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It's Time!
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Written by Bruce Buffer
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.00
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and...
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It's Time!
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Written by Bruce Buffer
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and...
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Muay Thai Counter Techniques
Competitive Skills and Tactics for Success
Written by Christoph Delp
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $22.95
This thoroughly revised edition of
Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Boxing Techniques teaches intermediate Muay Thai fighters how to counter a wide range of opponents' attacks. Author Christoph Delp explains the rules and ceremonial procedures unique to Muay Thai competition, demonstrates historical and modern techniques, provides training tips, and details the benefits of training...
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Muay Thai Counter Techniques
Competitive Skills and Tactics for Success
Written by Christoph Delp
Format: eBook, 264 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $18.99
This thoroughly revised edition of
Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Boxing Techniques teaches intermediate Muay Thai fighters how to counter a wide range of opponents' attacks. Author Christoph Delp explains the rules and ceremonial procedures unique to Muay Thai competition, demonstrates historical and modern techniques, provides training tips, and details the benefits of training...
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The Wing Chun Compendium, Volume Two
Written by Wayne Belonoha
Format: eBook, 472 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $34.99
Wing Chun, also called Ving Tsun, is a popular system of kung fu designed centuries ago by a Buddhist nun and Shaolin master. Together, the two volumes of
The Wing Chun Compendium offer a complete guide to the discipline, from theory and philosophy to drills and forms. In this volume, author...
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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
A Graphic Novel
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Issai Chozanshi
Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa
Translated by William Scott Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $14.95
A graphic novel version of this classic collection of martial arts parables, written by Issai Chozanshi, an 18-century samurai, brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way. The stories, which feature demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that...
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The Lone Samurai
The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
Written by William Scott Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.95
Miyamoto Musashi (1584‒1645) was the legendary samurai known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of the classic book on strategy, the
Book of Five Rings. Over 350 years after his death, Musashi and his legacy still fascinate us and continue to inspire artists, authors, and filmmakers...
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The Life-Giving Sword
Secret Teachings from the House of the Shogun
Written by Yagyu Munenori
Translated by William Scott Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $17.95
The legendary seventeenth-century swordsman Yagyu Munenori was the sword instructor and military and political adviser to two shoguns—and was a rival to the great Miyamoto Musashi. Despite his martial ability and his political power, Munenori spent his life immersed in Zen teachings and practice. These teachings formed the framework for his...
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Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan
Written by Fu Zhongwen
Translated by Louis Swaim
Format: eBook, 264 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $13.95
Fu Zhongwen's classic guide offers the best documentation available of the Yang style of taijiquan. The superbly detailed form instructions and historic line art drawings are based on Fu’s many years as a disciple of Yang Chengfu, taijiquan’s legendary founder. Also included are concise descriptions of fixed-step, moving-step, and da lu...
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Unknown Capoeira, Volume Two
A History of the Brazilian Martial Art
Written by Mestre Ricardo Cachorro
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $24.95
Capoeira’s unique blend of martial art, dance, and thrilling sport has made it an increasingly popular activity worldwide. But its origins have been shrouded in mystery and its complex history not well understood. For volume two of his Unknown Capoeira series, Mestre Ricardo Cachorro has done extensive archival research to shed...
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The Book of Five Rings
A Graphic Novel
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Miyamoto Musashi
Illustrated by Chie Kutsuwada
Translated by William Scott Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $14.95
This graphic novel version of
The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a strategic mind. With evocative drawings and a distilled...
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The Complete Guide to Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Written by Stuart Alve Olson
Format: eBook, 184 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $14.95
Developed by Wang Lang over 300 years ago, Praying Mantis Kung Fu is the only martial art based on the fighting skills of an insect. This fascinating system utilizes swift, methodical movements for defense and offense, and is well respected as an art that helps practitioners develop great strength and perseverance...
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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
And Other Tales
Written by William Scott Wilson and Issai Chozanshi
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.95
This collection of parables written by an eighteenth-century samurai is a classic of martial arts literature. The tales are concerned with themes such as perception of conflict, self-transformation, the cultivation of chi (life energy), and understanding yin and yang. Some of the parables seem light and fanciful, but they offer the...
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Muay Thai Basics
Introductory Thai Boxing Techniques
Written by Christoph Delp
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95
Muay Thai, also referred to as Thai boxing, combines fitness training, self-defense, and competitive sport. In this hands-on guide, renowned trainer Christoph Delp presents the sport’s history, development, rules, and equipment. In the techniques section, he first details basic skills such as the correct starting position and footwork. Next he offers...
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Sonny Umpad's Eskrima
The Life and Teachings of a Filipino Martial Arts Master
Written by George M. Yore
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $18.95
Sonny Umpad's Eskrima provides insight on Maestro Santiago “Sonny” Umpad's life, philosophy, and teaching methods, as well as the structural underpinnings of his system. Born with the soul of a warrior, the intellect of a scholar, and a zealot's devotion to his art, Maestro Santiago "Sonny" Umpad forged an enduring contribution to...
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Sonny Umpad's Eskrima
The Life and Teachings of a Filipino Martial Arts Master
Written by George M. Yore
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $12.95
Sonny Umpad's Eskrima provides insight on Maestro Santiago “Sonny” Umpad's life, philosophy, and teaching methods, as well as the structural underpinnings of his system. Born with the soul of a warrior, the intellect of a scholar, and a zealot's devotion to his art, Maestro Santiago "Sonny" Umpad forged an enduring contribution to...
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