Martial Arts Books

Kick Boxing

Kick Boxing – A Framework for Success sets out, examines and defines the techniques, methods and practices that make up the training of a Kick Boxer. Designed in a user-friendly and clear style, this is a fully comprehensive manual. It explains everything a novice needs to know to get started in the sport, and can also be used by experienced practitioners as a working reference to solve or re-examine problems of craft and skill.

The book covers the following topics:

The Fundamentals
Secondary Techniques
Defence and Counter-Attack
Combinations
Timing, Distance and Mobility
Sparring
Speed and Power
Conditioning
The Schedule
The Coach
The Way Beyond Trophies
Targets and Techniques *American, Greek and German rights sold.

Publisher: Summersdale

Combat Kick Boxing

Combat Kick Boxing is the first book to bring kick boxing techniques to the attention of the serious student of self-defence. Kick boxing, long regarded as the most realistic of the martial sports, offers the skills and techniques that could save your life when you are under attack.
Covering awareness, pre-emptive strikes, defence against armed and unarmed assailants, gang attacks, street conditioning and much more, Combat Kick Boxing delivers hard-hitting and practical advice.
The follow-up to Pat O’Keeffe’s best-selling Kick Boxing - A Framework for Success, this book explains how to use the techniques of the ring when the ropes and referee have been removed.

* Rights sold:
Latvian (Kontinents)
Russian (Phoenix)

Publisher: Summersdale

Advanced Kick Boxing

Pat O'Keeffe, one of Britain’s foremost kick boxing experts, shows you how to become a master of the martial sport. Whether you want to become a champion in the ring, or have reached a plateau in your training and wish to push yourself that bit further, Advanced Kick Boxing offers practical techniques, drills and expert advice that will help you achieve your kick boxing goals.
Designed in a user-friendly and clear style, this is a fully comprehensive manual, explaining everything a kick boxer needs to know to develop advanced skills in the sport.

Advanced kick boxing is the third volume of Pat O'Keeffe's acclaimed bestselling kick boxing series.