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Practical Karate 6: Self-Defense in Special Situations
by Donn F. Draeger Masatoshi NakayamaPractical Karate 6 is the final volume of the classic six-volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger. Beginning with tactics for dealing with automobile situations, escalating to tied-hand situations, then switchblade, chain, meat clever, and razor attacks, and finishing with tactics for dealing with handgun attacks, the authors cover a wide range of effective responses in situations calling for advanced tactics. This volume helps to replace false confidence with an ability to make a quick, realistic appraisal of a dangerous situation and take the correct countermeasures for personal safety
Practical Karate Volume 2: Defense Against an Unarmed Assailant
by Donn F. Draeger Masatoshi NakayamaPractical Karate: Defense Against an Unarmed Assailant is the second volume in the classic six-volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger. Written for those with an understanding of karate fundamentals, all methods described in this book are workable, easy-to-learn karate defense responses to an unarmed assailant. Divided into chapters dealing with attacks from the front and from the rear, this book provides an uncomplicated approach to using fundamental karate skills for defense. Mastery of the responses in this text will not make the reader invincible in personal encounters, but will certainly better prepare the reader should defense of his life or those of others become necessary.
Practical Karate Volume 3: Defense Against Multiple Assailants
by Donn F. Draeger Masatoshi NakayamaPractical Karate: Defense Against Multiple Assailants is the third volume in the classic six-volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger. Written for those with an understanding of karate fundamentals, all methods described are workable, easy-to-learn karate defense responses to unarmed assailants. Divided into chapters dealing with attacks from standing, sitting, and ground-fighting positions, including grappling attacks, this book provides a simple approach to using fundamental karate skills for defense. Mastery of the responses in this text will not make the reader invincible in personal encounters, but will provide a ready repertoire of techniques to deal with a wide variety of attacks by multiple assailants.
Practical Karate Volume 4: Defense Against Armed Assailants
by Donn F. Draeger Masatoshi NakayamaPractical Karate: Defense Against Armed Assailants is the fourth volume in the classic six-volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger. Written for those with an understanding of karate fundamentals, all methods described in this book are workable, easy-to-learn karate defense responses to an armed assailant. Comprising chapters on dealing with club and stick attacks, blade and sharp edged weapon attacks and multiple armed assailants, this volume presents a realistic approach to dealing with armed attackers for those with a full understanding of karate fundamentals and acquaintance with the basics of weapon usage. Mastery of the responses in this text will not make the reader invincible in personal encounters, but will provide a ready repertoire of techniques and understanding of principles needed in dealing with a wide variety of attacks by armed assailants.
Practical Karate Volume 5: Self-Defense for Women
by Donn F. Draeger Masatoshi NakayamaPractical Karate: Self-Defense for Women is the fifth volume in the classic six-volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger Written primarily for women, the techniques in this volume are equally useful for men and children — anyone in a situation where the assailant possess a physical advantage. Included in this volume are chapters dealing with simple hand and wrist seizures, partial body seizures, and full embrace seizures. Although the methods set out here do not require an extensive background in karate training, the authors recommend that the reader consult other volumes of the Practical Karate series, as well.
Practical Karate volume 1: Fundamentals of Self-Defense
by Donn F. Draeger Masatoshi Nakayama"Simple, clear, easy to learn…Dispenses with hours of needed to practice for the professional…Outstanding primer on self–defense." — Marine Corps Gazette<P> Practical Karate: Fundamentals of Self–Defense is the first volume in the classic six–volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger. Written for those too busy to devote hours a day to Karate training, it is a serious introduction to the basic elements of self defense.<P> "The secrets of self–defense can be summed up in the proverbs: 'a wise man avoids danger’ and 'to run away is the best way to win.' Yet, sometimes you are not able to choose these courses. I select here several techniques which you will be able to master with comparative ease, thus protecting yourself more effectively against any unarmed assailant." – (M.Nakayama)<P> "Properly learned karate response will teach you to face emergency attack situations or to run—both with confidence. The few minutes a day you spend in practice will never be wasted." – (Don Draeger)
Practical MRI of the Foot and Ankle
by Alison R. Spouge Thomas L. PopeEXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MRI OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE.The introduction of MRI, together with rapid technological advancements over the last five years, has provided a powerful diagnostic tool. Despite this development, clinicians are unfamiliar with MRI of the foot and ankle, due to the complexities of this imaging modality and the anatomy and
Practical Pistol
by Ben StoegerA Straightforward, No-nonsense Instructional Guidebook on Pistol Shooting Practical Pistol holds nothing back, sharing the knowledge collected from a plethora of expert sources. Top shooters such as Bob Vogel, Dave Sevigny, and Matt Mink collaborated with Ben Stoeger to compile the so-called &“Grand Master Secrets&” into one easy-to-read location. This book answers the "how to" questions about shooting technique. How do you hold the gun? How do you shoot fast? The knowledge in Practical Pistol answers these questions and many more, spanning from marksmanship fundamentals to shooting on the move and competition skills such as stage breakdown and managing match pressure. Finally, this book contains many little tips, drills, and exercises to help improve any shooter&’s ability.
Practical Procedures in Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: Pelvis and Lower Extremity
by Peter V. GiannoudisWith the time available to surgeons-in-training ever dwindling, there is great emphasis placed on practical learning tools. Mirroring his earlier book on practical procedures in trauma surgery, Prof Giannoudis has produced a reference in more elective techniques. In most medical schools, most emphasis is placed on orthopaedic trauma surgery, with elective techniques often delayed until much later in a surgeon's training.
Practical Procedures in Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: Upper Extremity and Spine
by Peter V. GiannoudisWith the time available to surgeons-in-training ever dwindling, there is great emphasis placed on practical learning tools. Mirroring his earlier book on practical procedures in trauma surgery, Prof Giannoudis has produced a reference in more elective techniques. In most medical schools, most emphasis is placed on orthopaedic trauma surgery, with elective techniques often delayed until much later in a surgeon's training.
Practical Procedures in Orthopaedic Surgery
by Peter V. GiannoudisThis highly illustrated text book will be an essential guide for surgeons in training, providing step by step approaches to performing Joint Aspiration/Injection, Bone Graft Harvesting and Lower Limb Amputations. Practical guidance will be given on Indications- Preoperative assessment, positioning and preparing the patient, approach required, tips and tricks, closure, postoperative complications, protocol of mobilization and follow-up procedure. All the procedures performed will include numerous intraoperative photographs and illustrations.
Practical Self-Defense
by Mike LordenIllustrated w1th over 250 photographs, Practical Self-Defense offers an 1n depth look at self defense tcchn1ques w1th tips strategies, and scenarios that can help new students to develop the skills they need. Based on Kyokushin Karate, th1s book presents bas1c techniques including:Throws and takedownsPunches, k1cks, and strikesGround techniques and fightingEscapes from holds and grabsDistancing and body and foot movementsPractical Self-Defense also covers how to prepare yourself for an attack; how to respond to attacks in unique situations , such as in a car, on a plane, or in a restaurant;and how to defend yourself using everyday items, such as a book, a magazine, a hairbrush, or a pen. Presented in an easy-to-follow manner, this book is an authoritative and thorough introduction to self-defense training.
Practical Self-Defense
by Mike LordenIllustrated w1th over 250 photographs, Practical Self-Defense offers an 1n depth look at self defense tcchn1ques w1th tips strategies, and scenarios that can help new students to develop the skills they need. Based on Kyokushin Karate, th1s book presents bas1c techniques including:Throws and takedownsPunches, k1cks, and strikesGround techniques and fightingEscapes from holds and grabsDistancing and body and foot movementsPractical Self-Defense also covers how to prepare yourself for an attack; how to respond to attacks in unique situations , such as in a car, on a plane, or in a restaurant;and how to defend yourself using everyday items, such as a book, a magazine, a hairbrush, or a pen. Presented in an easy-to-follow manner, this book is an authoritative and thorough introduction to self-defense training.
Practical Shooting Training
by Ben Stoeger Joel ParkThe Most Detailed and Specific Training Manual for Practical Shooting! Practical Shooting Training offers a layered approach to training. Instead of dumping out all the information you need for your training and then having you sift through hundreds of pages of drills and training information, this book is structured in a new, easy to use way. There are 4 levels of training with different mixes of drills, goals, and standards. Each level is a self-contained training book on its own and allows every reader to be able to find where they fit in and get to work from that point. The same exercises evolve and change over time as your shooting grows and changes. If you have never fired a round at a match before, you start out at level one. If you are chasing your fourth National title, you go to level four. The structure allows this book to work for a wide audience and will give you plenty of room to grow as you work through the book.
Practical Sports Coaching
by Christine NashPractical Sports Coaching is a thorough and engaging guide for all sports coaching students and practitioners. Drawing on real-life case studies and examples, the book is designed to develop practical coaching skills and provides readers with the methods and tools they need to become an expert coach. Structured around all facets of the coaching process, the text comprehensively covers topics such as: preparation for coaching mentoring the philosophy of coaching direct intervention coaching methods the use of modern technology. The book’s practical approach allows the reader to consider common challenges faced by coaches, suggesting solutions to performance concerns and preparing students for the realities of professional sports coaching. A companion website containing presentation slides and useful weblinks makes the book a complete resource for students and lecturers alike. Practical Sports Coaching helps to bridge the gap between theory and practical coaching skills, and is an essential text for coaching students looking to deepen their understanding of sports coaching and experienced coaches developing their own practical skills.
Practical Sports Coaching
by Christine NashPractical Sports Coaching is a thorough and engaging guide for all sports coaching students and practitioners. Drawing on real-life case studies and examples, the book is designed to develop practical coaching skills and provides readers with the methods and tools they need to become an expert coach. Structured around all facets of the coaching process, the text comprehensively covers topics such as: Preparing to Coach, the Role and Philosophy of Coaching, Coaching Environments and the use of Modern Technology in Coaching. This new and fully updated edition includes several new chapters that examine new and critical research areas such as the Coaching Professional, Coach Wellness & Mental Health and Performance Analysis for Coaches. The book’s practical approach allows the reader to consider common challenges faced by coaches, suggesting solutions to performance concerns and preparing students for the realities of professional sports coaching. The contributors draw upon their practical coaching experience as well as an understanding of coach learning and development. Practical Sports Coaching helps to bridge the gap between theory and practical coaching skills, and is an essential text for coaching students looking to deepen their understanding of sports coaching and experienced coaches developing their own practical skills.
Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots
by Matthew SylvesterWith over 500 photos and step-by-step instructions, Practical Taekwondo offers a wealth of interpretations of ITF and WTF taekwondo patterns. Packed with information that will make your training practical and relevant to the social challenges of the twenty-first century, this book will help you look at patterns in a totally different way.
Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots
by Matthew SylvesterWith over 500 photos and step-by-step instructions, Practical Taekwondo offers a wealth of interpretations of ITF and WTF taekwondo patterns. Packed with information that will make your training practical and relevant to the social challenges of the twenty-first century, this book will help you look at patterns in a totally different way.
Practice Husband
by Judith McWilliamsWANTED: MARRIAGE-MINDED MENAddy Edson was looking for a husband, and she knew just the guy to help her with her search. But what she hadn't expected were the warm, sensuous "practice kisses" that her childhood friend Joe Barrington was bent on giving her-or the way they made her feel....Joe was more than happy to help Addy find a groom, especially since it meant the redheaded beauty would be practicing her sexy charms on him! But how could he convince her that a lifetime of happiness-and nighttimes of passion-could be found in his arms?
Practice Makes Perfect (A Varsity Novel #3)
by Melanie SpringBehind every squad, there's a story.It's spring semester at Northside High and the girls of the JV cheer squad are trying out for next fall. The pressure is on as Chloe, Devin, Kate, and Emily practice Varsity-level stunts amidst the drama of best friends, boyfriends, and frenemies. When jealousy and competition threaten to tear these besties apart, can the girls band together to dominate at tryouts?Book 3 in the Varsity series has more best-friend drama, boy trouble, and, of course, sideline spirit!
Praxis der Sporternährung: Ein Leitfaden für Studierende und Fachkräfte der Ernährungs- und Sportwissenschaften
by Daniel König Anja CarlsohnDieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende und Fachkräfte der Sport- und Ernährungswissenschaften sowie an Sportlerinnen und Sportler, die an einem tiefgreifenden, evidenzbasierten und trotzdem gut verständlichen Einblick in die komplexen Verbindungen zwischen Ernährung und Sport interessiert sind. Die Autorinnen und Autoren sind allesamt Mitglieder der Expertenkommission für Sporternährung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE). Innerhalb des Buchs werden die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse in klar strukturierten Kapiteln behandelt. Von den Grundlagen der Ernährung bis hin zu spezifischen Ernährungsstrategien für verschiedene Sportarten deckt das Buch alle relevanten Themen ab und orientiert sich an den Richtlinien zur Sporternährung der DGE. Besonders wertvoll ist die praxisorientierte Herangehensweise: Anhand von verschiedenen Sportarten wird, illustriert durch anschauliche Tabellen und Abbildungen, die Theorie anwendungsorientiert in die Praxis transferiert. Obwohl das Buch als Lehrbuch konzipiert ist, können mit dem erlernten Wissen somit auch praktische Ernährungskonzepte auf der Basis evidenzbasierter Kriterien erstellt werden. Praxis der Sporternährung ist daher ein wichtiges Buch für alle Akteure im Sport, die ein grundlegendes Verständnis der Sporternährung aufbauen, vertiefen und praktisch anwenden möchten. Studierende finden hier ein Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk, das sie während ihres Studiums und darüber hinaus begleitet.
Praxistipps für erfolgreiche Teamarbeit: Handlungsempfehlungen aus dem Sport für Unternehmen und Organisationen (essentials)
by Marco MeierUnternehmen und Organisationen befinden sich in einem tiefgreifenden Wandel und haben es schwer, qualitativ gutes Personal zu rekrutieren und die Mitarbeitenden langfristig und emotional an das Unternehmen zu binden. Die Konkurrenzsituation auf dem Arbeitsmarkt hat sich stark verändert. Dieser Wandel bringt nicht nur Risiken, sondern auch Chancen mit sich. Die Bedeutung und die Wichtigkeit von Teams setzen sich nicht nur im Sport, sondern auch in der Wirtschaft immer stärker durch. Marco Meier liefert zu den Bereichen Teamgeist und Zusammenhalt, Rahmenbedingungen und Regeneration, Ziele und messbare Erfolge sowie Flexibilität wertvolle Hinweise und praktische Handlungsempfehlungen für Unternehmen und Organisationen, um neues und aktuelles Personal emotional und langfristig an sich zu binden.Der Autor:Der Sportmanager (B.A.) und Wirtschaftspsychologe (M.A.) Marco Meier ist langjähriger Fußballtrainer von Herren- und Jugendmannschaften im Amateur- und Leistungsbereich. Er hat sich in den Bereichen Coaching, Training und Beratung für Sportler, Privatpersonen und Unternehmen selbstständig gemacht. Er ist außerdem Lehrbeauftragter an den Fakultäten Sportmanagement und Wirtschaftspsychologie der Hochschule für angewandtes Management (HAM) in Ismaning.
Pray
by Nick HornbyNick Hornby, author of the bestselling soccer classic Fever Pitch, offers an insightful account of an extraordinary sports season. Concentrating on a number of significant games in British soccer during the 2011-2012 season, Hornby chronicles the emotional, political, and societal highlights and woes that played out on the field. There were alleged racist clashes, revealing the deep cultural fissures still present in British life. There was a fairy-tale return for the legendary Thierry Henry, and the terrifying collapse of Bolton's Fabrice Muamba, clinically dead for seventy-eight minutes after a heart attack. Throughout, Hornby delves into the impact of the economy on the beloved sport of Britain. As sheikhs and oligarchs buy and sell teams and players at astronomical financial levels, other teams are left behind to struggle with diminished talent. And as income inequality hits all-time highs worldwide, so it does in British soccer. It was a season of tumultuous incident and enormous entertainment, a season more glorious than most. By the end, in May 2012, fans of most clubs had been enthralled, appalled, depressed, elated, shocked, and enraged. Along the way, soccer had somehow managed to encompass politics, high finance, the law, and matters of life and death. Read all about it, and relive it, here.
Praying for Gil Hodges
by Thomas OliphantFrom the BOOK JACKET -- PRAYING FOR GIL HODGES is built around a detailed reconstruction of the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, which has always been on the short list of great moments in baseball history. On a sunny, breezy October afternoon, something happened in New York City that had never happened before and never would again: the Brooklyn Dodgers won the world championship of baseball. For one hour and forty-four minutes, behind a gutsy, twenty-three-year-old kid named Johnny Podres, a left-hander from the iron-mining region of upstate New York, everything that had gone wrong before went gloriously right for a change. Until that afternoon, leaving out the war years, the Dodgers and their legions of fans had endured ten seasons during which they lost the World Series to the New York Yankees five times lost the National League pennant on the final day of the season three times-facts of history that give the famous cry of "Wait Till Next Year!" its defiant meaning. Pitch by pitch and inning by inning, Thomas Oliphant re-creates a relentless melodrama that shows this final game in its true glory. As we move through the game, he builds a remarkable history of the hapless "Burns," exploring the Dodgers' status as a national team, based on their fabled history of near-triumphs and disasters that made them classic underdogs. He weaves into this brilliant recounting a winning memoir of his own family's story and their time together on that fateful day that the final game was played. And it also thrilled a nine-year-old boy on the Lower East Side of Manhattan who was raised in a loving, struggling family for whom the Dodgers were a rare source of the joys and symbols that bring families together through tough times. Every once in a while a book provides a certain view of America, and whether it is The Greatest Generation, Big Russ & Me, or Wait Till Next Year, these works strike a chord with readers everywhere. Praying for Gil Hodges is such a book. Written with power and clarity, this is a brilliant work capturing the majesty of baseball, the issue of race in America, and the love that one young boy, his parents, and the borough of Brooklyn had for their team.
Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers
by Thomas OliphantThomas Oliphant's Praying for Gil Hodges is a brilliant work capturing the majesty of baseball, the issue of race in America, and the love that one young boy, his parents, and the borough of Brooklyn had for their team. On a steamy hot Sunday, the Reverend Herbert Redmond was celebrating Mass at a church in Brooklyn, when he startled his congregation thus: "It's far too hot for a sermon. Keep the Commandments and say a prayer for Gil Hodges."Praying for Gil Hodges is built around a detailed reconstruction of the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, which has always been on the short list of great moments in baseball history. On a sunny, breezy October afternoon, something happened in New York City that had never happened before and never would again: the Brooklyn Dodgers won the world championship of baseball. For one hour and forty-four minutes, behind a gutsy, twenty-three-year-old kid left-hander from the iron-mining region of upstate New York named Johnny Podres, everything that had gone wrong before went gloriously right for a change. Until that afternoon, leaving out the war years, the Dodgers and their legions of fans had endured ten seasons during which they lost the World Series to the New York Yankees five times and lost the National League pennant on the final day of the season three times--facts of history that give the famous cry of "Wait Till Next Year!" its defiant meaning. Pitch by pitch and inning by inning, Thomas Oliphant re-creates a relentless melodrama that shows this final game in its true glory. As we move through the game, he builds a remarkable history of the hapless "Bums," exploring the Dodgers' status as a national team, based on their fabled history of near-triumphs and disasters that made them classic underdogs. He weaves into this brilliant recounting a winning memoir of his own family's story and their time together on that fateful day that the final game was played.This victory thrilled the national African-American community, still mired in the evils of segregation, who had erupted in joy at the arrival of Jackie Robinson eight years earlier and rooted unabashedly for this integrated team at a time when the country was thoroughly segregated.And it also thrilled a nine-year-old boy on the East Side of Manhattan in a loving, struggling family for whom the Dodgers were a rare source of the joys and symbols that bring families together through tough times.