Martial Arts category: 1527 books

Its a scene thats becoming more frequent: Someone walks into work, a nightclub or other public place, and they are suddenly confronted with an armed assailant spraying bullets. Police officers train for such things, but theyll take at least a few minutes to arrive on the sceneand what you do...

Roughly 80% of the worlds population now lives in urban areas. Cities offer anonymity to violent criminals as well as to those who value privacy. New digital technologies allow purveyors of hatred and assorted smut to enter our homes and pedophiles use the Internet to bait our children and victimize...

This book covers several topics including: - THE STORY OF KARATE - OFFENSIVE THRUSTS - KARATE STANCE - DEFENSIVE FIGHTING - KARATE BLOCKING TECHNIQUES and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Independent Publisher Book Award FINALIST - 2008 The Tai Chi Book is a detailed guide for students who've learned a Tai Chi form and want to know more. It also introduces beginners to the principles behind great Tai Chi, and answers common questions that all of us have. The Tai Chi Book...

The fourth volume of this kata series expands and amplifies the broad spectrum of Bunkai – the analysis and comprehension of a technique or kata – the karate style Shotokan. The main theme of this book is the master kata. The applications presented here, strictly adhering to the kata sequences,...

The author has been researching the role of jiu jitsu and of its practitioners in the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. This publication is a first result of that research, in which the entire jiu jitsu photo album of Hans van der Stok is included. Another volume on several other Dutch...

Awareness of yourself, the situation, and the surroundings is a big part of self-defense and will help you avoid most situations that can lead to physical conflict. When you are aware of a bad situation developing, you can normally distance yourself before you reach the point of no return. But sometimes...

Carl Merritt comes from a world where no rules apply, where violence has always simmered close to the surface. Still in his teens, he became trapped in a world of illegal fighting. The men who owned Carl built him into an awesome opponent, and plunged him into a world of appalling violence, crime,...

When you have learned the jab and its significance as the most basic, yet perhaps also the most versatile kickboxing technique, and practiced a variety of ways to use the jab for speed, set-up, and power, it doesn't surprise me if your next question is: "When do I get to knock'em out?" A...

Now that you are ready to embark on the kickboxer's long and arduous journey, it should come as no surprise that the first thing you must learn is how to survive by combining offense and defense with balance and the right mental attitude. A good fighting stance allows your feet, torso, arms, and head...

Barry J Whyte examines the dangers of boxing’s 24-hour weigh-in by looking into the far-reaching consequences of a fight between Joey Gamache and Arturo Gatti in February 2000. He shines a light on a controversial system which allows boxers to ‘boil down’ for the weigh-in the day before the...

Sparring is a systematic way of fighting that should be thought out and planned rather than going on pure reaction. This guide will create a basis of the fundamentals of sparring.... Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Fighting the Storm - Cageside Chronicles - Tommy Knuckles Trilogy: Book 1 This is the fiction book series that UFC and MMA fans have been waiting for! The saga begins with the lonely Mexican teenager, Tommy, who's been beaten up his whole life. But when ghosts emerge from his dead...

Practicing techniques with tanto in suwari waza requires an advanced level; moving of itself in suwari waza (confidently and in balance) is difficult, and parrying an attack just adds to its complexity. One crucial point is to keep the ma-ai distance, the other is to evade always the way of the attack – it is true for all techniques with weapons.