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The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu -  £8.79

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This book is a detailed insight to the history and art of shaolin. Even newcomers to the martial arts will be inspired by the many wonderful stories and legends about the shaolin temple, also the many training methods that the shoalin practitioners still use today. In this book it gives many detailed pictures of kung fu defence methods including the five animal set made up of the snake, crane, leopard, Tiger and the dragon. Each set is fully described as a set and how to apply each movement in self-defence. This book is easy to understand so appeals to both martial arts practitioners and people who would just like to know more about Chinese kung fu, this is an excellent book a MUST for people interested in martial arts.


Author - Wong Kiew Kit
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Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Basic Training - £7.39
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This book is probably the most important book of this series. I am a martial artist who trains in the JKD philosophy. This is the book I look back to constantly, and I will always consider this the most important one in my martial arts library. The Basics are the MOST important aspect of your training. A great fighter must have a great foundation.

Don't buy this book expecting to become Bruce, to become great you must want to be great. What is covered in this book all of Bruce's student's teach. If you go to a Richard Bustillo, Tim Tacket, Chris Kent, or Dan Inosanto, chances are you'll be learning the stuff directly from this book.

The book covers basic exercises, stance, footwork, and ideas behind punching and kicking. DON'T expect this book to be the only "way". Don't expect this book to train you. It's only a book not a personal trainer. The exercises in the book are not "impossible" as one person commented. They are totally effective.

You should buy this book with an open mind. Don't just read this book, understand this book.


Author - Bruce Lee
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Tao of Jeet Kune Do - £14.99

I have been studying Lau Gar kung fu for a year. I bought this book six months before I started studying martial arts. This book helps to create a better understanding of martial arts whatever style you study. For all you Bruce Lee fans out this it is not a manual that gives you step by step instructions of how to fight like Bruce Lee. It is one's study of the different ways people of different sizes, flexibility, speeds can express themselves in a combative form. It gives an in introduction to Bruce Lee's theory's and philosophy's. I strongly recommend this book to martial artists. The more you read this book the better you understand it. I would recommend that it would help if you do martial arts this book will greatly benefit you. An excellent read!
 

Author - Bruce Lee
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The SAS Complete Guide to Unarmed Combat Techniques  - £11.38

The first half of this book covers mental preparation, self defence and the law, how to respond to verbal abuse, discussion on domestic abuse and how to avoid dangerous confrontations while walking, on the bus and train. The second half covers the human body and its weapons, the target areas of your opponent, improvised weapons, including the kubotan and walking sticks and the techniques to escape your attackers, from grabs to clubs, knifes, assault in the car and rape.

Throughout the first section the author uses his own knowledge the prepare the reader for self defence and in the second half the techniques are describing in great detail using text and diagrams. Eexcellent sections include the 4 Ds in defence and discussion why biting is useful for a police line up after the attack. I have given this book 5 stars, because like the authors other work (SAS survival handbook and SAS Urban Survival Handbook), everybody could, and will, learn from it.

Even if you feel you can defend yourself physically, I would recommend this book to you because it describe mental and emotional defence.
 

Author - John "Lofty" Wiseman
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Pre-emptive Strikes for Winning Fights - £12.99

Having been involved in martial arts for over thirteen years in a multitude of styles I have built up an arsenal of techniques supposedly guaranteed to allow me to defend myself. In this book Mr O'Keefe tells it how it is - if a technique requires experience and constant practice over a course of years worth of training it simply will not work in a defence situation. Rather than producing a set of bound photos to follow Jamie departs from the usual "do this technique and this will happen" scenario and opts instead to give methods of tailoring self defence to your own needs. The result is that experienced martial artists and new-comers alike will all benefit from this book. It is concise and written in simple clear language - despite Jamie's wealth of martial arts experience there is no pretention in his book. It comes across that he really wants you to have the knowledge he is describing, in the hope that yet another person may obtain the confidence to fight back that knowledge brings. It is with books such as this one that the key to 21st century self preservation lies. For other related books by people who know what they are talking about, rather than by those who think they do "should anything happen", try Geoff Thompson's Real Self Defence and other books in his seried, and of course Jamie's other titles.

Author - Jamie O'Keefe
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The Art of Expressing the Human Body -  £13.99

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Drawing on Lee's own notes, letters, diaries and training logs, bodybuilding expert John Little presents martial arts expert Bruce Lee's fitness techniques.

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Author - Bruce Lee, John Little
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Dogs Don't Know Kung Fu: A Guide to Female Self-protection - £12.99

Never before has the issue of rape been dealt with as tackled by its author Jamie O’Keefe. It brings home the reality that you may realistically only have six seconds of your life left when attacked in a certain way which is common for most attackers. This book is the most shocking but informative book you will read on the subject of female self protection which, also serves as a guide to men. It absolutely destroys the state of thought that martial arts will save your life. It exposes all the pitfalls and examines why females will always have to prepare for that hidden monster that hides inside most men! This book does not just stop at Self protection for adults; it also covers the dangers of child abduction, the dangers of children travelling to and from school, and the horrific way that the mind of a child abductor works! Also covered in this book are Release and escape tactics, How to deceive the mugger, The law on sexual offences, Emotional cruelty and Blackmail, drugs, knives and other edged weapons, Date rape, Road rage, Accepting lifts from strangers, Unique methods of identifying an attacker, Telephone harassment, Stalking, The calculated attacker, plus much more. This book will totally change your outlook on life and the way in which we need to protect ourselves. If you are female, or have any females in your family; you must get them a copy of this book. You will give them the gift of leading a safer life.

Author - Jamie O'Keefe
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Watch My Back  - £5.59

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This is a very special and personal book indeed. In terms of a story it does get a little repetitive and drone, but as an insight it is unbelievalbly powerful. Geoffs views on life, his emotional problems and solutions spoke to me on a level I never expected. I could relate to what he was saying and as I read I became all the more wiser. This book has changed me and in the way I think and deal with situations. It has taught me the importance of mental fortification, and the power of the mind. Through his story I have realised that what we do physically is only an echo of what we do mentally.

I am a better person for reading this book. Stronger, more confindent, and better equipt for what life throws at me.
Thanks Geoff!


Author - Geoff Thompson
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The Elephant and the Twig - £11.04

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Having suffered from low self-esteem /depression for all of my adult life to date, I can wholeheartedly recommend this book. Follow it's 14 steps and you can't fail to find some solutions. It's easy to follow, fun to read and he really knows what he's talking about.
 

Author - Geoff Thompson
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Dead or Alive - the Choice Is Yours - £11.99

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This book is very good. It shows simple techniques that are very effective. Alternative weapons, e.g. newspapers, It also shows the accounts of the criminals and shows why they target certain people to attack etc. Geoff talks about the legality of self-defence, the effects pre-fighting has on the body, how to win a fight psychologically, and, most importantly how to avoid fighting.
The book is full of examples, pictures and a lot of easy-understood text.
A must for anyone who is wary being outside alone, or with friends, male of female of any age, or just generally interested.


Author - Peter Consterdine, Neil Adams,
Christopher Berry-Dee, Geoff Thompson
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Fear: the Friend of Exceptional People - £10.39
This is a comprehensive guide to the martial arts form of Wing Chun Kung-Fu. It leads th reader step-by-step through the beginning forms of Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and provides detailed commentary and theory on all techniques and forms. It includes a section devoted to weight-and-power training exercises and is ideal for beginners, the more experienced Wing Chun practitioner and the cross-training martial artist.

Author - Geoff Thompson
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