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Table of contents :
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Using This Book
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Warming Up
BUILD YOUR ENDURANCE
WARD OFF INJURIES
ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
THE MEDITATION WARM UP
TWO WARM UPS
COOL-DOWN
Chapter 2 - Kicking
VARIATIONS OF THE BASIC KICKS
Front KICK
BACK KICK
BASIC SI DE KICK
THE BASIC ROUNDHOUSE KICK
FIVE USEFUL KICKS
LEAD LEG KICKS
ONE LEGGED NONSTOP KICKS
THE LAST LEG EXERCISE
LEG CHAMBERING EXERCISES
STOP SWATTING MOSQUITOES
EXERCISES TO DEVELOP SPEED. POWER. ENDURANCE & ACCURACY
Chapter 3 - FOOTWORK
THE BASIC BOXER STANCE
5 WAYS TO STEP
WORKING THE ASTERISK
SQUAT FOR FASTER FOOTWORK
Chapter 4 - HANDS. ELBOWS AND FOREARMS
PUNCH
BACKFIST
ROUNDHOUSE PUNCN
ELBOWS
U PUNCH
AMMER STRIKE
SLAPPING
KNIFE-WAND THRUST
STRIKING WITH THE ARM
LEAP HAND TECHNIQUES
RAW LIMB PUNCHING
PUNCHING WITH MINIMUM BODY MECHANICS
CHAIR PUNCHING
AIR GRABBING
HAND TECNNIQUES WITH WEIGHTS
SPEED DRILL
Chapter 5 - SPARRING COMBINATIONS
Chapter 6 - ODDS & ENDS WORKOUT
DIRTY SOCK DRILL
DEVELOPING EXPLOSIVENESS
YOUR INITIAL TAKEOFF
DOUBLE TAPPING
BROKEN RHYTHM
TRAIN YOUR OTHER SIDE
HIT HIM WHEM HE IS DOWN
HIT YOURSELF DRILL
USE YOUR HEAD
GETTING UP FROM THE GROUND
SLIPPING
NATURAL STANCE
BAG WORK: NO GLOVES OR FOOT PROTECTION
DRILL WITH SHOES
SHOULDER AND HIP RAMMING
THE GOOD OLD PUSH
EYES CLOSED
EYE DRILLS
EYES AS A TARGET
FALLING
ANALYZE YOUR CLOTHING
KATA APPLICATIONS
DOUBLE-END BAG
KNEE-LIFT JAM
SOLO TRAINING WITH A PARTNER
COPING WITH INJURIES
A SHORT, EFFECTIVE SET OF ABDOMINAL EXERCISES
Chapter 7 - MENTAL TRAINING
EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN
YOUR BEST WEAPON
FIGHTING THE BIG GUYS
IMAGERY
THE WORLD IS YOUR DOJO
BE ERNEST HEMINGWAY
YOUR INNER TAPES
Chapter 8 - CROSS TRAINING
THINGS TO DO WITHIN THE MARTIAL ARTS
NON-MARTIAL ARTS ACTIVITIES
Chapter 9 - 12 WORKOUTS
DETERMINING YOUR HEART RATE
Acknowledgements
Index
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