Table of contents : s 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 Also Available from Turtle Press: