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This is a short guide aimed at absolute beginners who would like to start kickboxing by training at home or are just looking for an effective home workout routine and want to try something new. Learn punches, kicks, knees, elbows, and how to avoid them! Master footwork, guards, and advanced strikes and learn how to shadow box -all from the comfort of your own home.

Sensei John Hanratty, 8th Dan, has been teaching Shotokan karate at seminars around the world for more than 50 years. In this compelling book filled with practical advice, narrated by the author, Hanratty shares how to develop the full potential of your mind and body. Part biographical, part philosophical, and part practical, this remarkable book is a must for martial arts practitioners and anyone wishing to build their strength and confidence.

Professional wrestling has always been wrapped in mystery. After a century of masquerading as legitimate sport, at last pro-wrestling has begun to show the potential of its form. At its core, it is live combat theatre, and no one has done more to codify and analyze this mesmerizing art form than Mike Quackenbush. To aid a generation of evolving performers to meet the demands of modern audiences, here is Toolbox - Building Better Pro-Wrestling.

In the early 1980s, Ray Mancini was more than the lightweight champ. He was a national hero. Sinatra fawned over him. Warren Zevon wrote a tribute song. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. After all, an adoring public considered Boom Boom the real Rocky. But it all came apart in a brutal 1982 battle against an obscure Korean challenger....

In this work of sporting and social history we have a biography of Canadian-born, Boston-raised boxer George Dixon (1870–1908), the first Black world champion of any sport and the first Black world boxing champion in any division. George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908 chronicles the life of the most consequential Black athlete of the nineteenth century. Yet despite his triumphs, Dixon has been lost to history, overshadowed by Black athletes whose activism against white supremacy far exceeded his own.

A podcast devoted to the slow but inevitable downfall of WCW on a week by week basis

Bryan Alvarez is joined every week by Mike Sempervive, a longtime observer of professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, boxing, and anything else that involves men and women getting busy on a canvassed mat.

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.

Paradoxes of Defence was first published in London in 1599. It was written by George Silver, an English gentleman, who was appalled at the influx of Italian rapier fencing into England, and set out his arguments in favor of the traditional English weapons: the short sword, the short staff, the forrest bill, the morris pike, and all manner of additional arms such as daggers, bucklers, and targes. He rails against the fashionable new style on the grounds that it is both dangerous to the practitioners, and of no use in warfare.

Welcome to the wild, unfiltered world of The Groupchat Wrestling Podcast! Hosted by Mike, Andy, Dan, Dav, Brett, and Wrestling Mark, we dive headfirst into the madness of professional wrestling with a focus on AEW but also covering NJPW, indies, CMLL, WWE, and more. Join us as we tear apart wrestling storylines, dissect jaw-dropping matches, and speculate on the next shocking heel turn—all with brutal honesty and a twisted sense of humor.Expect a no-bullshit approach as we bring you ringside to the excitement and absurdity of the wrestling universe. Follow us on Twitter at @GWPodcastUK for ...

Two comedians take a week by week look at the early days of (NWA) TNA wrestling.

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.

One of the key professional wrestling or "sports entertainment" writers, Vince Russo helped pen modern wrestling's most electric storylines. Revealing the true, behind-the-scenes stories from some of wrestling's most famous moments, including Bret Hart's lost championship and the rise to superstardom of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and The Rock, this autobiography is the one that every wrestling fan has been waiting for.

The OG's of the Wrestling Podcast World are back for 2024! WWE, AEW, NXT, Impact, ROH, and Indy wrestling news, analysis and opinions. Hosted by Don Tony and Kevin Castle, the longest running podcasters in history. Over 5000 episodes opining about Pro Wrestling since 1997.

A comprehensive guide on many different aspects of martial arts pedagogy. Topics include: teaching children with learning disabilities, anatomy and common injuries, leadership skills, and hundreds of specific drills.

Training in the martial arts is both an honor and a responsibility. But for those seeking to start their own clubs from scratch, the process can be intimidating. Where do you train? How will you find students? Do you need insurance? How much will you charge? In Teaching the Martial Arts, Allen leads the listener through all of the steps necessary to beginning your own martial arts club. From defining your product and your service to considering when it may be time to open up multiple locations, here is a resource that will prove invaluable on your journey.

By the time you finish listening to this audiobook, you will have a complete self-defense game plan in place, and you will know more about how to protect yourself than most people out there - even the ones who train in self-defense already! This audiobook is based on a lifetime's experience from martial arts/self-defense training and real-world experience from the street and working doors as a bouncer.

RAW commentator Corey Graves has access to the most fascinating stories from the world of WWE. Join him each week as he talks to Superstars and Legends about their careers and the state of the business. Whether it’s the path they took to get into the spotlight or stories from after the final bell rings, Superstars share it all each week on WWE After the Bell. Follow the podcast @AfterTheBellWWE and Corey @WWEGraves. WWE After the Bell is produced by the Official WWE Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if Babe Ruth had not been sold to the Yankees in 1920 and instead played his entire career in Boston? What if Muhammad Ali had lost or quit in his first fight against Sonny Liston? What if the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had never moved to the West Coast? What if Vince Lombardi had become head coach of his hometown Giants instead of heading to Green Bay? How would sports history, and our perception of it, be different today?

This book is a collection of intimate and sometimes shocking conversations about success. Each story will inspire, enlighten, and entertain you. In Success, not only did I seek to discover what motivates high achievers, but I also dug for the philosophies that lead to success. During these interviews, I asked uncomfortable questions that led to answers that often surprised even the athletes being interviewed, because it is the subconscious mind that drives most ambitious people to achieve.