Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Martial Arts - General

Harley Flanagan provides a fascinating memoir: a homeless child prodigy and family friend of Andy Warhol and Allen Ginsberg, at a young age he became close to many stars of the early punk rock scene like Joe Strummer of The Clash and was taught to play bass by members of the famed black punk band Bad Brains. He went on to start the notorious hardcore band Cro-Mags.

From the memoir's introduction by American Hardcore's Steven Blush: "Harley Flanagan is not like you or me. Most of us grew up in relative safety and security. Harley came up like a feral animal, fending for himself...

Life is a battle, on and off the mat. Victory requires balance and effective effort.
This book shares maxims developed in the thick of literal fights, with applications in and out of the ring.

• hear 22 maxims that summarize lessons learned so far on the martial arts journey
• see these maxims applied in both training and everyday life situations
• experience the story, growth, and development of a student from the beginning, not at the rose-tinted end
• feel how these maxims can apply to you

Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon is an illustrated biography of this fascinating martial artist and movie star, from the start of his career to his untimely and tragic death in 1973. This book reveals a quiet family man behind the charismatic public persona. It shows the real Bruce Lee--the man who was so much more than an international film and martial arts celebrity.

This brilliant photo essay--compiled and edited by Bruce Lee expert John Little with...

'Move your body, move your mind, move to your success.' -- Lak Loi.

Master Your Life is a unique, motivational literary experience for readers, inspired by the teachings of Bruce Lee. Lak Loi is a third generation instructor in Bruce Lee's martial art and philosophy, and in this book he teaches you how to:

• Tap into your ultimate potential
• Align yourself towards your personal liberation and self-actualisation
• Achieve your personal success goals

Allow Loi to guide you on a nine-stage self-mastery journey, focussing on a different...

Kung Fu of the Dark Father presents not only the poet's father, the author's own enigmas, but also a veritable lineage of men confronting what Lorca describes as the duende in art and life--mythology's insistence that one must enter the underworld before there is any hope of bearing light. Here we meet a destruction derby hero, the Rolling Stones, Freud's cocaine habit, Meriwether Lewis' less than heroic return from the great West; St. Augustine, Copernicus, Hemingway's third son--each facing a darkness that poetry helps bear. There are also wild gurus, wandering monks--a...

10 Years 13 Seconds is the story of Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor's emergence as arguably the most compelling sporting figure of the past decade. An explosive 13 second demolition of reigning UFC champion Jose Aldo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on December 12th, 2015, marked the completion of McGregor's journey from welfare to world champ. This short biography outlines McGregor's rise to fame and fortune, details the people and environment that forged his unique character, and explains for the general reader why the fast growing and often brutal sport of MMA is set to...