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Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu
- A Review
Dave explains that a BJJ student should effectively progress their
development in this order when incorporating Judo into their game...
Author: Glyn Powditch
Date Posted: January 23, 2008
Martial
Arts Book Review - Championship Fighting by Jack Dempsey
If you want to learn how to really punch, and if you can find a
copy of the following book in either its original hardback version,
or the reprinted paperback version, I strongly recommend that you
purchase it and read it. However, be advised that it has been out-of-print
for sometime and can be quite expensive if you are lucky enough
to find one to purchase in the first place...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: December 13, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review - Complete Krav Maga by Darren Levine and John Whitman
I just finished reading "Complete Krav Maga" by Darren Levine and
John Whitman for the second time in as many weeks and I have to
say that it is a very well done book covering the basic techniques
needed to advance through the ranks of Krav Maga from yellow belt
all the way up to and including brown belt. However, having said
that, it should be noted that as the author so firmly states...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: December 10, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review - The Way of Sanchin Kata by Kris Wilder
I just recently finished reading Kris Wilder’s, “The Way of Sanchin
Kata,” and boy let me tell you I was thoroughly impressed. It has
been years since I first learned this kata, and embarrassingly almost
as long since I last practiced it. Kris’s breakdown and explanation
of this kata and all its finer points is nothing short of remarkable
and is without a doubt one of the finest examples of this kata that
I have ever seen in literature...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: September 11, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review: Palgue 7-8 by Kim Pyung Soo
Although there were a few fairly good techniques demonstrated,
I really don’t know why the author included these and the other
brief sections in this book other than perhaps as reference material
since it doesn’t really add to the focus of the book. There truly
is no need to go into self-defense technique...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: July 27, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review: Palgue 4-5-6 by Kim Pyung Soo
This book, along with its two companion volumes, demonstrates the
correct movements in this particular series of forms which are required
for advancement in most Tae Kwon Do schools. These forms are generally
required to advance in rank for the intermediate student in Tae
Kwon Do. If I recall correctly, I learned these three forms in order
to advance from green belt to blue belt, but it has been awhile
so I might be mistaken...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: July 13, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review: Karate Kata Heian #5 by Masatoshi Nakayama
This review is on the last volume in this truly wonderful series
of books that focuses on the Karate katas required for advancement
through the colored belt ranks on your way to first degree black
belt. I just finished rereading this fifth volume in the series,
“Karate Kata: Heian 5” by Masatoshi Nakayama for the first time
in quite a few years and was reminded of the first time I had purchased
this and the other four books in the series when I was first starting
out upon my martial arts journey whose primary focus in those early
days was Karate and Tae Kwon Do. These books were some of the first
ones I owned concerning the martial arts and kata or forms in particular...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: June 29, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review: Karate Kata Heian #4 by Masatoshi Nakayama
This book, along with the other four in the series, begins with
the author starting out with the customary introduction and follows
that up with a section on the proper execution of a kata and the
seven performance points to focus on. He also explains the five
do’s and don’ts of kata. This is followed by the focus of the book
which is on kata Heian or Pinan #4, which is a required form for
the upper rank karate students...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: June 27, 2007
Martial
Arts Book Review: Karate Kata Heian #2 and Heian #3 by Masatoshi
Nakayama
The primary purpose for this outstanding series of books is to
focus on the katas needed for advancement through the colored belt
ranks to first degree black belt. As with every book in this series,
the author starts out with the customary introduction and follows
that up with a section on the proper execution of a kata and the
seven performance points to focus on. At the end of this section,
the author takes the time to explain the five do’s and don’ts of
kata. This is followed by the primary focus of the book which is
on katas Heian #2 and Heian #3. Both of which are required forms
for the middle/higher rank karate students...
Author: Shawn Kovacich
Date Posted: June 23, 2007
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