The Ultimate Guide to Professional Arm Wrestling Technique

The Ultimate Guide to Professional Arm Wrestling Technique
Author: Brad Grounds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2004-06-01
Genre: Arm wrestling
ISBN: 9780976781509

Have you ever wondered: How do I perform a posting toproll (or any other arm wrestling move)? Which move counters which? How do I come back from a losing position? What is the best strategy for winning a match in a bar, across a kitchen table, or on the floor? What exercises should I be performing in the gym to improve my arm wrestling? And sometimes there is not an arm wrestling table nearby. Maybe you are at a bar, a friend's house, a party... and you have to beat someone who is big and strong. How do you go about beating someone stronger than you when you don't have access to an arm wrestling table? We'll show you how to do that as well! If you want to be a champion armwrestler, we've got what you need! These and many other questions have been answered in what is the most comprehensive armwrestling manual ever produced! This book will put you on your way to becoming a champion arm wrestler. Stop letting your friends and family beat you at arm wrestling. Let us show you how you can leverage your knowledge for maximum effectiveness and a quick victory! Includes More Than 130 Pictures of Champion Arm Wrestlers taking you step-by-step through each technique!

The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide

The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide
Author: Danny Plyler
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1440307830

A Must-Have Resource for all Warrior Athletes Regardless of your skill or fitness level, The Ultimate Mixed Marital Arts Training Guide - with more than 300 step-by-step photographs, detailed callouts, and comprehensive instruction - is the personal trainer you need to accomplish your workout goals and sharpen your techniques. You'll learn: • Cardio and strength training exercises like mountain climber push-ups, partner closed guard sit-up reaches, and the Muay Thai scarecrow • Striking and defense techniques such as the jab, cross, hook, overhand, Muay Thai knee, inner/outer thigh kick, and head kick • Wrestling and countering techniques including the dirty boxing clinch, the over-under clinch, and the Muay Thai clinch • Takedowns like the hip throw, shoot takedown, and single and double leg takedown • Jiu-jitsu passing and escape techniques for the full mount, knee mount, closed guard, open guard, and more • Winning submission moves like the arm bar, Kimura, omoplata, guillotine, ankle lock, and triangle choke • Drills to improve your punching and kicking speed and accuracy • Mental exercises to sharpen your focus, reduce your fears, and increase your concentration • Diet and nutrition techniques the pros use to stay in top fighting condition - whether they're in training mode or cutting weight before a match Whatever your personal fitness and fighting ambitions might be, The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide is your all-in-one resource to peak physical conditioning, clear mental focus, increased confidence, and superior fighting skills.

No Holds Barred Fighting

No Holds Barred Fighting
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2002
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1884654177

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. It explores its various offshoots and influences and features hundreds of photographs to demonstrate techniques and training exercises. Rules and regulations regarding associated competitions, workout programs, and match etiquette are thoroughly discussed, and resources for further research are included. Full of self-defensive skills and tips that improve physical fitness, confidence, and mental toughness, this book starts the novice on the path to proper training and provides fundamental information for all skill levels.

Wrestling For Dummies

Wrestling For Dummies
Author: Henry Cejudo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1118117972

The fast and easy way to pin down the sport of wrestling Wrestling is a fast-paced sport with many technicalities, rules, and ways to score points—making it difficult for spectators to follow the score and understand whistles and restarts. In Wrestling For Dummies, author and 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Henry Cejudo explains the scoring system and unique rules of wrestling to new competitors, confused parents, and fans of this ancient and captivating sport. Wrestling For Dummies also explains the rich history of the sport and covers the six styles of competitive wrestling and their distinction from the modern entertainment-based "pro wrestling." Covers Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling Plain-English explanations of wrestling rules Details the history of wrestling Whether you're just getting started as a wrestler or enjoy it as a spectator sport, Wresting For Dummies makes this sport accessible and easy to understand.

Self Defense: The Art of Real Street Fighting Techniques (The Ultimate Guide to Beginner Martial Arts Training Techniques)

Self Defense: The Art of Real Street Fighting Techniques (The Ultimate Guide to Beginner Martial Arts Training Techniques)
Author: Doris Amaya
Publisher: Doris Amaya
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2021-11-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to defend yourself and any person in any place, situation and time by applying only limited knowledge and ordinary items as weapons. The modern world is not always safe for people. There will always be those who will try to take the money, belongings or even the lives of others. Women are also at risk of being raped and most of them were killed trying to defend themselves. For such reasons, various military organizations, police departments and martial arts schools formulated self-defense techniques. Here are some things that you are going to learn • Hand to hand self-defense • Vulnerable point self-defense • Ground control self-defense • Joint-lock self-defense • Common self-defense mistakes to avoid • And much much more... Self defense! Will reassure and make you feel freer, safer and less vulnerable. It is packed with sensible and practical advice on how to avoid danger, whether you are in the street, in the home, at work or travelling. It suggests strategies you can use when faced with potentially difficult or dangerous situations and, in the unlikely event that your prevention techniques fail, it tells you what you should do if you are attacked.

The Complete Guide to Functional Training

The Complete Guide to Functional Training
Author: Allan Collins
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2015-12-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1408180200

As well as being THE concept in fitness and strength and conditioning, functional training is also probably the most poorly understood concept in fitness. Functional training is any exercise that improves your ability to perform tasks required in your day to day life, job or chosen sport - so that each movement included as part of your workout mimics a range of motion or engages muscles that are necessary to impact on performance - whether it be on the rugby pitch or simply the ability to lift small children out of car seats. Includes over 100 functional exercises and detailed pictures and descriptions of all the techniques show you clearly how to apply them into your training programme.

No Holds Barred Fighting: the Book of Essential Submissions

No Holds Barred Fighting: the Book of Essential Submissions
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2009
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1884654339

In this book and for the first time anywhere, Mark Hatmaker quantifies fighting offense and defense in a qualitative manner--ranking offensive tactics and strategies in descending order of success.

Weapons of Fitness

Weapons of Fitness
Author: Avital Zeisler
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0698182847

A groundbreaking self-defense and fitness book for women by a ballerina-turned-self-defense expert. Learn how to become your own weapon of self-defense and fitness so that you can create and target your best life. After ballerina Avital Zeisler was savagely attacked as a young woman, she lived in fear—until she took action to train with experts in self-defense from around the world. Seeking a method specific to women and using Krav Maga as a base, she created her own self-defense program: the Soteria Method. It was an immediate sensation, and is now in demand by everyone from corporate executives to Hollywood stars—such as Amanda Seyfried, Megan Boone, and Keri Russell, to name a few—who seek her classes both for the self-defense and for the intense, body-sculpting workout. Unique and empowering, Weapons of Fitness will help get you into incredible shape—and just might save your life.

The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I

The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I
Author: James Dixon
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2012-09-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 129110089X

The complete guide to every WWF VHS release from 1985-1989, with full reviews of every tape, alternative wrestler bios, exclusive artwork by Bob Dahlstrom, awards, match ratings, and much, much more.

MMA Mastery: Ground and Pound

MMA Mastery: Ground and Pound
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1884654894

Offering cohesion and clarification for what is currently a loose collection of strategies, this reference delves into the “ground and pound” fighting method—winning a fight by striking an opponent after a takedown. Demonstrating through fight metrics how just as many matches are won by strikes as submissions, this manual addresses the importance of proper “grounding” and lists an array of riding, pinning, and transitioning skills. Following the first element up by introducing an exhaustive “pounding” vocabulary, this guide is key to making stand-up strikers all the more formidable on the floor. Guaranteed to improve the game of even the best submission players, this handbook ensures tighter defense and enhanced offensive tactics, offering a one-stop solution for this vital but often overlooked aspect of the mixed martial arts arena.