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Author : Nathan J Johnson
Publisher : The Wykeham Press
ISBN 13 : 095496098X
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (549 download)
Download or read book The Enigma of Karate Kata written by Nathan J Johnson and published by The Wykeham Press. This book was released on with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sulaiman Sharif
Publisher : new media entertainment ltd
ISBN 13 : 0967754623
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (677 download)
Download or read book 50 Martial Arts Myths written by Sulaiman Sharif and published by new media entertainment ltd. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents and refutes various myths about the martial arts and gives detailed information about the various disciplines for martial arts teachers, students, and enthusiasts.
Author : Philip Shapira
Publisher : Readworthy
ISBN 13 : 9380297408
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Physical Exercises & The Martial Arts written by Philip Shapira and published by Readworthy. This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The single largest factor in childhood obesity is lack of physical exercises and excessive sedentary behavior. Research has also shown that obese children tend to be more depressed than those who are fit. Therefore, it would seem logical that getting your child on an exercise program should be a paramount priority for you as a parent to ensure the health and happiness of your child. But how? This book gives the answer. Describing different types of physical exercises for different kinds of people to ensure holistic health for them, this book offers easy tips for family fitness, preventing childhood and teenage obesity, weight loss, and for increasing brain power. Also, it presents a detailed account of martial arts including Judo-Karate, Kung Fu and Kickboxing.
Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312064846
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (648 download)
Download or read book Uncle John's Fourth Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With nearly half a million of previous volumes sold, the evidence is overflowing: Americans know where to go for the best in bathroom reading. Uncle John is clearly the lavatory librarian of choice. Features TV quotes, fun facts, oddball tales, and insightful articles about the world around us.
Author : Paul Bowman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197540333
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book The Invention of Martial Arts written by Paul Bowman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Invention of Martial Arts examines the media history of what we now call 'martial arts' and argues that martial arts is a cultural construction that was born in film, TV and other media. It argues that 'martial arts' exploded into popular consciousness entirely thanks to the work of media. Of course, the book does not deny the existence of real, material histories and non-media dimensions in martial arts practices. But it thoroughly recasts the status of such histories, combining recent myth-busting findings in historical martial arts research with important insights into the discontinuous character of history, the widespread 'invention of tradition', the orientalism and imagined geographies that animate many ideas about history, and the frequent manipulation of history for reasons of status, cultural capital, private or public power, politics, and/or financial gain. In doing so, The Invention of Martial Arts argues for the primacy of media representation as key player in the emergence and spread of martial arts. This argument overturns the dominant belief that 'real practices' are primary, while representations are secondary. The book makes its case via historical analysis of the British media history of such Eastern and Western martial arts as Bartitsu, jujutsu, judo, karate, tai chi and MMA across a range of media, from newspapers, comics and books to cartoon, film and TV series, as well as television adverts and music videos, focusing on key but often overlooked texts such as adverts for 'Hai Karate', the 1970s disco hit 'Kung Fu Fighting', and many other mainstream and marginal media texts"--
Author : George Saoulidis
Publisher : Mythography Studios
ISBN 13 : 8892585800
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Myth Gods Tech 1 - Omnibus Edition written by George Saoulidis and published by Mythography Studios. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson meets William Gibson in this thrilling world of Myth, Gods and Tech. What happens when a corporation gets a god complex? Find out in our series of books on Kindle. Described as light cyberpunk, definitely sci-fi and with a fresh twist on Greek mythology. The gods are back in town. Skyscrapers pop out of nowhere all over Athens. Corporations rename themselves as Greek gods. It all started with the Greek crisis of 2009 and will forever change the world as we know it. Some say that CEO’s have gone mad. Others, that they know damn well what they are doing. That there is something solid amongst the myth. In the day of inter-connectivity and social media admiration, can the myths come back to life? Inspired by Dan Simmons’ Ilium, this fast-paced world blossomed into dozens of intertwined stories spanning all subgenres, from mystery to action to young adult and is certain to keep you at the edge of your seat. Contains: Erinyes Nanodaemons Crying Over Spilt Light Maniai Case File 1: The Girl And The Blood Slide How To 3D Print A God The Impossible Quest Of Hailing A Taxi On Christmas Eve Categories: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Dystopian, Young Adult, Action and Adventure, Cyberpunk, Hard Science Fiction, Medical Thriller, Environmental, Gaea Hypothesis, Mystery, Gods and Deities, Fairytales, Retellings, Artificial Intelligence, Androids and Robots, Corporations, Conspiracies, Thriller
Author : George Saoulidis
Publisher : Mythography Studios
ISBN 13 : 8829590819
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (295 download)
Download or read book Myth Gods Tech 2 - Omnibus Edition written by George Saoulidis and published by Mythography Studios. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson meets William Gibson in this thrilling world of Myth, Gods and Tech. What happens when a corporation gets a god complex? Find out in our series of books on Kindle. Described as light cyberpunk, definitely sci-fi and with a fresh twist on Greek mythology. The gods are back in town. Skyscrapers pop out of nowhere all over Athens. Corporations rename themselves as Greek gods. It all started with the Greek crisis of 2009 and will forever change the world as we know it. Some say that CEO’s have gone mad. Others, that they know damn well what they are doing. That there is something solid amongst the myth. In the day of inter-connectivity and social media admiration, can the myths come back to life? Inspired by Dan Simmons’ Ilium, this fast-paced world blossomed into dozens of intertwined stories spanning all subgenres, from mystery to action to young adult and is certain to keep you at the edge of your seat. Crying Over Spilt Light (Hire a Muse Book 1) Hire A Muse, Get A Nobel Prize Ex Machina meets A Beautiful Mind in this mind-bending sci-fi thriller. Slow Up (Hire a Muse Book 2) How Fast Can You Think? Limitless meets Black Mirror in this novel that pushes the limits of a couple's minds. The Girl Who Twisted Fate's Arm Biker Amazons and Celebrity Singers Sons Of Anarchy meets The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in this coming of age dystopian novel. Nanodaemons A technothriller with internet of things devices. Plus 24 short stories: Beau The Whale on the Veil Have You Tried Turning Her Off and On Again? Come and Get It Hewoo Berenice's Hair Tickle My Pickle The Cupcake Ingredient The Hologram Riot Adiadne's String Selenography The Fir Smart-Tree Big, Round Snowballs On Pointe All Day Long The Left Hand of Agnes The Luggage Disaster Aristotle's Recipe for Disaster Speaking in Bubbles Gorgonise Me Black Asklepios BOO! A Halloween Story AMOK|KOMA You Have Too Many Friends Bird’s-Eye View of the Back of Your Head
Author : Joseph Truncale
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329186834
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (291 download)
Download or read book FACTS AND FALLACIES ABOUT MARTIAL ARTS & SELF DEFENSE VOL. 1 written by Joseph Truncale and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are into the martial arts, self-defense and combative fields this is a book that explores the many myths, misconceptions, facts and fallacies surrounding the martial arts, self-defense and combatives. This is actually a two volume set but each one can stand alone. Volume two covers Facts and Fallacies about law enforcement and defensive tactics. This is just a small sample of the many questions you will find answers to in this manual: - What martial art has the best punching techniques - What martial art has the best throwing techniques - What martial art has the best grappling techniques - Can a black belt defeat any street fighter - Are Asian instructors always the best teachers - Are there any American martial arts masters - Are all black belts experts in self-defense - Do all martial arts really teach practical street wise self-defense This is a book for anyone interested in learning the truth and facts about the martial arts and self-defense.
Author : Douglas E. Cowan
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520293991
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes written by Douglas E. Cowan and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic vision—for stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story. Why do we tell and retell the same stories over and over when we know they can’t possibly be true? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because pop culture has run out of good ideas. Rather, it is precisely because these stories are so fantastic, some resonating so deeply that we elevate them to the status of religion. Illuminating everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Dungeons and Dragons, and from Drunken Master to Mad Max, Douglas E. Cowan offers a modern manifesto for why and how mythology remains a vital force today.
Author : Paul Bowman
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042027770
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Theorizing Bruce Lee written by Paul Bowman and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bruce Lee is a complex and contradictory figure, and it's a formidable task to take on the multiple facets of his legacyûfighter, film star, philosopher, nationalist, multiculturalist, innovator. With an approach as multidisciplinary and iconoclastic as Lee's approach to martial arts, Bowman provides an original and exhilarating account of Lee as 'cultural event'. No one has done a better job of explaining why the martial arts 'legend' remains such an important and provocative figure."ûLeon Hunt (Brunel University), author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger. --
Author : Alex W. Tong
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 1623176662
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)
Download or read book The Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts written by Alex W. Tong and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the lenses of Shotokan Karate and biomedicine, sensei and biomedical scientist Alex W. Tong shows readers how body, mind, and spirit can be developed through martial arts practice. Through the practice of martial arts, a person can realize their full potential--not only in body, but in mind and spirit. The Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts shows readers how. Author, sensei, and biomedical scientist Alex W. Tong delves into the physical, mental, and spiritual components of martial arts and integrates contemporary sports psychology, kinesiology, and neuroscience into a nuanced and illuminating understanding of what martial arts practice can be. Structured into three sections, Tong discusses: The Mind: The dao of martial arts, mental tranquility, contemporary neuroscience, and warming up the brain The Body: Posture and stance, breathing in martial arts, and the physics of mastery and effort The Spirit: Soul, spirit, and moving zen; nature and manifestations of the spirit Each section includes observations on martial arts origins, physiology, and tangible results on martial arts training. Blending traditional and contemporary approaches, knowledge, and research, The Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts builds a vision of practice that elevates physical performance, awareness, decisiveness, and strength of spirit.
Author : Joseph Truncale
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 132932711X
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (293 download)
Download or read book SHOTOKAN KARATE: PRACTICAL COMBAT KARATE FOR THE STREET written by Joseph Truncale and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shotokan Karate is one of the most effective forms of self-defense but it is this area that is most ignored in traditional Shotokan dojos. This modest manual is different from most Shotokan Karate texts because it focuses on the self-defense application of karate. Traditional Shotokan karate concentrates on three primary areas. They are basics or Kihon, Kata or forms, and sparring or kumite. The sparring may consist of five times sparring, three times sparring, one time sparring, semi-free sparring and free sparring. Self-defense training is seldom practiced and this manual hopes to fill that gap for students of Shotokan and other traditional styles of Karate. This manual covers the basic principles of self-defense, use of force factors in self-defense, simple and effective self-defense techniques to counter arm grabs, body grabs, choke attacks, punching and kicking attack counters, club attacks, knife attacks, gun attacks, ground attacks and multiple attacker self-defense techniques.
Author : Mario S. Staller
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031411005
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Police Conflict Management, Volume II written by Mario S. Staller and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, as part of a two volume set, provides a broad overview of the current state of research on conflict management in law enforcement contexts globally, with a focus on training and education. They cover a wide range of interactions between police and the public. This volume (II) focusses on training and education and the learning settings that play a prominent role in providing police officers with the knowledge structures, competencies, attitutes, and values that they need to professionally tackle contemporary challenges. Volume I focusses on the contemporary challenges and opportunities in policing and ethical considerations. These books bring together leading research that is determining the state of the art in communication, de-escalation, use of force, and other contemporary issues in policing, with practical Key Takeaways in each chapter. They broaden the field by focussing on research which goes beyond the US, including in Scandinavia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, the Republic of South Africa and Russia.
Author : Vytenis Rožukas
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546289321
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Twenty Crazy Men written by Vytenis Rožukas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty Crazy Men (The Autumn of the Patriarch*) Warning! Try on the metaphors for strength and the epithets for charm. There are three suicides in Lithuania every day. This novel is an escape from the chronic disease. You trust in me as in a female mammoth. Well, you are correct. The smart people prefer the ballet of prose. You can become a star of prose when you start dreaming about being a writer at the age of six. Napolon had the same desire, the dream of the truncated head and violence of words. As Napolon said, Every soldier of my army is carrying a marshals staff in his backpack. Waterloo. The situation is changing every second. This ballet of prose with an allusion to Mrquez will not fall into the nettles. We slowly came to a conclusion that this novel might be inferior, but it will carry the same feature of Mrquez. I met Mrquez at Moscow Film Festival twice. We took a picture together there. And he said Take it and use it when I praised his title The Autumn of the Patriarch. I had his permission to take it but after his death. Well, it was still a green light. Mrquez gave me permission, just as a priest might. You are either self-critical or dead. The goal is to be a person who can evaluate his problems, controlled by the talented psychiatrist. Its important to trust that the solution to paranoia will be invented. One cannot lose their faith. We will record it in the book of the rules for the best prose player. There are no wrong medicines, no wrong methodology. You only need to hit the top ten.
Author : Alyson Schafer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470158425
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Breaking the Good Mom Myth written by Alyson Schafer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a psychotherapist, parent educator and parent coach, Alyson Schäfer has worked with a great many mothers who, in the quest to be a "good mother" have ended up on the door step of despair. Alyson is a forty-something, suburbanite, working-mother of two and can speak to these issues both personally and professionally. This book explains the psycho-social phenomena of how each person creates their own unique "good mother myth" and then examines why these myths are not only faulty, but could in fact lead to poor parenting, marital disaster and individual crisis. Her years of educating parents around these concepts afford Alyson the skill to take complex ideas and explain them to a lay audience in a compelling and easy to understand way. Capitalizing on the need to present parents with information in an easy to digest format, the book is presented as a series of personal stories, each highlighting a common parenting myth. This format will appeal to tired parents who have little time and energy for "academia". Instead, readers learn by taking a voyeuristic peek into the private family lives of the book's characters. Readers can identify with the fictitious parents and coaching clients in the stories and see first hand how the characters ’ life experiences shaped their unique "good mother myths" and how these myths create conflict in their lives. The author offers up ideas for how the character can reject her current thinking and adopt a more useful outlook to improve her situation. The story arc allows readers to identify and then project how their parenting may be unknowingly going off the rails. The goal of this book is to provide parents with some basic education and a means of self-discovery. Readers uncover their own good mother myths and are given an eye-opening glimpse into potential issues to challenge their thinking. A great sense of empowerment is restored as mothers become better able to resist the pulls of their personal and cultural myths, and instead begin parenting with greater intention and in ways that are more suitable to proper child guidance.
Author : Michael DeMarco
Publisher : Via Media Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1893765520
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)
Download or read book The Best Fight: A Memoir of a Martial Art Practitioner, Publisher, and Author written by Michael DeMarco and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A needle may draw a thread through printed pages to bind a book. In this little memoir, I feel like a needle that drew a common thread though a segment of martial art history. This book details three interrelated activities: (1) martial art studies, (2) involvement as founder of Via Media Publishing, producing a quarterly journal and books, and (3) teaching martial arts. Publishers, writers, researchers and serious martial art practitioners will benefit with the detailed overview of Via Media and its publications. Via Media produced the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, known for its high academic and aesthetic standards. Its contents reflect the history of two decades and provides rich information for practitioners and scholars, making The Best Fighta valuable reference work. In addition to reading, the primary way to learn a martial art is through instruction. In reading about my studies and teaching experience, readers can relate to their own involvement in martial arts. What is important here is the portrayal of my instructors, their teaching methods, and reasons for being involved in martial arts. Their accounts should offer insights and inspiration for others who study and practice any martial art.
Author : Forrest E. Morgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780942637762
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (377 download)
Download or read book Living the Martial Way written by Forrest E. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step aooroiach to applying the Japanese warriors mind set to martial training and daily life.
