The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kickboxing

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kickboxing
Author: Karon Karter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780028631752

Provides an introduction to the sport of kickboxing, including equipment, techniques, training and fitness routines, preparing for competitions, self-defense, and related matters.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Martial Arts

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Martial Arts
Author: Cezar Borkowski
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1999
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780028629476

Learn the origins of various martial arts, how to select the best style, and discover the keys to achieving a balance between physical, spiritual, and mental training. 70+ photos.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ultimate Fighting

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ultimate Fighting
Author: Rich Franklin
Publisher: Alpha Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Hand-to-hand fighting
ISBN: 9781592576555

No longer the no-holds-barred blood sport that garnered the "human cockfighting" label from Senator John McCain, today's regulated and televised version of mixed martial arts (MMA) is one of the fastest growing professional sports in the United States. And co-author Rich Franklin is arguably its biggest star. In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ultimate Fighting, a three-time UFC Middleweight champion and star of Spike TV's reality show, The Ultimate Fighter, Rich Franklin, along with co-author Jon Merz, introduces new fans to the world of mixed martial arts and give them an introductory primer on the basic techniques used in the sport.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading
Author: Abby Marks Beale
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781592577781

Presents strategies and techniques designed to increase reading speed, and improve comprehension and retention of a variety of reading materials.

Championship Streetfighting

Championship Streetfighting
Author: Ned Beaumont
Publisher: Paladin Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-07-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780873649346

Your fists are your primary weapon system in a streetfight, but most martial arts "masters" like to gloss over that fact. Now fisticuffs expert Ned Beaumont shows you how to duke it out in back alleys and smoky bars and walk away grinning (with all your teeth). All the dirty tricks of boxing are included, too. Not for the faint of heart, this one is destined to become a classic.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Karate

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Karate
Author: Randall G. Hassell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780028638324

A beginner's guide to the martial art offers advice on choosing a karate school, mastering elementary stances and punches, and preventing injuries.

The MMA Encyclopedia

The MMA Encyclopedia
Author: Jonathan Snowden
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1554908442

' "Did you see the big fight this weekend'" The question used to be about boxing matches, when the giants of the fight world were Mike Tyson and Roy Jones. Now fans are leaving the sweet science in droves for the combat sport of the future: mixed martial arts (MMA). MMA has drawn millions on cable and network television, as well as out-performed professional wrestling and boxing on pay-per-view. Fans are attracted to the sport, but unlike boxing (where strategy and technique are limited to using both your left and right hands), an MMA fight can be surprisingly complicated. The MMA Encyclopedia puts the fighters, the facts, and the fundamentals of the world's fastest growing sport at your fingertips as the definitive reference guide to mixed martial arts. The encyclopedia will break the MMA language barrier for those who don't know a wristlock from a wristwatch, while at the same time offering perspective and analysis that will entertain the hardcore fan who already has the basics down pat. With three appendices that detail the results of every MMA'fight in history, this the ultimate reference book for the ultimate sport.

The 4-hour Chef

The 4-hour Chef
Author: Timothy Ferriss
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2012
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0547884591

Building upon Timothy Ferriss's internationally successful "4-hour" franchise, The 4-Hour Chef transforms the way we cook, eat, and learn. Featuring recipes and cooking tricks from world-renowned chefs, and interspersed with the radically counterintuitive advice Ferriss's fans have come to expect, The 4-Hour Chef is a practical but unusual guide to mastering food and cooking, whether you are a seasoned pro or a blank-slate novice.

The Way of the Fight

The Way of the Fight
Author: Georges St-Pierre
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2013-04-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0062195670

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the world’s most popular UFC fighter, Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, comes a startlingly honest portrait of a fighter’s journey, highlighting the lessons that propelled his rise from bullying victim to internationally celebrated athlete and champion. There’s more to winning battles than fists and feet For world-renowned professional fighter Georges St-Pierre, the greatest asset is not physical strength or athleticism—it’s a sense of purpose. From his beginnings as a small, mercilessly bullied child first discovering karate to his years as a struggling garbage collector who spent all his free time in the gym, his hard-fought rise in the sport of mixed martial arts, and his long, painful recovery from a career-threatening injury, Georges never lost sight of his ambition to become the greatest martial artist of all time. In The Way of the Fight, Georges for the first time reveals what propelled him not only to become a champion but to embrace obstacles as opportunities to build character. The Way of the Fight is an inspirational look into the mindset of a master. To Georges, all life is competition, and there’s no more perfect metaphor for competition than the life of a fighter. He explains the value of discipline, risk and even fear, with the wisdom of one who knows that nothing is assured—his next fight could always be his last. Drawing inspiration from fighting legends, Eastern philosophy and a trusted inner circle, The Way of the Fight is a powerful, life-changing guide to living with purpose and finding the way to accomplish your loftiest goals.