This advanced guide to submission wrestling—the underlying fighting skill associated with such events as the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the King of the Cage, and the Pride Fighting Championships—continues the straightforward, pragmatic approach to ultimate-fighting instruction begun in No Holds Barred Fighting. A review of the basics is provided, followed by more of everything—more takedowns, more takedown defenses, more ground positioning, more submissions, more escapes, and more drills. The cross-disciplinary approach develops physical and mental endurance, total body flexibility and agility, explosive functional strength, and a thorough knowledge of body mechanics and dynamics. Useful lists of related web sites, publications, instructional videos, and other training resources are provided.
The techniques taught in this book enable fighters and self-defense students to knock down and knock out their opponents.
Features a training guide for competition and fitness using little or no gear with greater results in less time and includes a variety of exercises.
Chock-full of go-to finishing holds and tap-outs, this action-filled guide illustrates how to skillfully perform these essential fighting moves.
This instructional guide explains the origins of submission wrestling, the underlying fighting skill associated with such events as the Ultimate Fighting Championships and the King of the Cage.
This advanced guide to submission wrestling - the underlying fighting skill associated with such events as the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the King of the Cage, and the Pride Fighting Championships - continues the straightforward, ...
Sections on drills and chains, as well as a list of resources for further practice, round out the text.
With its complete focus on a single fighting position, this handbook unsparingly examines the clinch.
In a book based on 115 interviews with the pioneers of mixed martial arts, the author of Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon lays out the fascinating history of MMA, showing how the sport almost met its demise in the late 1990s, before becoming ...
The book every martial arts fan has been waiting for, No Holds Barred tells the story of the phenomenal rise of Ultimate Fighting', the mixed combat competition that has been labelled 'the most dangerous sport in the world' and 'human ...
Ideal for aspiring or practicing no-holds-barred (NHB) athletes or for anyone seeking an elite fitness routine, this manual employs the regimens of top NHB athletes.