Martial Arts category: 1527 books
Wing Chun Kung Fu
Weapons Training
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Following on from the success of Simply.....Wing Chun Kung Fu and Wing Chun Kung Fu - The Wooden Dummy, Sifu Shaun Rawcliffe presents a thorough guide to the weapons forms in Wing Chun Kung Fu. The Knives and Long Pole forms provide advanced classroom training for the Wing Chun student and instructor....
Shotokan-Kata Up to Black Belt - Vol. 1
A Reference Book for Karate Kata Shotokan Style
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Who has not been through this? You learn a kata, you practice it a few times, and then put it aside. And so it often happens that, in the middle of performing the kata, the karateka is not sure of the sequence and no longer knows how to continue the kata. ”If only I could find some place to look...
The Grappler’s Handbook Volume 2
Tactics for Defense
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
by Theresa Dufrane
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Mastering Kickboxing: An Exclusive Guide For Beginners
This book covers several topics including:
The Basics In Learning Kickboxing Helpful Hints And Tips When Joining A Kickboxing Class Cardio Kickboxing Questions Answered Discover How To Train For Kickboxing Effectively Helpful...
The Spiritual Practices of the Ninja
Mastering the Four Gates to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Explains how the initiatory practices of the Ninja can be used to achieve self-mastery
• Uses the five human archetypes of lover, seeker, magus, soul warrior, and mystic
• Shows how to access kuji-kiri, the positive energy of the Ninja Godai, to dispel fear, disempowerment, and soul...
No Holds Barred Fighting: The Ultimate Guide to Conditioning
Elite Exercises and Training for NHB Competition and Total Fitness
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Ideal for aspiring or practicing no-holds-barred (NHB) athletes or for anyone seeking an elite fitness routine, this manual employs the regimens of top NHB athletes. Explaining how to apply the scientific concepts of specificity and synergy to create tailored workout routines, this manual features...
by Carsten Schmitt
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Kata is the way of the old Karate masters to pass their knowledge about self protection to their students. This book contains an analysis of the Shotokan Karate style's kata Jion and Jiin and their practical applications. It elaborates on why the two kata have a relation from a practical point of view...
by Tom Hill
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The purpose of this guide is to help the beginner who is trying to learn the Kata in his or her own time. There is no real substitute for a competent instructor, fellow students and a Dojo. However, this guide may help the beginner practice alone or with a friend in their own time and at their own pace...
Bunkai of the Shôtôkan-Kata up to Black Belt - Vol. 3
A Reference Book for Karate Kata Shotokan Style
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Bunkai – the analysis and understanding of a technique or kata - is an integral part of karate. The different kata applications shown in this book are possible defense solutions, which will supplement or partially reinforce the existing knowledge of the reader. However, they are not the only...
Defend Yourself
A Comprehensive Security Plan for the Armed Homeowner
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
It CAN happen to you.
Your home is the one place you should be safe and the one place you usually are safe--but a home invasion turns all that upside down. You can come out the winner in this frightening situation, and self-defense expert Rob Pincus, in his new book Defend Yourself--A Comprehensive...
by The American Sports Publishing Company
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Since the arenas of ancient Rome to modern-day bouts, a boxer’s success has been measured by his balance, strength and recovery. One of the things that The Classic Guide to Boxing teaches us is that boxing is not just a sport but a science. Judging distance, position, arm movement and fist shape...
by Edmund Price
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
We presume no one at the present day will deny the advantages (not only to the sedentary, but to everyone) of wise and systematic physical training. The union of strength and beauty in the human form is the greatest point to be achieved, and if 'Mens sana in corpore sano' is the greatest of blessings,...
by Alexander Bessemer
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
The way of the warrior is a path of extremes. Extreme training of the mind, the body and will. Then ultimately, in battle, they sojourn at the edge between living or dying. For that is the nature of a warrior--dedicating oneself to a purpose with such certitude that one is willing to lay down their...
Taiho-Jutsu
Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
In Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai, author and judo second-dan Don Cunningham provides a fascinating introduction to the civil society of Edo-period (1603-1867) Japan—particularly the role played by the well-known warrior class, the samurai.
Cunningham shows that the...