Individual Sports category: 1455 books
by Laura Fountain
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The Lazy Runner follows Laura Fountain from starting out as a novice runner - unfit, clueless about running, and incredibly lazy - to finishing her first marathon, and beyond. At first unable to run 400 metres without stopping, Laura has now completed five marathons, the most recent in under four hours....
Jeet Kune Do
The Arsenal of Self-Expression
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Apply the combat science of Bruce Lee's revolutionary martial art!
This martial arts manual describes his research into the how and why of Jeet Kune Do techniques. Bruce Lee wrote of "three stages of cultivation" that lie along the path to JKD mastery:
The Stage of Innocence—this...
Krav Maga Tactical Survival
Personal Safety in Action. Proven Solutions for Real Life Situations
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Krav Maga Tactical Survival presents proven solutions to dangerous, real-life situations.
Krav Maga is the official self-defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces and has been battle-tested by police, armed forces, private security personnel and security-minded individuals around the globe...
by Keven Shevels
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2012
Whether you trail or fell run, one of the crucial aspects that affects your performance is the ability to run well uphill. All runners know the benefit of hill reps but there is far more to conquering the hills than that. With the correct conditioning and techniques, running uphill can be changed from...
Rugby Classics: Total Rugby
Fifteen-a-side Rugby for Player and Coach
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Total Rugby and Think Rugby are rugby classics - two of the most important and influential books ever written on the game of rugby. Thousands of players and coaches around the globe have benefited from the concepts and methods in these books, equipping them with the coaching skills and strategy to...
Rugby Classics: Think Rugby
A Guide to Purposeful Team Play
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Think Rugby and Total Rugby are rugby classics - two of the most important and influential books ever written on the game of rugby. Thousands of players and coaches around the globe have benefited from the concepts and methods in these books, equipping them with the coaching skills and strategy to...
Tag Rugby
Everything You Need to Know to Play and Coach
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Tag rugby, the RFU's official version of the game for under-7s and under-8s, is the perfect entry into the world of rugby. A non-contact sport, using Velcro-attached tags on a tag belt, it can be played safely by girls and boys together as young as five years old.
The second edition of this...
Complete Wing Chun
The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Master the many styles of Wing Chun Kung Fu with this expert martial arts guide.
With the fame of Bruce Lee, the conditions in Hong Kong, and the hard work and effort of many of his classmates, the Wing Chun of the late master Yip Man became one of the most well-known and popular Chinese martial...
Secrets of Northern Shaolin Kung-fu
The History, Form, and Function of PEK SIL LUM
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1998
Master the northern style of Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu with this illustrated martial arts guide
The Secrets of Northern Shaolin Kung-Fu: Pek Sil Lum is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of the traditional Chinese art known to the West as Northern Shaolin Kung-Fu. It includes a...
Sumo
A History of the Sport
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Sumo is the official national sport of Japan, as recognized by the country’s government. It is built around the simple concept of two nigh-naked men battling within a small roped ring, but actually has a far deeper meaning, which encompasses both Shinto beliefs and Japan’s most subtle cultural...
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...
Sumo
A Thinking Fan's Guide to Japan's National Sport
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Sumo is a fresh and funny introduction to the fascinating world of sumo, Japan's national sport. Author David Benjamin peels away the veneer of sumo as a cultural treasure and reveals it as an action-packed sport populated by superb athletes who employ numerous strategies and techniques to overcome...
King of Strong Style: 1980-2014
1980-2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Before he became a star of American professional wrestling, Shinsuke Nakamura was Japan’s “King of Strong Style.” Follow his life and career from the amateur grappling ranks to the Nippon Budokon, thrill to his matches against such legends as Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar, his reign as the...
by Michael Seidel
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
As the title suggests, the focus of the book is Ted Williams’ on-the-field career. Each year is covered in detail, as the narrative presents numerous game accounts and detailed stats against a carefully drawn historical backdrop. Classic Williams anecdotes are stripped of embellishment and presented...