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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364636
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364643
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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This book complements volume 3 of this series and, like the earlier volume, includes writings of masters of the martial arts to guide the student toward spiritual awareness and mental maturity. It places kumite in perspective, relating it to training as a whole.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364728
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 31st January 2013
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Kata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today.Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan.
Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364667
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364674
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2013
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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The three kata in this volume are on the Japan Karate Association recommended list and are notable for the sticklike use of the arms--Jitte, the circular movements of hands and feet coordinated with breathing--Hangetsu, and easy, agile movements, combined into continuous techniques--Empi.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364681
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365367
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365343
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365350
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 11th October 2013
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Fully described and illustrated in this volume are the widely practiced Bassal and Kanku kata from the JFA recommended group. The student learns fast and slow techniques, the dynamics of strength, how to turn weakness into strength, changing directions, jumping and going to ground.
(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365541
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Originally published: Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987.
(Paperback)
By: Amanda Storm
ISBN: 9781550224313
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2000
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
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(Paperback)
By: Ruqsana Begum
ISBN: 9781471185175
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 29th April 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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The inspirational story of Ruqsana Begum, who overcame prejudice and illness to become a Muay Thai world champion
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By: Joe Frazier
ISBN: 9780060817732
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2005
UK Publication Date: 1st January 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Useful for anyone pursuing boxing as a hobby or who is interested in training to become a professional boxer. This book presents an introduction to the sport, including the game's history, rules of the ring, how fights are scored, how to spar, the basics of defence and offence, the fighter's workout, a directory of boxing gyms, and more.
(Paperback)
By: Gabe Oppenheim
ISBN: 9781442260641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In this book, author Gabe Oppenheim examines the rise and fall of boxing in Philadelphia, and how it often mirrored the citys own narrative arc. Throughout, Oppenheim weaves together cultural history, urban studies, and biographical sketches of Philadelphia fighters such as Jimmy Young, Meldrick The Kid Taylor, Teon Kennedy, and Mike Jones.
(Paperback)
By: Gerald R. Gems
ISBN: 9780810895034
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book provides a succinct yet comprehensive coverage of boxing history, recounting its ancient roots, evolution, and globalization. Gems describes important events and individuals, illuminating their impact on the boxing world, and addresses not only boxing history but also issues of race, religion, rivalries, and the growth of female boxing.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Brian Preston
ISBN: 9781843545552
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2007
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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Behind the celluloid fantasies, what is the reality of the Kung Fu lifestyle
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By: Morihei Ueshiba
ISBN: 9781568364872
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Steve Bunce
ISBN: 9780857503732
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 17th May 2018
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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It's Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing.
Starting in 1970, the beginning of modern boxing in Britain, Bunce takes us from Joe Bugner beating Henry Cooper to an explosion then in the sport's exposure to the wider British public, with 22 million watching Barry McGuigan win his world title on the BBC.
(Paperback)
By: Bira Almeida
ISBN: 9780938190295
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
UK Publication Date: 1st February 1993
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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By: Nestor Capoeira
ISBN: 9781556434044
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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Nestor Capoeira presents the second part of his trilogy exploring the popular martial art/dance from Brazil known as Capoeira. Part instruction manual, part philosophical treatise, the volume covers a range of topics crucial to the practice of Capoeira, including analysis of Capoeira matches.
(Hardback)
By: Cheng Man-ch'ing
ISBN: 9780938190455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Paperback)
By: Mantak Chia
ISBN: 9781594771057
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2006
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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An ancient Taoist system for detoxifying and rejuvenating the internal organs.
(Paperback)
By: Jinsheng Liu
ISBN: 9781583941850
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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