Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
ISBN: 1583941576
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
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, stamina, and power. The exercises are described in detail and presented step-by-step by leading martial artists. The book focuses on planning and monitoring one’s training and includes complete training programs as well as extensive advice on the proper diet. With this guide, martial artists at all skill levels, from newcomers to those at an advanced level, vastly improve their ability to perform in training and competition.

Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
ISBN: 9781583941577
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Fitness for Full-contact Fighters

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"An indispensable fitness training guide for all martial artists helping them to optimise their ability to perform through the development of flexibility, stamina, and power"--Provided by publisher.

Muay Thai Training Exercises

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583946578
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
A full-color specialized guide for fitness, strength, and cross-training for Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts fighters as well as their trainers Effective martial arts training, especially for a demanding sport like Muay Thai, requires a prudent training plan. In Muay Thai Training Techniques, professional trainer Christoph Delp shows amateur as well as advanced fighters how to best utilize their training time, whether at home or in the gym, alone or with a partner or coach. A comprehensive guide for Muay Thai fighters as well as those utilizing Muay Thai techniques in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai Training Techniques includes over 300 full-color illustrations and photos. It teaches effective exercises to improve flexibility, stamina, and strength as well as basic fighting techniques such as feints, counters, and combinations. Muay Thai champions Saiyok Pumphanmuang and Kem Sitsongpeening are featured, demonstrating their own training methods and most effective techniques. Training is broken down into core components that any Muay Thai fighter or instructor can use to help build an individual training plan; several ready-made, detailed training plans are also included for beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners. Rounded out with crucial information on nutrition, weight classes, and the importance of regeneration to effective training, Muay Thai Training Techniques will help all Muay Thai fighters to take their practice to the next level.

Full Contact Karate Training

Author: Juergen Hoeller
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Verlag
ISBN: 1841263206
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
K1, UFC, Kyokushinkai and Muay Thai are enjoying ever increasing popularity. People practicing Martial Arts, who want to train and fight in the Full Contact manner, will find a systematic guide to the development and long-term build up of their training. This guidebook provides a concept for Full Contact training and effective self-defence. One can imagine that Full Contact training would be a very hard and demanding martial art form, however, given adequate training, it can be undertaken completely without any danger. Karateka, who have been training in the traditional Karate form, will see in this book a possibility of combining the training suggestions given with their own learned style, thus making their training more varied and even more interesting.

Kickboxing

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
ISBN: 9781583941782
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
This comprehensive training manual features all the information needed for a successful start in kickboxing, right up to winning the match in the ring. Author Christoph Delp, an expert fitness coach and an experienced kickboxing and Muay Thai trainer, begins by describing kickboxing’s history, development, and rules. The technical section explains all of the attacking techniques, as well as important defense and feinting skills. In spectactular photographs, champion kickboxers demonstrate the skills step by step, enabling the reader to easily duplicate the exercises and to understand the technical fine points. Chapters dedicated to training and competition contain vital information on training plans and structure, contest preparation, and competitive strategy. An ideal companion for beginners, the book is also an excellent reference for active kickboxers and other martial arts athletes who want to improve their punching and kicking techniques. Readers can use the book to train on their own or as a complement to club training.

Complete Martial Arts Training Manual

Author: Ashley Martin
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462905552
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
The Complete Martial Arts Training Manual is a complete guide for anyone who has an interest in the martial arts. Having a broad knowledge of the various techniques of the martial arts gives a martial artist an expanded ability to counteract a variety of attacks and overwhelm an opponent's defenses. Author Ashley Martin shares with the reader his years of experience as a practitioner and teacher. He provides a catalog of the various martial arts being taught worldwide and their strengths and weaknesses. He then covers the basics of hand-to-hand techniques within each of those disciplines, from strikes to ground fighting. Finally, he offers information on the overall health and well being of the martial artist, including important nutritional information and stretching techniques. The Complete Martial Arts Training Manual is a solid foundation of martial arts for beginners and a key supplement for the veteran martial artist.

Prepare for Combat

Author: Mikhail Krupnik
Publisher: Basic Health Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9781591201830
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
A veteran martial artist and fitness expert shows martial artists how to design a weight-training program to fit their individual needs and goals. Included is information on safety issues, fitness levels, goal-setting, proper nutrition, and more.

Muay Thai Counter Techniques

Author: Christoph Delp
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583945431
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
This thoroughly revised edition is designed for intermediate and advanced Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts fighters and trainers to enhance their counter tactics This in-depth explanation of Muay Thai counter-tactics is the ideal companion for martial arts practitioners looking to improve their technique. Muay Thai is a martial art with a variety of impressive techniques; every attack technique can be countered with a large number of variants. No two fighters will react to an attack in the same way, because while most Muay Thai fighters learn the same basic techniques each fighter will go on to learn a wide variety of secondary techniques and will adapt them to his or her individual fighting style. In addition to full-color photographs of such well-known Thai boxers as Saiyok Pumphanmuang and Kem Sitsongpeenong demonstrating techniques, this edition includes: • the rules and ceremonial procedures unique to Muay Thai competition • historical and modern techniques • training tips • information on the benefits of training in Thailand—experiencing the art in its country of origin Suitable for Thai boxers as well as mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, Muay Thai Counter Techniques is a useful addition to the library of anyone seeking to add more techniques into their repertoire and take their training to the next level.

Train Like a Fighter

Author: Cat Zingano
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 146547563X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description
Sculpt your body like an MMA pro! You love watching your favorite MMA fighters compete and you'd love to get ripped like them—but without having to actually fight anyone. The good news is you don't have to become a fighter to look like one! In Train Like a Fighter, professional mixed martial artist and UFC legend Cat Zingano offers step-by-step instructions for 60 exercises she uses to get in fighting shape—exercises focused on strengthening your upper body, core, and lower body, as well as full-body training movements. Cat also gives you training programs filled with intense routines built from these exercises—all geared toward helping you reach your fitness and physique goals. At no point in following these programs will you have to take a punch, but once you've completed them, you'll definitely look like you can throw one! This book's features include: * The physical, mental, and emotional benefits to training like an MMA fighter * Proper techniques, starting stances, and common moves, such as jabs, uppercuts, and kicks * The right kinds of gear and equipment to use for training * Exercises for warming up and cooling down for exercises, routines, and programs * Cat Zingano's personal training diet as well as other diet tips