American Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring (Unique Literary Books of the World) [Paperback]

Dan Anderson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Unique Publications (December 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865680213
• ISBN-13: 978-0865680210
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,254,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, February 6, 2000

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Loren w Christensen (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring (Unique Literary Books of the World) (Paperback)

As a collector of over 300 books on the martial arts, Anderson's book is the best I have seen on sparring. A top tournament competitor in the '60s, '70s and '80s, Anderson has crammed his book with tons of information gathered from his vast experience sparring countless fighters nationally and internationally. American Freestyle is an encyclopedia of techniques and concepts proven in the ring over many years of tough, competitive experience. I highly recommend this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best book on sparring I have ever read, August 10, 1999

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Theodore J. Leonard (chicago Il) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring (Unique Literary Books of the World) (Paperback)

I have been involved in the martial arts for over nine years and I have never come across a better manual for sparring than this!!! Mr. Anderson goes beyond the typical martial arts primer found in most martial arts books to explaine strategy, angles of attack, different attacking modes... this is an excellent book for the experienced martial artist as it doesn't spend much time on the basics. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in improving their sparring. this book is geared to compitition sparring but with a small ammount of imagination the reader can apply it to street fighting!!! a wonderful book!!! ps. if anyone knows of others like it please let me know!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Synthtcboy03 and the reader from TX are both right --, July 11, 2002

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M. Castaneda "Dr. C" (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring (Unique Literary Books of the World) (Paperback)

The book IS hard to read, with its font size 9 (!!) print and Unique Publication's usual B&W photography. However, Mr. Anderson did add arrows to his pics to show the original position of limbs b4 movement and their destination (head of the arrow)is represented in the subsequent photographs. The material is NOT adequate for a beginner in my opinion. The TX reader speaks true in this regard. However, if you are intermediate to advanced, seeking to refine, and CAN STAND READING FONT SIZE 9 PRINT with small B&W photos, then, Dan's work smacks of sincere intent to TEACH GOOD SPARRING TACTICS just as Synthtcboy03 says. (Thanks for the recommend, btw) and I would recommend it too, though I probably shouldn't as I have a competition later this month and my opponent might be looking for something just like this to make our encounter more challenging on me. ;)