Martial Arts Self Defence category: 1396 books
Muay Thai Counter Techniques
Competitive Skills and Tactics for Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
This thoroughly revised edition of *Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Boxing Techniques *teaches intermediate Muay Thai fighters how to counter a wide range of opponents' attacks. Author Christoph Delp explains the rules and ceremonial procedures unique to Muay Thai competition, demonstrates historical and...
Taekwondo Grappling Techniques
Hone Your Competitive Edge for Mixed Martial Arts [Downloadable Media Included]
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Take taekwondo beyond just kicking and punching—discover powerful grappling moves that build on the patterns you already know!
Taekwondo is the most popular Korean martial art, with over 70 million practitioners in the world. Taekwondo Grappling Techniques presents the most effective grappling...
by Tadashi Nakamura
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Master the techniques and warrior spirit of karate with this illustrated martial arts guide.
The true essence of karate-do is integrated training of the body, mind, and spirit to achieve human potential fully. Karate: Technique and Spirit describes in detail all the steps necessary to attain...
by Stephen K. Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Look past the legends and learn about the REAL ninjas of feudal Japan with this entertaining, illustrated ninjutsu guide.
Ninjutsu, the least understood of the Japanese martial arts, is an ancient fighting style emphasizing natural movement, responsiveness to adversaries, and absolute practicality....
by Nigel Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Featuring simple but clear instructions and over 190 illustrations this Tai Chi guide is a great way to learn this ancient martial art.
Tai Chi Chuan is a philosophical and martial discipline practiced daily by millions of people worldwide. Though its benefits as a means of enhancing health...
by Gene H. Gause
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Most available works on the double hook sword are of the dance variety. This is the first text which provides access to the actual martial arts usage. This version explains the use of the swords vs. focus on acrobatics and impractical movements. This author has received many requests to provide such...
The Way of the Warrior:
The Dark Secrets of the Samurai Code
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.--Sun Tzu
The revered secrets of the Samurai code kishido are strictly for the strong of heart. The Way of the Warrior is a series of lessons that Jotaro's martial-arts master passed on to him, as well as teaching virtues...
Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works
The Definitive Translations of the Complete Writings of Miyamoto Musashi--Japan's Greatest Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) is the most famous Samurai who ever lived. His magnum opus, the Go-Rin-Sho or Book of Five Rings is a classic that is still read by tens of thousands of people each year—Japanese and foreigners alike.
Alex Bennett's groundbreaking new translation of The Book...
by G. Paz-y-Miño, A. Espinosa, C. J. Dykhuizen
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
The content in this special two-volume anthology details the many facets of aikido as it was formulated by Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969). Each chapter contributes to a piece of the aikido puzzle by providing historical details, insightful technical drills (bare handed and with...
Dirty Ground
The Tricky Space Between Sport and Combat
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
USA Best Book Awards FINALIST - 2013
This book was written to address an important gap that exists in martial arts training. The gap is the space or dirty ground that lives between sport and combat techniques; that is when you need to control a person without severely injuring him (or her).
Techniques...
Swordplay
an anonymous illustrated Dutch treatise for fencing with rapier, sword and polearms from 1595
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Tucked away in the Newberry Library of Chicago is an anonymous manuscript entitled Schermkunst ('Art of Swordsmanship'), whose brief text and exquisite watercolours details fencing with the single sword, rapier and dagger, rapier and buckler, halberd, and full pike. Beyond its artistic charms, however,...
by Igor Dudukchan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The Wingchun is known as an effective style of martial arts. However, besides the martial techniques the methods of the "internal" art and Qigong are practiced in the Wing Chun. The Qigong is the Chinese art of management of the internal energy Qi. In this book are presented: Basic rules, the Wing Chun...
by Lee E. Shilo
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
These are the engines of the technique; the delivery system is the whipping motion of the arm. The objective is very high hand speed - this explains the similarity to the baseball throw. Most martial artists are familiar with hip rotation as a method of generating power from the large muscle groups...
by Aiki
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018
The name ‘Aikido’ was formed by connecting three letters in Japanese. Ai implies ‘joining’, Ki means ‘the spirit’ and do denotes ‘way’. By merging these three characters in concert you get the core of the artistry of Aikido. Aikido could be classified as a martial art form which unites...