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Fightnomics

Author : Reed Kuhn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991238200
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Fightnomics written by Reed Kuhn and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fightnomics quantifies the underlying drivers of the world's most exciting and fastest growing sport through deep analysis of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competition. Part Freakonomics and part Moneyball, Fightnomics is a statistical spotlight on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the fighters who compete in the Octagon. Does size matter? Is the Southpaw Advantage real for MMA? Is it better to be young or experienced in a fight? How is the UFC Tale of the Tape lying to us? What makes a strike significant? What about Ring Rust, Octagon Jitters, or the Home Cage Advantage? Just how accurate are betting odds? Theories about how MMA works get put to the test with a little bit of science, and a whole lot of numbers. Fightnomics is the deepest and most complete analysis to date of historical UFC data that answers common, yet hotly debated questions about the sport. The fight game will never quite look the same once you've learned what really matters in a cage fight, and even a few surprising things that don't"--Publisher's description.

Fightnomics

Author : Reed Kuhn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Fightnomics written by Reed Kuhn and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Into the Cage

Author : Nick Gullo
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771036531
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Into the Cage written by Nick Gullo and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late-1980s, a VHS tape circulated through the martial arts underground. The grainy video, Gracies in Action, showed a slim Brazilian fighter in a traditional gi fighting a boxer, a wrestler, and finally a karate master. Art Davie saw the tape, and with Rorion Gracie, devised War of the Worlds, a combat tournament featuring fighters from every discipline. In 1993, the Ultimate Fighting Championship debuted in Denver, Colorado, and 86,000 home viewers paid to watch. Since then, under the leadership of UFC president Dana White, the popularity of MMA has skyrocketed. In Into the Cage, UFC insider Nick “the Tooth” Gullo gives us an unprecedented tour through the world of ultimate fighting. Here you will find the history of mixed martial arts; an in-depth appreciation of mixed martial arts styles; a behind-the-scenes look at The Ultimate Fighter; and a glimpse into life with a fight team and what it takes to face an opponent in the Octagon. Through 196 remarkable photographs and never-before-told anecdotes, Nick Gullo gives UFC fans unparalleled access to the training, lives, and careers of some of MMA’s most celebrated fighters, including Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Nick and Nate Diaz, Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, and Chad Weidman; and also the people and personalities, from Joe Rogan to Arianny Celeste, who make the sport great. Above all, Into the Cage chronicles the hero’s journey embarked upon by some of the toughest, most skilled fighters the world has ever seen. Fascinating, uncensored, and insightful, this remarkable first-hand account reveals the world’s most compelling and fastest growing sport as it has never been seen before.

Predictors of Victory and Injury in Mixed Martial Arts Combat

Author : Hooman Estelami
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939099389
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Predictors of Victory and Injury in Mixed Martial Arts Combat written by Hooman Estelami and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to develop and test theories using data is central to the development of foundational theories in any field. In mixed martial arts, the large volume of fight data that has accumulated over the years enables us to conduct systematic testing of layman theories about mixed martial arts competition outcomes, and to develop a rigorous conceptual framework for professionals in the field. Using data from hundreds of fights, this book provides empirically tested answers to a long list of questions such as these: What are the effects of height and reach advantage on a fighter's likelihood of winning an MMA fight? Does age affect how a fighter wins? Is there a hometown advantage? Do fighters' pre-fight rituals affect the way fights end? Do southpaw fighters have an advantage over their orthodox opponents? How does a fighter's weight affect the types of injuries experienced in a fight? Are fighters from certain countries better than others? How accurately can fight outcomes be predicted? Utilizing a scientific approach, the book tests common theories about what drives success in mixed martial arts combat. "

Organizational Metaphors

Author : Robert B. Huizinga
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030417123
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Metaphors written by Robert B. Huizinga and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume expands on Morgan's organizational metaphors through the lens of faith to illuminate organizational function. Part I uses metaphor to illustrate dysfunctional organizations, including the impact of dysfunction upon organizational trust, performance, and longevity. Part II examines the progression from a dysfunctional organization to one that exhibits functionality. Finally, the last section discusses healthy organizations. Metaphors used in this book include Pygmalion organizations, organizational zombies, and organizations as vineyards. This book offers new metaphors that can be applied in organizational theory.

Cage Kings

Author : Michael Thomsen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501197711
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Cage Kings written by Michael Thomsen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “propulsive and wildly engrossing” (Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store) account of how the UFC turned mixed martial arts into a multibillion-dollar business and global pop culture phenomenon. Decried as “human cockfighting” by Senator John McCain and dismissed by the New York Times as a “pay-per-view prism” onto the decline of Western civilization, the UFC seemed by 2000 to be bleeding out. The cage fighting promotion had been banned in thirty-six states and was struggling to cover production costs for its next event. But three buddies in Las Vegas—an ambitious personal trainer and two young casino heirs—saw something else in the UFC: a vision of the future. Over the next two decades, the trio would transform the company into one of the most valuable sports properties in the world, worth more than the Beatles catalog or the New York Yankees. And along the way, they would also transform the lives of some of the sport’s biggest stars, both for better and worse. A “captivating” (Christopher Leonard, author of The Lords of Easy Money) behind-the-scenes account of a once-reviled subculture’s strange path to pop legitimacy, Cage Kings embeds you in a world of desperate fighters, audacious promoters, fanboy bloggers, fatherly trainers, philosophical announcers, hustling sponsors, and three improbable twentysomething corporate titans on a darkly comic odyssey to normalize a new level of brutality in American pop culture—and make a fortune doing so. For in an era of generational poverty, eroding labor rights, radical media transformations, simmering political grievances, and an obsession with winning at any cost, the spectacle of two people fighting in a cage for another few months’ wages suddenly seemed to make sense. Stylishly written and poignantly observed, this “must-read for fans and the simply curious alike” (Matthew Polly, author of American Shaolin) offers a provocative look at how the hollowing out of the American dream and the violence of modern capitalism left us ready to embrace a sport like cage fighting.

Ba Gua

Author : Hsing-han Liu
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 9781556432767
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Ba Gua written by Hsing-han Liu and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Taoist yogic discipline of Ba Gua is an internal form of the ancient art of kung fu--as are the much older t'ai chi and Xing I. Ba Gua is the most arcane and yogic of three sister arts--t'ai chi and Xing I are the others--and is distinguished by serpentine turning and circling momvements and its own internal energy exercises, Ba Gua Qi Gong.

There's a Hippie on the Highway

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780860092551
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book There's a Hippie on the Highway written by James Hadley Chase and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sprawlball

Author : Kirk Goldsberry
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 1328767515
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Sprawlball written by Kirk Goldsberry and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully illustrated and sharply written, SprawlBall is both a celebration and a critique of the 3-point shot. If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you'll need to read this book." --Nate Silver, editor of fivethirtyeight.com From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, and how. The field of basketball analytics has leaped to overdrive thanks to Kirk Goldsberry, whose visual maps of players, teams, and positions have helped teams understand who really is the most valuable player at any position. SprawlBall combines stunning visuals, in-depth analysis, fun, behind-the-scenes stories and gee-whiz facts to chart a modern revolution. From the introduction of the 3-point line to today, the game has changed drastically . . . Now, players like Steph Curry and Draymond Green are leading the charge. In chapters like "The Geography of the NBA," "The Interior Minister (Lebron James)," "The Evolution of Steph Curry," and "The Investor (James Harden)," Goldsberry explains why today's on-court product--with its emphasis on shooting, passing, and spacing--has never been prettier or more democratic. And it's never been more popular. For fans of Bill Simmons and FreeDarko, SprawlBall is a bold new vision of the game, presenting an innovative, cutting-edge look at the sport based on the latest research, as well as a visual and infographic feast for fans.

What Women Want--What Men Want

Author : John Marshall Townsend
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198027427
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book What Women Want--What Men Want written by John Marshall Townsend and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the work of E. O. Wilson, Desmond Morris, and David Buss, What Women Want--What Men Want offers compelling new evidence about the real reasons behind men's and women's differing sexual psychologies and sheds new light on what men and women look for in a mate, the predicament of marriage in the modern world, the relation between sex and emotion, and many other hotly debated questions. Drawing upon 2000 questionnaires and 200 intimate interviews that show how our sexual psychologies affect everyday decisions, John Townsend argues against the prevailing ideologically correct belief that differences in sexual behavior are "culturally constructed." Townsend shows there are deep-seated desires inherited from our evolutionary past that guide our actions. In a fascinating series of experiments, men and women were asked to indicate preferences for potential mates based on their attractiveness and apparent economic status. Women overwhelmingly preferred expensively dressed men to more attractive but apparently less successful men, and men were clearly inclined to choose more attractive women regardless of their professional status. Townsend's studies also indicate that men are predisposed to value casual sex, whereas women cannot easily separate sexual relations from the need for emotional attachment and economic security. Indeed, wherever men possess sexual alternatives to marriage, and women possess economic alternatives, divorce rates will be high. In the concluding chapter, Townsend draws upon the advice of couples who have maintained their marriages over the years to suggest ways to survive our evolutionary predicament. Lucidly and accessibly written, What Women Want--What Men Want shows us why we are the way we are and brings new clarity to one of the most intractable debates of our time.

Biomechanics of Human Motion

Author : Emeric Arus, Ph.D.
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 135136992X
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Biomechanics of Human Motion written by Emeric Arus, Ph.D. and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the general laws governing human biomechanics through an extensive review of martial arts techniques and references to fundamental theory. Using straightforward mathematics and physics, this work covers indepth the anatomical foundation of biomechanics and physiological foundation of human motion through specific and relevant martial arts applications. This book also covers the kinematics and kinetics of biomechanics via examples from martial arts and their comparison to different sports techniques. It is written to be used and referenced by biomechanical professionals and martial arts enthusiasts.

Aiki-Jujutsu

Author : Cary Nemeroff
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847975704
Total Pages : 807 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Aiki-Jujutsu written by Cary Nemeroff and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aiki-Jujutsu: Mixed Martial Art of the Samurai is essential reading for practitioners and instructors of mixed martial arts, the traditional Asian martial arts and those who seek to learn more about the techniques, philosophy and history of the fighting arts of the Samurai. Using easy to follow, step-by-step photography and text, 10th Dan Cary Nemeroff demonstrates how to perform the throws, hand strikes, grappling/groundwork manoeuvres, blocks, break-falls, kicks and sword-disarming techniques of the complete Aiki-Jujutsu system, including Kempo-Jutsu, Aiki-Jutsu and Ju-Jutsu. It also provides a concise history of the concepts and systems surrounding Aiki-Jujutsu's development, such as Budo and Bujutsu, enabling the practitioner to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the art. Essential reading for all practitioners and instructors of mixed martial arts. Covers the hand strikes, throws, kicks and sword-disarming techniques of the complete Aiki-Jujutsu system and provides a concise history of the concepts surrounding Aiki-Jujutsu's development, such as Budo and Bujutsu. Superbly illustrated with around 830 step-by-step photographs. Cary Nemeroff is a 10th Dan in Aiki-Jujutsu (Jujutsu) with thirty-five years of training to his credit.

Murder at Roaringwater

Author : Nick Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913406561
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Murder at Roaringwater written by Nick Foster and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder at Roaringwater is the inside story of the final days of young Frenchwoman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier. This is a violent, unresolved murder, where the victim seemed to have a premonition of her own terrible end.For six years, Nick Foster has been piecing together the life and death of Sophie, who was brutally killed outside her cottage in rural West Cork in 1996. He also developed an ongoing friendship with the Englishman long-suspected of her murder, Ian Bailey, and his partner, Jules, the couple at the centre of the case. This story is as fascinating as it is tragic. It follows Nick in Paris and Ireland during his dedicated investigation into the circumstances surrounding Sophie's murder, his quest to reveal her killer and efforts to understand what the motive could have been for such a terrible crime. Ian Bailey was recently found guilty of Sophie's murder 'in absentia' in a French courtroom.

Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts

Author : Greg Jackson
Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780982565803
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts written by Greg Jackson and published by Victory Belt Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Jackson was raised in a neighborhood where he had to fight to survive. He tried every martial art he could get his hands on, only to find they all lacked practicality. He developed his own system instead, and is now the most accomplished and celebrated mixed martial arts coach in the world. In Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts, he brings you into his stable of fighters, which includes UFC welterweight champion Georges St Pierre, former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, and top ranked contenders Nate Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Donald ôCowboyö Cerrone and Joey Villasenor. For the first time he unveils his methods of ground fighting that have enabled his fighters to dominate every MMA promotion and every grappling competition in the U.S. Every ground fighting situation is addressed from ground and pound to passing the guard, along with loads of submissions.

Blood in the Cage

Author : L. Jon Wertheim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618982612
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Blood in the Cage written by L. Jon Wertheim and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on unlimited access to the Ultimate Fighting Championship and its rival leagues, "Blood in the Cage" peers through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly seductive world of mixed martial arts.

The Disaster Artist

Author : Greg Sestero
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476730407
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Disaster Artist written by Greg Sestero and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a humorous ode to cinematic hubris, discussing the story of the mysteriously wealthy misfit, Tommy Wiseau, the producer, director, and star of the "The Room," which later became an international cult film despite making no money at the box office.

Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts: The Stand Up Game

Author : Greg Jackson
Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780981504452
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts: The Stand Up Game written by Greg Jackson and published by Victory Belt Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Jackson is the most accomplished and celebrated mixed martial arts coach in the world. In Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts, he brings you into his stable of fighters, which includes UFC Welterweight Champion Georges "Rush" St. Pierre, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, UFC Light Heavyweight contender Keith Jardine, and UFC Middleweight contender Nate Marquardt. For the first time, he unveils his methods for developing fight strategies, detailing everything you must accomplish from the moment you sign the contract up to the time you step foot into the octagon. Next, he shares his arsenal of stand-up striking techniques that allow his fighters to dominate the world of mixed martial arts. He shares dozens of striking combinations, counterstriking combinations, takedowns, and throws. Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts also includes something no other technique book offers—a chapter on street fighting that was developed over several years of trial and error. If your goal is to rise to the top of the MMA mountain, Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts is a mandatory tool because it's written by a trainer who's taken several fighters there.