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

Books about Full-contact Karate

The Essential Karate Book is an illustrated, informative guide to the techniques, philosophy and practice of karate With 20 chapters covering practically every aspect of karate, this in-depth reference will assist students and instructors as they plot their course through karate instruction, benefiting those at all levels. The Essential Karate

He's been named the Instructor of the Year by Black Belt magazine and dubbed "the published authority on American karate" by Karate International magazine. Now Jerry Beasley, ninth-degree black belt, shares his insights on the technique and tradition behind the most popular form of karate in the western world. In

Traces the origins and discusses the main features of major sports, most of which are played internationally.