Martial Arts Self Defence category: 1396 books
Tendon Nei Kung
Building Strength, Power, and Flexibility in the Joints
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
A guide to strengthening and repairing the tendons to reverse the effects of aging
• Shows how strengthening the tendons can lead to more energy, healthier organs, and prevention of arthritis
• Explains how to practice the postures alone or with a partner
• Includes the...
The Six Healing Sounds
Taoist Techniques for Balancing Chi
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
The Six Healing Sounds that keep the vital organs in optimal condition
• Presents vocalizations and accompanying postures that dissolve the tensions at the root of unhealthy chi flow and organ malfunction
• Shows how to release excess heat trapped around the organs and redistribute...
Advanced Chi Nei Tsang
Enhancing Chi Energy in the Vital Organs
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2009
Advanced Taoist techniques for detoxifying and rejuvenating the internal organs through the release of negative chi
• Works with the navel center, where negative emotions, stress, and illness accumulate
• Presents advanced techniques to release negative energy from the body and reestablish...
No Holds Barred Fighting: Takedowns
Throws, Trips, Drops and Slams for NHB Competition and Street Defense
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
This fourth No Holds Barred Fighting training manual contains all fighters need to know about the art of takedowns, or "shooting," and how to counter takedown tactics used by an opponent. Readers learn to see it from both sides with offensive and defensive stances, footwork, setups, and...
More No Holds Barred Fighting
Killer Submissions
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
This advanced guide to submission wrestling-the underlying fighting skill associated with such events as the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the King of the Cage, and the Pride Fighting Championships-continues the straightforward, pragmatic approach to ultimate-fighting instruction begun in No Holds...
Blowgun Techniques
The Definitive Guide to Modern and Traditional Blowgun Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Blowgun Techniques is a complete introduction to one of the world's oldest weapons.
It provides detailed explanations and instructions on all aspects of the blowgun's use-from grips and stances, to targets and trajectories, to how to construct your own blowgun.
While shooting the blowgun...
by Frazier M. Douglass IV
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Many non-campers hold irrational fears that tent camping is an uncomfortable and even dangerous activity. But author Frazier Douglass knows from experience that living in a public campground several days or weeks can be a very safe and comfortable experience.
In Basic Tent Camping, Douglass...
by Katrin Barth, Berndt Barth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Building on the book Learning Fencing, this book explains how to train for the techniques and tactics in the sport of fencing and shows why fencers must improve their endurance, strength, and speed. Young fencers learn to go beyond practice bouts and enrich their training with exercises that may seem...
by E. J. Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Ernest John Harrison was a journalist and translator who spoke many languages. He was exposed to the art in Japan in 1897. Harrison was rumoured to be something of a hot-head and a tough guy who backed down to no-one. W. E. Steers and E. J. Harrison was the first non-Japanese to be graded to shodan...
Wing Chun Strategy and Tactics Ii
Strike, Control, Break
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2015
This is the second edition following the book Wing Chun Strategy and Tactics: Attack, Attack, Attack. Sifu Jon and Si Hing Alfred lay out all the needed ingredients for wing chun practitioners to achieve their goals. It contains the third form with terminology in English and Chinese, which is very...
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...