Martial Arts

Snowboarding maverick Billy Morgan has dedicated his life to redefining what is possible. With two world firsts to his name, he is also the first British male to win an Olympic medal on snow. Emerging from working-class origins in Southampton, a long way...

With extensive, step-by-step photographs and instructions, this jiu-jitsu guide is an efficient tool for mastering this ancient martial art.The original Japanese martial art developed by the elite samurai class during Japan's feudal era, Jiu-jitsu is the...

Learn the stories, history, and strategy of the sport's greatest champions-in their own words! Mixed martial arts (MMA) has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. With Dana White helping bring Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to...

Calling all bada**es! The only official guide to the kickin' world of the Emmy-nominated and globally beloved show Cobra Kai is here.The Kick-A** Book of Cobra Kai is a celebration of the superfans - an essential companion to the show acting as a master...

Learn the ancient knowledge of how the body's vital points, the centers of the body's natural energy, can be exploited to gain an advantage over your opponent in martial combat or self-defense.In this detailed guide to pressure point fighting, martial...

Genuine karate is an Okinawan martial art for self-defense; its ongoing globalization has jeopardized its inherent effectiveness. "The changes made to karate in mainland Japan and in America have altered karate so intrinsically that it can no longer...

In order to master Taijiquan you must begin with the most fundamental steps, and systematically work up to the advanced levels, slowly building up your knowledge and technique as you go. This book explains the five levels of Taijiquan from complete...

In Black Belt Karate, Hirokazu Kanazawa, the most respected figure in the karate world, offers a systematic approach to basic karate, and provides an intensive training course. Karate is a martial art that can be practiced by anyone, regardless of age or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590309902Author William Scott WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

This fully illustrated new book describes and analyses the weapons and equipment traditionally associated with the samurai, Japan's superlative warriors. It examines the range of weapons used by them at different times and in different situations. ...

The result of extensive research, including an analysis of over 140 active shooter/killer incidents, Krav Maga Extreme Survival provides an apolitical view of personal safety-concentrating on practical methods to survive violent situations. In his third...

FINALIST - Autobiography / Memoirs, 2016 Best Books Award "A British karateka" offers a bone-crushing, lip-splitting, and often elegant memoir of a tough guy searching for higher meaning through the study of martial arts." Kirkus Reviews "In this memoir...

This revised edition includes a complete redesign with an emphasis on reader usability and modern Chinese typography. Packed with over nine hundred photographs, this comprehensive text offers theory, martial applications, sequences, Qigong exercises,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170875Author Antony CumminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Blue Snake BooksPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901764515Author C.W. NicolFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Paul H. Crompton LtdPublisher Paul H. Crompton LtdWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583942208Author Cheng Man-ch'ing aFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Frog LtdPublisher Frog LtdWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786064493Author Lee WortleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd

Ninja Fighting Techniques explains how to defend yourself against real-world threats using techniques perfected centuries ago by the great Ninja masters.Author Stephen K. Hayes is the world's leading expert on Ninjutsu techniques. In this book, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983890154Author Bruce ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

As well as setting forth the basic rules that must be put into practice when performing kata or applying techniques in kumite, this volume pinpoints the underlying physical and physiological principles of karate: source and concentration of power;...

"In this collection of artful writing by a man dedicated to honest self-expression, we glimpse the private side of Bruce's eloquence as he bares his soul through the art of letter writing." -from the Preface, by Linda Lee CadwellBruce Lee Letters of the...

Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds...

Focusing his expertise on the techniques and history of the bokken-the wooden training sword used by both ancient samurai and today's swordsmen-the author maintains that training with the bokken is important on two levels for the modern practitioner: to...

Master the Japanese art of shuriken throwing with this illustrated martial arts guide.Japanese Throwing Weapons: Mastering Shuriken Throwing Techniques is a detailed instruction manual for learning authentic shuriken throwing techniques as practiced in...

The ultimate guide to the Japanese martial arts by the world's foremost expert!Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate insider, having lived in Japan for decades. He holds multiple black belts in Kendo and Naginata, as well as PhDs in Japanese...

Long considered a classic text by teachers and students, The Root of Chinese Qigong offers the principles and theories of qigong practice. This third edition includes Updated pinyin that includes diacritical tonal marks (for proper pronunciation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988317888Author Mark CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Msc Creative EnterprisesPublisher Msc Creative EnterprisesWeight(grams)...

'A wholly new perspective to finding balance and success' - Nir Eyal'I highly reccommend it' - John Maeda, Chief experience officer, Publicis Group and author of How to Speak Machine: Laws of Design for a Digital AgeSmash your targets * Annihilate the...

Master Cherng's translation of Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting, an 8th century classic text on meditation by Si Ma Cheng Zhen, is accompanied by his extensive explanatory commentary, unique in its ability to make this complex text accessible to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452279728Author George LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New American LibraryPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 161gDimensions(mm)...

A powerful story of sadness, hope, pride, honour and triumph from the real-life Rocky!Raw, confronting and honest, UFC champion Mark Hunt's inspiring autobiography shows it is possible to defy the odds and carve a better life. Born into a Mormon Samoan...

Over the last two decades, Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees...

*WINNER British Sports Book Awards SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*Ronda's new memoir OUR FIGHT is available on 4th April, in Hardback'I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me not to be, and I call it a 'Do-Nothing B-tch'. It's the kind of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583941522Author Fu ZhongwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Immerse yourself in the world of the Samurai with this classic text, translated and interpreted for the modern reader.Code of the Samurai is the four-hundred-year-old summary of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido-the ancient Japanese "Way of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583942444Author John Maki EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

K1, UFC, Kyokushinkai and Muay Thai are enjoying ever increasing popularity. People practicing Martial Arts, who want to train and fight in the Full Contact manner, will find a systematic guide to the development and long-term build up of their training...

The ninja is a well-known phenomenon in Japanese military culture, a fighter who is widely regarded as the world's greatest exponent of secret warfare. He infiltrates castles, gathers vital intelligence and wields a deadly knife in the dark. His easily...

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to that...

The art of Jeet Kune Do is difficult to define because its founder, Bruce Lee, wanted individuals to undertake their own journey of self-discovery and self-expression, and hated referring to his art as a style or system. Moreover, JKD is a martial art...