Combat sports and self-defence Books

Monte Gerlach approached professional wrestling as if he was photographing dancers. As in ballet, the wrestlers' movements are choreographed, the performances are scripted, and the crowd is enthusiastic. This is old-school wrestling from 1980s featuring...

Take your skills and knowledge from absolute beginner to experienced fencer with the Complete Rapier Workbook, Guy Windsor's training method based on his interpretation of Ridolfo Capoferro's 1610 rapier treatise, The Great Representation of the Art and...

这套基础拳中融合了我国传统武术套路长拳中吴维叔所学过的练步拳、功力拳、罗汉拳、八极拳、弹腿、查拳等动作。   所以这套拳对人的锻炼比较，能起到内练精气神，外练手眼身，内修德育智育，外修强身健体的作用。整套拳共分成3路，每一路都可以独立成章为一套拳。整套拳共24个动作，每一路8个动作。每一路的8个动作中，以4个动作打过去，再以4个动作打回来拆返到起势原位；而每一路中往返的4个动作也可以各自独立成章为一节，以适合不同层次年龄段的练习者循序渐进地练习。把3路拳连起来练习就是一个24...

Der Karate-Stil Koshinkan im Deutschen Karateverband basiert auf einem Rahmenprüfungsprogramm, aufgrund dessen dann eigene Programme erstellt werden können.Dieses Buch zeigt Ideen für die Erstellung von individuellen Prüfungsprogrammen und Tipps zur...

Wer in Deutschland in seiner Freizeit, auf der Arbeit oder zu Verteidigungszwecken auf legale Weise ein Messer bei sich tragen möchte, ist durch das Waffengesetz strengen Vorgaben unterworfen. Denn aus Sicht des Verwenders soll es sich verdeckt tragen...

Die moderne Selbstverteidigungssportart Ju-Jutsu wurde in langjähriger Arbeit vom Deutschen Dan-Kollegium e.V. im Auftrage des Deutschen Judo-Bundes e.V. (DJB) entwickelt und entstand ursprünglich aus einer Zusammenstellung von effektiven Techniken aus...

Finally, discover how to do the splits painlessly and without spending any money on expensive coaches, leg stretching machines or even on stretching cables! In this guide, you will learn simple routine exercises you can practice daily to stretch your...

Originally published in 1958 "The Key to Judo" is still a relevant guide for the beginning student and a must-have' for any martial arts library.Divided into a series of 11 chapters, this book is designed as a basic introduction to Judo. Each stage is...

There are many pleasures to be derived from a book on quotations. There is the relief of finding something that has been buzzing in our minds, there is also the pleasure of finding some thought of which we approve but which we have not managed to express...

Life is full of ups, downs, highs and lows. It is also replete with game changing moves that can shift a situation in your favor and impact your journey. Sometimes that impact is realized immediately, and at other times the awareness comes later. Either...

A rare and definitive book featuring the Japanese masters of the most popular style of Karate in the world. This outstanding compilation gathers the best Japanese Shotokan masters in one comprehensive volume; in their own words, they explain the...

Drawing from his personal experience with legendary Karate masters, the author presents for the first time in martial arts literature a single volume providing hundreds of quotations from the greatest Karate masters in history. Divided into eight...

Designed by a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, this guided training journal features fifty journal entries for you to reflect on your experiences, thoughts, feelings and techniques. Every entry includes guidance from well-known masters of the martial art. To help...

Earth is nothing more than a charred husk. But it lives on through the broadcast airwaves that ripple through space. The beings on the small group of planets that form Sianard have modelled their lives on the Earthlings since the first transmissions...

 This explanatory training handbook of the traditional Indian physical training and defence art, Karlakattai, includes demonstrations and explanations of all its sixty-four rotations, along with their physical and mental health benefits. It is with...

In this modern digital age where huge demands are being made on people, the search to cope and find meaning to what we do daily is a challenge. This book connects the learnings of the ancient Thai martial art of Muay Thai into how we can leverage on them...

Anthony Ferguson's love of martial arts began when he was a little boy growing up in Miami, Florida. There he would go with his brother to see kung fu movies at the theater every Saturday. As a teenager, Ferguson decided he needed to know how to defend...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Almost since the inception of jiu-jitsu, probably twenty-five centuries ago, the Japanese began to get inklings of the possibilities of that wonderful science of vitality which has since become known under the name of Kuatsu. This excellent pictorial...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Kicks Anybody Can Learn!This book covers twelve basic kicks that are fundamental to many martial arts, particularly Taekwondo. The kicks are well illustrated; they are easy enough to learn even for somebody who has no martial arts knowledge. It also...

Fang Shen Do Training Guide: Volume # 1 is the first of an on-going series oftraining guides written by Fang Shen Do founder Sijo J. Patenaude. This guidecovers the basic techniques and training that the beginner and intermediatestudent will require to...

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Considering martial arts for self-improvement or self-defense? Make sure you don't join a cult. True accounts of cult membership leading to prison for want of a phony black belt.

All styles of Thai Martial Arts are powerful and exciting. When they become united to form one, they become even more so. A collection of submission, break and lock techniques from over 10 styles of Thai martial arts including unique and secret moves.•...

W. Lübeck's comprehensive guide to German sword fighting covers the history and techniques of fencing, including the use of various weapons and strategies in different situations. Richly illustrated with diagrams and practice drills, this book is an...

Jacob Robinson and Sidney Gilpin provide an entertaining and informative account of wrestling and wrestlers in the Northern Ring, where this sport was particularly popular. They present biographical sketches of various celebrated athletes, discussing...

A vivid account of some of the greatest boxing matches in history and the men who fought them, from Jack Johnson to Muhammad Ali.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as...

In the Ring With Tommy Burns is the sixth book in Adam J. Pollack's heavyweight boxing champion series. It thoroughly and meticulously describes Tommy Burns' boxing career, using multiple local next-day primary sources to give the book an unparalleled...

This book offers a detailed exploration of Bojutsu, the traditional Japanese martial art of staff techniques. In this comprehensive guide, you'll explore the techniques of the Rokushaku-Bo (long staff), Hanbo (half-staff), and Jo (walking staff/cane) as...

Budō Taijutsu (Martial Arts Body Technique), combines the essence of nine classical martial art systems from Japan. Through his organisation, the Bujinkan, Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi-sensei has overseen the growth of Budō Taijutsu to many thousands of...

An inside look at the world of professional boxing, From Fightin' to Writin' focuses on the stories few have heard.Whether it's the young prospect on his way up, the champion looking to hold on to his title, or the grizzled veteran hoping for that one...

A single influence is cast like a giant shadow over the entire art of Japanese Sword. This is the influence of the Samurai Myamoto Musashi, a legendary warrior that pursued a single philosophy. Musashi put down his philosophy as a guide for the student...

This volume presents a comprehensive history of boxing as peer combat from its social and ritual origins in Mesopotamia to its flowering as a martial, athletic, and gladiatorial sport throughout the Old World. Ranging from prehistoric evidence and the...

“Guy has the rare talent of making this material accessible” -Neal Stephenson (from his Foreword to Swordfighting)“Guy Windsor's greatest gift to WMA/HEMA is his marvellous ability to translate period language into a meaningful...

"Useful, helpful, absorbing, entertaining. Whether you are interested in weaponry or, like me, researching details for a novel, this is the book for you." Helen Hollick, Amazon customer.Your search for a book that will feed your passion for and deepen...

Celebrate two decades of historical martial arts development with the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Swordsman's Companion by Guy Windsor. This seminal guide has transformed the lives of thousands of swordsmanship enthusiasts worldwide, becoming a...

A brief journey to the roots of Jiu-Jitsu through an important historical record.A book written by the legendary Japanese fighter Mitsuyo Maeda (1878 - 1941), the famous Conde Koma, precursor of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.Mitsuyo Maeda learned the gentle way at...

Step into the world of martial arts mastery with "Karate My Life" by the legendary 10th dan karateka, Kanazawa Hirokazu (1931-2019). In this captivating autobiography, Kanazawa takes readers on an inspiring journey through his life, from his early years...

EINFACH SUPER:-), wie unbesiegbar der Kampfsport macht! Dieses einzigartige Nachschlagewerk erklärt Dir alles, was Du für ein optimalstes Training wissen musst: Im theoretischen Teil erfährst Du den detaillierten Aufbau deiner Trainingseinheit, den...

For centuries and millennia, in cultures throughout the world, what Jack Kerwick and Al Ridenhour here refer to as the persona of "the Warrior-Scholar" was extolled as an ideal of human excellence to be embodied by those upon whom the social order...