Junsado Fundamentals, Standing and Ground Combat

Over 650 full-color photos for e-readers with color displays!

The key to winning a fight is neutralizing your opponent's strengths and using his weaknesses against him. 

In Junsado Fundamentals, Standing and Ground Combat, Sang H. Kim teaches you how to neutralize and destroy your opponent in standing and ground confrontations, including realistic, no-nonsense strategies against tackles, head locks, chokes, arm locks, punches, grabs, low kicks, sweeps, throws, pins and a variety of strikes.

Over 50 standing and ground combat scenarios take you through a wide range of possible attack and defense situations to improve your fighter's instinct. In addition to demonstrating a practical defensive strategy, each scenario illustrates a key Junsado principle in action, building your ability to apply fighting principles across a wide range of situations. Also included is a complete reference to the fundamental skills of Junsado, including: stance, open and closed hand strikes, elbow strikes, low kicks, knee strikes, takedowns, wrist, arm, elbow and shoulder locks and ground fighting skills.

Junsado, founded by former South Korean Special Agent and lifelong martial artist, is a dynamic and direct fighting style. This concise reference will help you hone your fundamental fighting skills, give you a framework for developing your fighting strengths, and reveal core principles that can be applied in the ring or on the street. 

Author: Sang H. Kim

Editions: Kindle, Nook, iPad, Android

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Ultimate Flexibility: Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts

The e-book editions of Ultimate Flexibility have full color photos for devices with color displays.

More than a collection of exercises or an explanation of technique, Ultimate Flexibility is a complete guide to stretching for martial arts, from the very basics of why you should stretch to detailed workout guidelines for every style and level of martial arts practice.

Written by acclaimed author and martial artist Sang H. Kim, Ultimate Flexibility is your guide to achieving maximum flexibility in your training. Begin with an in depth look at the hows and whys of flexibility and stretching. 

Learn about the many types of stretching, which methods are best for beginners, when to graduate to advanced techniques and why you should completely avoid certain types of exercises. 

You'll also find information that you won't find in any other martial art book, including a detailed exploration of how your body works for or against you in your training and how flexibility can make you stronger and faster.

Building on this foundation, Sang H. Kim teaches you nearly 200 flexibility exercises that he has personally used to achieve the highest levels of flexibility. You'll get detailed instructions, workout planning guides, goal setting tips, difficulty levels, injury prevention and recovery, and over 400 photos to guide you. 

Includes Exercises and Workouts for: 

  • Core Workout 

  • Warm Up

  • Cool Down

  • Light Contact 

  • Full Contact 

  • Grappling

  • Mixed Martial Arts

  • Boxing

  • Weapons

  • High Kicks

  • Splits

Special bonus sections: 10 Tips for Full Splits, 20 Tips for High Kicks and 10 workouts for specific martial art types. 

Author: Sang H. Kim

Editions: Kindle, Nook, iPad, Android, Softcover, Hardcover

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Taekwondo Taegeuk Forms

Official forms of Taekwondo

 
 

Tae Kwon Do Taegeuk Forms: The Official Forms of Taekwondo is a concise reference for the Taegeuk forms (poomsae) of Taekwondo. Grandmasters Sang H. Kim and Kyu Hyung Lee have combined their extensive knowledge of traditional taekwondo forms to teach you the correct way to perform the 8 official taegeuk poomsae as required for all taekwondo students up to black belt level. 

Each of the 8 Taegeuk forms is thoroughly illustrated with clear and technically precise photos. The instructional text is supplemented with information about the meaning, movement line and symbol of each of the forms as well as the correct execution of each new movement introduced in the form. 

Learn the following: 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Il Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Ee Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Sam Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Sah Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Oh Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Yuk Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Chil Jang 

  • Poomsae Taegeuk Pal Jang 

Author: Sang H. Kim, Kyu Hyung Lee

Editions: Kindle, Nook, iPad, Android, Softcover

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