seller. Millions of people worldwide know Chuck Norris as the star of more than twenty motion pictures, a martial arts expert, and the only man in the Western Hemisphere to hold an eighth degree Black Belt Grand Master in Tae Kwon Do. Countless others see him daily in syndicated...
The Pact
A UFC Champion, a Boy with Cancer, and their Promise to Win the Ultimate Battle
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A UFC champion and a boy with leukemia, in the fight of their lives.
Cody Garbrandt dreamed of being a UFC champion. In his darkest moments, when those dreams were dashed, he dug deep with the help of an unlikely friend—five-year-old Maddux Maple, a local hometown fan with leukemia. They...
Notorious
The Life and Fights of Conor McGregor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
The Dubliner has achieved more in three years with the UFC than anyone in the 20 year history of the organization. From an unknown prospect to the first man to hold two world titles simultaneously, McGregor's knockout-filled march through the featherweight and lightweight rankings sent shockwaves...
by Paddy Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2004
'He's the world's fittest man - it's official.' - The GuardianHe's gone 110 rounds with 10 opponents to win the World Kumite Karate Boxing Championships.He's got the world record for the number of press-ups done in a year, he did over 1.5 million - that's over 4,000 a day!He's got the fastest time...
by Ian Freeman, Stuart Wheatman, Roy Pretty Boy' Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
'Hit me first and that's when I turn psycho. I cracked him so hard that he fell against the wall behind him; that was the only thing that kept him up. He was so dazed that he turned to run away and just ran straight into the wall...'Meet Ian Freeman...otherwise known as The Machine. A friend to keep...
by James McCann
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
After losing yet another tae kwon do tournament, Jinho gives in to his anger and breaks his opponent's fingers. While this gets him barred from competing at his dojang, it also gets him scouted by Austin, a trainer for an underground mixed martial arts club. At first the prospect of fighting without...
by Sandy Fussell
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
The uniquely talented samurai kids are back -- and ready to join forces with a ninja clan! -- as the fast-paced martial arts series continues.
(Ages 9-14)
Across the valley, a drumbeat echoes. For ten days, the drum will call the mountain ryus to war, including the samurai kids from...
by Mark Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
"A page–turner in the spirit of Alex Ride and Co."—Kirkus
Only one secret agent can defeat the world's most ruthless criminal organization.
He was surrounded. Jason's body worked automatically, his mind blank. He was fighting to breathe, forcing himself not to give up....
KARATE GIOCANDO
La scoperta del proprio corpo attraverso il karate
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 17, 2013
“Karate Giocando”: un nuovo ed originale contributo alla già ricca letteratura sportiva per i giovanissimi. Questo testo, intelligentemente completato con “bibliografia” e “glossario”, si rivolge a quanti - genitori, insegnanti, tecnici - sono impegnati nella difficilissima...
by Corey Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Finding Karate is about a boy who stumbles upon a great opportunity without realizing the true meaning of the opportunity until he is faced with day to day issues. The boys name has unfortunate rhyming possibilities and he is unlucky by being extremely shy and socially unable to handle classroom settings...