Boxing category: 529 books

In one session on the heavy bag, you can develop all the attributes you need as a martial artist or fighter: power, form, speed, timing, endurance, and explosiveness. What other training tool can make that claim? Throughout The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training, Wim Demeere and...

• Nel capitolo della teoria imparerai I PRINCIPI che regolano lo sviluppo della flessibilità e della forza specifica. • Mediante la spiegazione della meccanica articolare sarai in grado di conoscere se in futuro potrai effettuare spaccate. • Nel capitolo dedicato allo stretching...

Muay Thai - World Champions and Greatest Heroes The chronicles of Muay Thai from ancient battlefields to 21st century warriors

Born in January of 1942, Cassius Clay Jr. would go on to win the world heavyweight championship, join the Nation of Islam, change his name and captivate the world with his political stance on Vietnam, social justice and race. His decorated career is only matched by his controversial and polarizing personality....

Juste Fontaine was once a gym sweeper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Around 1943 former welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic took him under his wing and taught him to box in a Pittsburgh gym. Fontaine was a hard puncher who fought his way to a sixth place ranking among world lightweights. Juste ran into...

Ken Gorman has gathered together a superb collection of fight reports, personal testimonies and reminiscences from some of the greatest boxers the world has ever seen. Spanning over four decades, this book features forty breathtaking encounters. Was there ever a more stunning victory than that of...

An informal autobiography of the old-time professional baseball pitcher and entertainer, Al Schacht. The Bronx-born Schacht pitched for a decade in the minors with the New York Giants, then the old Washington Senators in 1919, 1920 and 1921. One of the first Jewish players in the professional game,...

Life had not been kind to young Tommy Riggs—and even though he had all the natural playing ability to become a Major Leaguer, his anger at the world kept him from becoming the great player he could be. How Tommy Riggs learned not only to be a star catcher, but also to live with himself and...

Special Forces soldier Tim Demeyer left the Army disillusioned and became a warrior without a cause.When a high-level CIA operative recruits him for a mission, he travels to Hong Kong to start over his life and career.But will he succeed when he is confronted by another team member who refuses to work...

Today Bill Richmond is largely unknown to the wider public, but he was one of the most significant sportsmen in history and one of the most prominent celebrities of Georgian times. Born into slavery in Staten Island, Richmond won his freedom as a young boy and carved a new life for himself in England...

Winning in Combat Sports is a treatise on fight strategy. It is intended for boxers and mixed martial artists who currently compete or plan on competing in the amateur or pro ranks, as well as trainers and coaches involved in combat sports. The book covers both the mental and physical preparation needed to successfully compete in the ring or octagon.

Kickboxing employs some devastating lower and upper body attacks. The cut kick (also called a leg kick), is designed to "cut" through the target, immobilize your opponent, and destroy his foundation. A kickboxer who can't stand can't fight. Therefore, upon the successful completion of the...

"Alleys of Darkness" features a naive narrator, much like the talkative barber Whitey in Ring Lardner's "Haircut." Added in is a great deal of hyperbole. The violence in this story is an exaggerated cartoon violence. Dennis Dorgan resembles Elzie Segar's Popeye quite a bit....

Complete Shotokan Karate is actually two books in one: a thorough history of Japanese karate in Asia and the United States, and an instructional manual for students of the Shotokan method. Part One outlines the history of karate from its probable origins in India (or perhaps Greece), and its...