Showing titles in Martial Arts

As in all his books, Heckler draws from personal experience: training his horse, cultivating presence in aikido dojos, consulting with business executives, raising children. A masterful and encompassing book, Holding the Center develops from the fulcrum of the self in the natural world. Many of...

If you answered yes, you're not alone. Whether you are just starting out or have been training for years, this is the book for you! Don’t be that guy or gal on the mat who loses not because of a lack of skills, but because your opponent simply outmuscled you or had more endurance. This book takes out all the guesswork about how to properly build strength and endurance. You’ll find all the tools you need to get you performing at the highest level possible.

Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids is a book about presenting the concepts of situational awareness to children (ages 5 to 12) in a way that will keep them engaged and help them take an active role in their own personal security. This book will show you how to use fun, interactive games to build situational awareness skills. Whether you're a parent, relative, or work in the childcare industry, the things you impart upon children will have a lasting impact on the way they live their lives. Nowhere is this more important than in the area of personal safety.

Teenagers face unique challenges when it comes to situational awareness. These challenges are only exacerbated by the constant physical and biological changes teens are subjected to. As young people learn to deal with these changes, they begin to explore the limits of their individuality. Unfortunately, this process often involves unnecessary risk-taking. The key to keeping teens safe during this time is to keep them alert and engaged with their environment. Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Teens is designed around principles of positive communication, trust, and teamwork.

A Mind for the Fight provides you with the necessary tools to facilitate a critical evolution in your survival mindset. Retired Green Beret, renowned martial artist, and infamous street fighter Jim "Smokey" West offers a comprehensive guide to developing the mental game necessary to turn your defense into offense when a violent street assault finds you.

For those of you who have experience in grappling and striking but do not know quite how to put it all together, this audiobook may be for you. From the beginning to the end, How to Learn Mixed Martial Arts verbally illustrates how to combine common techniques from boxing, kickboxing, and grappling into a single art - mixed martial arts. The text focuses on basic to intermediate striking combos, striking to takedown combos, and even grappling combos (submission chaining), not to mention addressing a few other areas as well.

The Way of the Dojo is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to own or operate a martial arts school. It features both traditional and cutting edge information on marketing, hiring employees, martial arts school valuation, social media, lease negotiation, school design, and more.

Make the most of your physical abilities in a fast, fun and safe program of simple self-defense moves. No course can promise to instantly transform you into a walking weapon of destruction that will defeat all odds. However, "The Ultimate Basic Self Defense Moves Made Easy" by Bill Valentine, PH.D, 5th Degree Black Belt, and Becky Valentine, MS, Physical Educator, can safely teach you to "Beat the Odds" using basic motor movements you already know.

Imagine being lost in the darkness, searching for a spark to light your way. Joy-Jitsu is that spark, illuminating your path to a life filled with joy and purpose. This book provides practical techniques, mindset shifts, and training tools to help you overcome adversity and achieve your goals—no matter where you begin.

From bullied outsider to global icon, The Last Stylebender tells the cinematic story of Israel Adesanya—the Nigerian-born, New Zealand-raised fighter who turned combat into art. Inspired by anime heroes and driven by self-belief, Adesanya transformed from an awkward kid who loved dancing into one of the most dominant champions in UFC history.

What if the most effective system for building wealth, confidence, and an unshakeable life has been hiding in the dojo for centuries? Who Trains, Wins is not a book about fighting. It's a blueprint for winning at everything—drawn from 20 years of training across 30 countries with some of the world's most elite martial artists, soldiers, and masters. Author Matthew Black—black belt, security contractor, K9 handler, pilot, and close protection operative—distills the warrior's code into a practical system anyone can apply, starting today.

Asalto al octágono es un viaje apasionante que recorre la historia de la mayor liga de MMA del mundo, desde sus humildes y desafiantes inicios hasta su consolidación como un fenómeno global. A través de veinte combates legendarios, Álvaro Colmenero sumerge al lector en los detalles más...

Disguise is not costume. It is the management of recognition. In The Manual for the Modern Ninja: Disguise, P. J. Agness shows how to weaken identification through silhouette, movement, clothing, voice, and environmental fit, turning disguise into a practical skill for the modern world...

Leer hoe je vechtsport effectief inzet in training en coaching met praktische aandachtspunten, de B.O.K.S. methode, werkvormen, voorbeeldtrainingen en zelfcoaching tips.

Self-defense is not about winning cleanly. It is about staying functional long enough to get out. In The Manual for the Modern Ninja: Self-Defense, P.J. Agness delivers a practical guide to surviving real-world violence through base, balance, frames, grip breaks, space creation, ground recovery...

Stealth is not darkness, costume, or fantasy. It is the disciplined reduction of useful attention. In The Manual for the Modern Ninja: Stealth, P. J. Agness takes the operational logic behind the historical ninja and applies it to the modern world of cameras, controlled entry points, apartment...

Whether you are a martial arts history aficionado or someone wanting a simple and understandable history — THE FOUNDING OF JUJUTSU & JUDO IN AMERICA is for you! This book seeks to provide you an easily accessible, yet highly informative, account of how the Japanese fighting art made its way to the United States and why it has become a permanent part of the American cultural mosaic.

At age twenty-seven, and more than a decade into her modeling career, Mia Kang found herself in Thailand, standing at the edge of a Muay Thai gym thousands of miles from her New York apartment, watching fighters she didn’t know spar and sweat. As she stood there, something primal came over her—the desire to fight. What began as a short vacation to escape the toxic world of modeling became the start of an incredible journey that would forever change Kang’s relationship to food, to her body, and to her own sense of self.

This program is read by the author Bruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies—demonstrating how martial arts are a perfect metaphor for personal growth, and how we can practice those teachings every day. "Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water...

Everyday Defense System: Combatives Foundations Inside you’ll find:>23 structured lessons with objectives and drills. Step-by-step visuals for key movements and escapes. Build the mindset and movements of a complete martial artist—one page, one lesson, one defense at a time.