Martial Arts Self Defence category: 1396 books
by Andrea Merli
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 3, 2018
We can live in many ways what we do.
There may have been a thousand reasons that led us to practice.
We are all on the road: beginners, experts, teachers or students.
Is it possible to practice every day with the same enthusiasm?
Is it possible to stay curious, in search?
In Aikido, as in any other...
Heaven's Wind
The Life and Teachings of Nakamura Tempu-A Mind-Body Integration Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
For the first time in English, Stephen Earle tells the epic story of Nakamura Tempu, one of Japan’s most inspirational twentieth-century thinkers and teachers, whose mind-body approach to personal transformation influenced hundreds of thousands, including prominent leaders in government, industry,...
Black Belt Tae Kwon Do
The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World's Most Popular Black Belt Martial Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The ancient Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do allows its practitioners to reach physical prowess, moral development, and spiritual growth. Black Belt Tae Kwon Do is designed to meet the needs of students who wish to complete their black belt training with a reliable study source for solitary practice.
This...
by Renzo Gracie, John Danaher
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2003
In recent years, the grappling arts have proven to be the most effective form of combat in mixed martial arts (MMA) and no-holds-barred (NHB) competitions. Above all others, the Gracie brand of Brazilian jujitsu has become recognized as the preeminent fighting style in unarmed combat. Now Renzo Gracie—instructor;...
by Bryan Keyleader
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Movies have popularized some of the most famous martial arts in modern days, but are they really related to real life survival when it comes to espionage? A spy must fight for survival in the quickest way he can and, for this reason, strategies tend to be more important than techniques when it comes...
by Matt Hlinak, Geoffrey Wingard, Joseph Svinth
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
The origins of Asian martial arts in the United States reach back to the Pacific Rim and immigration. This anthology is dedicated to the profoundly significant period—roughly from mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century—in which gifted Japanese taught...
Timing in the Fighting Arts
How to Win a Fight with Speed, Power, and Technique
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Get Every Last Ounce of Speed and Power Out of Your TechniquesWhat if there were a secret ingredient that could make every one of your martial arts techniques better? Not only faster and more powerful, but more likely to slam home to exactly the right target every time? Maybe there is.Timing is the...
Shoto-Kan Karate
The Ultimate in Self-Defense
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
This martial arts guide is an introduction to Shoto-Kan Karate, a unique Japanese style of karate.
Shoto-Kan Karate is the popular ancient art of 'empty-hand' self-defense. This karate book explains and illustrates two of the major kata, or forms, in which all karate techniques are contained.
The...
Zen Kobudo
Mysteries of Okinawan Weaponry and Te
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Kobudo, the famous armed Okinawan fighting art that utilizes common farming implements in combat, and Te, the ancient Okinawan art of armed and unarmed combat, are two of the world's most widely practiced yet least-understood martial arts.
This book studies the individual Kobudo and Te systems...
Tae Kwon Do
The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World's Most Popular Martial Art, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Tae Kwon Do is more than just a fighting style: it combines self-defense, exercise, meditation, philosophy, and self-awareness to improve oneself physically, mentally, and spiritually. Over 400 million students in more than 188 countries have embraced the way of life that Tae Kwon Do provides. Tae...
by John F. Gilbey
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Here is a book crammed full of secret fighting techniques never before divulged in print: the Oriental delayed death touch, the destruction wrought on by the fingertips of an obscure Mexican; the shout of doom; the method so terrible it is practiced only in Russian torture chambers, the niceties of...
by Ned Donnelly
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
A book of boxing by one of the nineteenth-century stars, celebrating the 175th anniversary of The London Library.
Ned Donnelly, a former prize fighter turned boxing instructor and author (with a lot of help from his literate friends), was a household name as a one of the most successful, famous,...
by Linda Myoki Lehrhaupt
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2001
Unlike most t'ai chi books, which focus strictly on how to do the t'ai chi forms, T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom presents a personal, practical view of this intriguing martial art. Lehrhaupt shares illuminating stories from her own life and the lives of her students that show how t'ai chi can be a...
by Vickie Simos
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2017
Based on true events, this story is set predominantly in Adelaide, and takes a trip down memory lane to my childhood home of Barmera in the Riverland, 222 kilometres north of Adelaide. Born in 1974 to Greek migrants, the youngest of three, my need to fit in has always been a challenge, but did I need...