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As a Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame Instructor of the year (2000), seven-time sport Karate and Kung Fu world champion and two-time All-American champion, Willie "The Bam" Johnson has earned and garnered respect and accolades from some of the most influential martial artists and self-defense/tactical specialists in the world from Black Belt Hall of Famer, Dennis Brown to the Security Consultant to the Dalai Lama, Stephen K. Hayes. Also known as Professor Bam, resulting from his infusion of life principles and philosophies into his training routines, the Willie "The Bam" Johnson is a wealth of inspirational knowledge. His brand of teaching has inspired and prepared thousands of civilians, law enforcement, security specialists and business leaders to overcome everyday obstacles from life-threatening circumstances to the day-to-day challenges of managing work, family and business relationships. For more than three decades, The Bam has been frequently featured for his technical prowess in more than 30 interviews in top martial arts publications: Blackbelt, Karate Kung Fu Illustrated, Martial Arts Training, IKF Magazine and more) for his prowess: he has earned fifth- and seventh-degree black belts in Karate and Kung Fu and studied a myriad of styles such as Jujitsu, Thai boxing, Western Boxing, Wrestling, Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, Jeet Kune Do and Kickboxing. Master Johnson received the title of Grand Master in 1995 and is a member of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He starred as himself along with Shannon Lee (daughter of Bruce Lee) on the WMAC Masters television series (co-produced by 4Kids Productions and Renaissance-Atlantic Films and filmed at Universal Studios) and Wesley Snipes Presents Masters of the Martial Arts. A graduate of the Beijing Physical Culture Institute of China, Johnson has over 40 years of training in the martial arts. He has also appeared in four films, including Super Fights and Major League II, 16 stage plays, 11 television shows, and in many professional training videos. Despite his countless achievements in media, speaking, business and the martial arts, with principles of honor, dedication, and humanity as a foundation, the Bam has never turned a blind eye to causes and giving back. Known as a true-life hero and agent of change, The Bam has been honored and awarded the key to the city in his own hometown of Baltimore Maryland by the city's mayor and other city officials for his dedication and commitment to the youth, women, families, schools, and homeless of his community through his motivational speaking, Warrior Mindset coaching, business and charity/fundraiser events. The Bam have faced adversity with a mental and emotional fight through abuse, bullying, drugs, alcohol, violence. After seeing Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection, he found a purpose; a reason to succeed. Through his life of martial arts, he achieved great success despite the death of my mother, drug-dealing, gang wars, addiction, homelessness, and incarceration. Everything that he's accomplished in the martial arts and in life is due to the way he's conditioned my mind. It takes practice, commitment, vision, goal-setting, determination, sharp focus, respect and discipline. Through his programs like Point MMA Krazy Martial Athletic, 10 MAD, Diva Concepts, Street Combat Safety and Kung Fu Hip-Hop, we've incorporate elements to transform one's life with identifiable tools that relate to them with fighting techniques, philosophy, positive affirmations, quotes, strategy, character-development, and cultural traditions. These lifestyle concepts promote holistic health and wellness along with athletics, fitness and entrepreneurship.
This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is intended specifically for the martial artist--as Miyamoto Musashi originally intended. It explains the underlying truths necessary for a full understanding of Musashi's message for warriors. The result is an enthralling book on martial strategy that combines the instincts of the warrior with the philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism and Taoism. It is a crucial book for every martial artist to read and understand. Like the original, this classic book of strategy is divided into five sections. The Book of Earth lays the groundwork for anyone wishing to understand Musashi's teachings; the Book of Water explains the warrior's approach to strategy; the Book of Fire teaches fundamental fighting techniques based on the Earth and Water principles; the Book of Wind describes differences between Musashi's own martial style and the styles of other fighting schools; while the Book of No-thing describes the "way of nature" as understood through an "unthinking" existing preconception. Famed martial artist and bestselling author Stephen Kaufman has translated this classic without the usual academic or commercial bias, driving straight into the heart of Musashi's martial teachings and interpreting them for his fellow martial artists. The result is an enthralling combination of warrior wisdom and philosophical truths that Musashi offered to other warriors who wished to master the martial way of bushido.
Richard Byrne, black belt in shotokan and taekwondo, expert in tang soo do, 24 years as an instructor, and leading authority on breaking, has written his methods for developing speed, power and precision in delivering decisive blows through a progressive training program in the art of breaking, stressing both safety and correctness.
Bruce Lee was instrumental in the global popularity of martial arts, and not even death has diminished his fame. This official book shows the whole of his life in pictures, all sourced from the extensive Lee family archives--including many photos Bruce himself took on set, at home, and during martial arts demonstrations. These fan-pleasing images range from classic theatrical poses to the never-before-published.
Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese Kung Fu in the world today, with over four million practitioners. The art as it is presently understood has been handed down from teacher to student for more than three hundred years. Until now, no one has ever stepped back and taken a critical look at why this art’s techniques are presented and performed the way they are. This book, by Wing Chun master Danny Xuan and martial-arts authority John Little, is the first to decipher these techniques that until now have been encrypted within this art. Xuan and Little reveal how Wing Chun was designed holistically, based on the laws of physics, human nature, and biomechanics. It was also designed with economy, efficiency, and productivity in mind. Unlike other martial arts, Wing Chun doesn’t focus on making a person larger, more rugged, acrobatic or animal-like; rather, it focuses on making optimal use of one’s own bodily structure and power potential by applying the sciences of biomechanics and physics. Thus, it is possible for males and females of all ages and sizes to excel in this art. The Tao of Wing Chun provides a readable, authoritative means of cultivating personal protection skills, enhanced flexibility, improved coordination, greater stamina, and physical and mental fitness while simultaneously cultivating humility, focus, determination, self-confidence, character, camaraderie, and deep inner strength. Foremost, this book offers the reader the means by which to apply Wing Chun principles in daily life. Enhanced by forty-eight full-color illustrations, The Tao of Wing Chun will fascinate, educate, and entertain a wide range of readers—from beginner to master.
Learn nutrition secrets from Teri Tom, dietitian to popular fighters such as boxing's Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, and MMA's Andrei Arlovski! In the martial arts and combat sports, it's important--and sometimes a matter of life and death--not to have any weak links in your fighting arsenal. The same principle applies to your approach to nutrition and fitness. Train and fuel yourself methodically, and you can't miss, as the registered dietitian and trainer Teri Tom details here. Your conditioning, your training regimen, and your body are in a constant state of change…and your nutrition approach must vary according to give you exactly what you need when you need it. Whether your goal is weight loss, to build muscle, or break through a plateau, here are the nutrition techniques to prepare you for any scenario. Teri Tom, M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian, strength and conditioning coach, and leading authority on Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, explains exactly how the nutrients you consume impact your martial arts performance--and sometimes in ways you might not expect. No stranger to the challenges of competition, she guides you in choosing the best nutrition techniques to achieve your martial arts goals.
Like any other philosophy, religion or culture, each martial art has its founding myths and heroes; stories that tell of the art's origins and makes sense of its underlying philosophic principles. This book is a collection of these myths and legends.
While technical prowess and physical power are essential characteristics of a martial artist, true mastery of the art comes by cultivating one's inner strength. Here, Kenji Tokitsu—an authority on Japanese and Chinese combat arts and a respected karate teacher—shows how cultivating ki (life force) and understanding the principles of budo (the martial path of self-development) can make training in martial arts more meaningful, effective, and personally and spiritually rewarding. Tokitsu emphasizes the mental aspects of martial arts practice including: • The importance of ki development • Seme, or capturing your opponent's mind • Understanding ma, the spatial relationship in combat Studying these concepts, he explains, gives martial artists the tools to train for a lifetime and at the very highest level. Tokitsu also gives a historical and cultural survey of budo, and explains how the Western view of budo training is different than the Japanese—a perspective rarely available to Western martial artists.
The phrase “martial arts studies” is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies already engage with martial arts in their own particular way. Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies, exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies, media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.
Explores the life and many careers of Bruce Lee, including his inspirations and his family, and features rare and previously unpublished photographs as well as removable facsimile documents from the Lee family archives such as handwritten letters and poems, hand-drawn illustrations, and Lee's observations and philosophy of martial arts.