Best Teen & Young Adult Martial Arts eBooks

This is the first book to cover all aspects of iron skills training in one volume, including solo training, partner training and the use of auxiliary training equipment and herbal liniments and soaks. He additionally holds a a Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and a BA in Japanese Studies Dr. Dugas has over 35 years of training in Chinese, Okinawan and Japanese martial arts, including Uechi-ryu Karate, Judo/Jujitsu, Jook Lum Tong Long Pai/Southern Mantis, Shuai Jiao, Xingyiquan, Baguazhang, Taijiquan and Internal/External Qigong systems. He began his martial arts journey as a young teenager and has traveled extensively to train privately and publicly in both Chinese martial arts and traditional Chinese medicinal systems.

Some of the styles featured include: Arnis Lanada | Arnis Tendencia | Babao Arnis | Bakbakan Kali | Balintawak Escrima | Biñas Dynamic Arnis | Black Eagle Arnis Eskrima | D’Katipunan Arnis | DeCuerdas-Diestro Eskrima | Dekiti Tirsia Siradas Arnis | Del Mar Kali-Escrima | Derobio Escrima | Doce Pares Multi Style Eskrima | Eskabo Daan | Estalilla Kabaroan Eskrima | Garimot Arnis | Inayan Eskrima | Inosanto Kali | Integrated Eskrima | Kalis Ilustrisimo | Lameco Eskrima | Lapu-Lapu Arnis | Latosa Escrima | Lightning Scientific Arnis | Modern Arnis | Moro-Moro Orabes Heneral | Pambuan Arnis | Rapid Arnis | San Miguel Eskrima | Sayas-Lastra Arnis | Sayoc Kali | Serrada Escrima | Siete Palo Arnis | Vee Arnis Jitsu | and more…. “Mark V. Wiley has a deep understanding of Eskrima.

Detailed instruction on stance, kicks, punches, takedowns, and submissions Step-by-step photos of basic and advanced moves modeled by "Fear Factor" host and former "NewsRadio" star Joe Rogan Various theories and strategies behind training and competing. Whether you're a complete beginner looking for practical self-defense techniques or a competitive martial artist who wants to incorporate Bravo's killer techniques into your fighting strategy, Jiu-Jitsu Unleashed is for you. He is the author of several popular martial arts books and a columnist with BoxingInsider.com.

The New York Times bestseller is now in softcover with a bonus chapter on how the “Dare to Be Uncommon” movement is reaching schools, teams, and families across the country and an update on Tony’s life since retiring as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. With this victory, he joined Mike Ditka and Tom Flores as the only individuals to win the Super Bowl as a player and head coach. He and his wife, Lauren, are the parents of six children: daughters, Tiara and Jade, and sons, Eric, Jordan, Justin, and the late James Dungy. When Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy took home the trophy in Super Bowl XLI, fans around the world looked to him as the epitome of success. In Uncommon, Dungy reveals secrets to achieving significance that he has learned from his remarkable parents, his athletic and coaching career, his mentors, and his walk with God. Now, in Uncommon, Tony Dungy takes you to the next level with a much-needed message on living a life of true significance-and finding the kind of success that satisfies.

The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town. These kids named themselves the Fugees. Their biggest challenge, however, is the difficulty immigrants face in learning the ways of a strange land and living with the memories of tragedy (some players had lost a parent to violence or imprisonment). St. John begins with an inspiring description of a beautifully played game and then delves into the team's formation, but his storytelling takes on the methodical approach of a long series of newspaper articles that lack narrative flair and progression. Engagingly written, this volume will appeal to fans of Larry Colton's Counting Coup (Grand Central, 2000), H. G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights (HarperCollins, 1991), and Madeleine Blais's In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle (Grand Central, 1996).— Sarah Flowers, formerly at Santa Clara County Library, CA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A fast, gritty, durable player who could read a basketball floor as well as anyone who ever played the game, John Stockton left the NBA after nineteen seasons with the Utah Jazz, holding a massive assist record, including the career mark (15,806). John Stockton became a member of the NBA Hall of Fame in 2009.

It is a job with growing responsibilities, without regular hours, without weekends off, that pays almost nothing and keeps beating her up physically and mentally. Maybe she is foolish with her rainbow and unicorn thinking; maybe her nay-sayers were right all along and reality is coming to kick her in the rear and eject her out of paradise and back out into the ordinary world.

Throw Like a Girl inspires, motivates, and answers questions on issues that are specific to being a female athlete. Killion has covered the major national and international sports issues of the past two decades, including the rise of Olympic softball.