Martial Arts category: 1527 books
Mini Stick
The effektive self-defence weapon on a key chain
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
In traditional budo, the Mini Stick as an effective means of self-defense is nothing new. There are comparable weapons in the different martial arts of a very wide range of countries, which have developed over the centuries. In Japan there is the kubotan; on the Philippines the closed balisong can...
by Kerry Howley
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2016
"Das bizarrste und faszinierendste Buch, das ich dieses Jahr gelesen habe. Die Genauigkeit ihrer Prosa erinnert an Joan Didion oder David Foster Wallace." Time Auf den ersten Blick gibt es zwischen der Philosophin Kit und den Käfigkämpfern der Mixed Martial Arts keinerlei Verbindung. Doch dann verirrt...
Das große Buch des Jiu-Jitsu
Alle Griffe, Sweeps und Techniken, die ein Kämpfer beherrschen muss
Language: German
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Saulo Ribeiro, sechsfacher Weltmeister im Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), gibt in diesem umfassenden Standardwerk sein gesamtes Wissen über diesen aufstrebenden Kampfsport weiter. Die relativ junge Disziplin konzentriert sich auf den Bodenkampf und ist daher auch für körperlich schwächere Personen...
Training für Warrior
Das ultimative Kampfsport-Workout
Language: German
Release Date: June 11, 2012
Wer Warrior werden will, muss auch trainieren wie ein Warrior! Gute Kampfsportler verfügen nicht nur über eine große Bandbreite an Kampftechniken, sondern auch über enorme Kraft, Schnelligkeit, Ausdauer und Beweglichkeit. Der erfahrene Kampfsportexperte Martin Rooney hat ein bewährtes Trainingssystem...
by William de Lange
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Miyamoto Musashi is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history. Yet few of the many works on the enigmatic warrior have hewn to the original sources. Fewer still have explored the emotional turmoil that drove him on to be the very best in his field. This is the first biography to...
by John Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 1999
Invincible Warrior tells the fascinating story of the life of Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969), whose quest for the true meaning of warriorship led to the creation of the martial art called Aikido, "The Art of Peace." Ueshiba—whose name means "abundant peace"—is considered by...
Taekwondo Kids
From White Belt to Yellow/Green Belt
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
This 2nd Edition is a practical guide to the Korean martial art of Taekwondo written specifically for children and young adults. It serves as both an introduction to the sport and as an accessory to organized training. With easy-to-understand instructions and excellent Manga-style illustrations, Taekwondo...
Venetian Rapier: The School, or Salle
Nicoletto Giganti's 1606 Rapier Curriculum with New Introduction, Complete Text Translation and Original Illustrations
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Perhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and how it was taught? This book takes you to the fencing School, or Salle of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of Venice, one among the period teachers leaving instructions...
The Inner Structure of Tai Chi
Mastering the Classic Forms of Tai Chi Chi Kung
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Explores the deep, internal work necessary for the effective practice of tai chi
• Reveals the Taoist principles that gave birth to the Yang-style tai chi forms
• Shows how tai chi can circulate powerful healing energies through the body
Taoist adepts developed tai chi as...
by Stanley E. Henning, Robert W. Young, Willy Pieter
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Samurai Wisdom
Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture - Five Classic Texts on Bushido
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
The ancient warrior culture of Japan produced a sophisticated martial philosophy that we know today as Bushido—the Way of the Warrior. In Samurai Wisdom, author Thomas Clearly provides five important new translations of major Japanese works on Bushido.
The writings of the scholar Yamaga Soko...
Samurai Strategies
42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's Book of Five Rings
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Myamoto provides valuable lessons for anyone facing challenging circumstances—from business, war, and sports to fields of art, love, and politics.
Samurai Strategies has extracted the fundamentals of Musashi's martial tactics and explains them here in a context...
The Essence of T'ai Chi
Selections from the T'ai Chi Classics on the Great Power and Inner Meaning of thiis Ancient Martial Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2007
The deepest benefits of T’ai Chi cannot be realized without an understanding of its underlying principles. This book presents these principles through translations of three core classics of T’ai Chi that are often considered the "T’ai Chi Bible," accompanied by the author’s insightful...
The Shotokan Karate Bible 2nd edition
Beginner to Black Belt
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
An authoritative text providing the newcomer to karate with all they need to know. Packed with clear photographs detailing techniques and kata (the combinations of techniques students must master to progress through the belts), this book is organized and designed to take the student step-by-step through...