Author: Yong Kil
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: taekwondo, competitive
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-05-11
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0736058702
ISBN-13: 9780736058704

Competitive taekwondo is a demanding sport. Participants must be quick and able to score when given an opportunity. They must understand the opponent, adapt their fighting style, and be prepared to take advantage of any weakness. Most important, they must be confident and know that they can control any match because they have trained well. Competitive Taekwondo will guide you to victory by demonstrating the proven techniques, tactics, strategies, and conditioning programs you need to become a champion. Through detailed descriptions and photos, former world champion Master Yong Sup Kil ill

Author: Gilles R. Savoie
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
Keywords: manual, technical, taekwondo
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2010-05-18
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1583942416
ISBN-13: 9781583942413

In Taekwondo: A Technical Manual, renowned Master Gilles Savoie presents the art and science of the popular martial art, showing practitioners how to optimize both body and spirit. While other taekwondo books simply document traditional forms andexercises, this one goes further, providing an in-depth look at the body mechanics and physics of taekwondo movements. Armed with this information, says Master Savoie, the practitioner can improve control, optimize speed, increase power, and maintain balance. The book details the author’s innovative “hip propel” technique, designed to utilize the

Authors:Soon Man Lee, Gaetane Ricke,
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: manual, training, taekwondo, official
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-08-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1402727070
ISBN-13: 9781402727078

There’s no other manual like this: more than 1,200 photographs show every step it takes to master Taekwondo, from the very first forms to the most intricate techniques of the art. The coverage is so encompassing, it’s the only manual endorsed by the World Taekwondo Federation (the sport’s only recognized international governing body)-and because it’s co-authored by the man who was the head coach of the U.S. Taekwondo team you know nothing’s overlooked. Those eager to learn will find background notes on Taekwondo’s history, philosophy, and symbols; a scrupulo

Author: Scott Shaw
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: arts, martial, tuttle, taekwondo, advanced
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2006-03-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0804837864
ISBN-13: 9780804837866

Taekwondo is defined as a hard-style system of the martial arts with penetrating kicks, punches, and forceful linear attacks. In Advanced Taekwondo, Scott Shaw presents an in-depth look at the complete art of Taekwondo—from the underlying philosophies that drive the techniques and strategies to advice on mastering basic and advanced techniques fundamental to the art.

Authors:Yeon Park, Tom Seabourne,
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: arts, series, martial, tactics, techniques, taekwondo
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1997-04-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0880116447
ISBN-13: 9780880116442

Learn from two of taekwondo’s foremost teachers—a champion competitor and a world-renowned master instructor. Their clear instruction will help you master 38 of taekwondo’s most effective breakfalls, stances, arm strikes, kicks, blocks, and steps. Improve mental and physical preparation. Gain greater speed and power. Develop your own personal moves and combinations. And learn effective self-defense adaptations for times when the rules of the dojang don’t apply. The Martial Arts Series combines study of the history and language of individual martial art forms with fundamental sk

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
Keywords: thai, karate, kickboxing, taekwondo, muay, training, full, contact, fighters, fitness
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-10-23
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1583941576
ISBN-13: 9781583941577

Martial artists require a unique physical training program, one that ensures that powerful attacking and rapid counterattacking techniques can be used in self-defense performed over the full course of any contest or practice. In Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters, trainer, author, and fighter Christoph Delp presents a fitness training program expertly tailored to the martial arts. The book, amply illustrated with spectacular photographs from renowned photographers, details the basics of martial arts fitness training and offers an in-depth description of its various elements: flexibility, stamin

Author: Scott Shaw
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: basics, arts, martial, tuttle, taekwondo
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-10-15
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0804834849
ISBN-13: 9780804834841