Dynamic Kicks: Essentials for Free Fighting (Specialties Series) [Paperback]

Chong Lee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1975 | Series: Specialties Series

This book is the first in a series of books by Chong Lee, the 1974 Long Beach Grand National forms champion. Lee's proven method of developing perfect kicking techniques is illustrated. It contains 30 separate kicking variations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Black Belt Communications (December 1, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897500172
• ISBN-13: 978-0897500173
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,135,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One of the first books I owned on the subject of kicking!, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dynamic Kicks: Essentials for Free Fighting (Specialties Series) (Paperback)

Mr. Lee's book was one of the first martial arts books I ever bought 18 years ago and one that has found a permanent place in my library.

The best part of this book is the "Techniques Basic To All Kicks" section. I thoroughly enjoyed this section and although I did not agree with all of it, I found it to be very beneficial to anyone learning how to kick.

The sequential pictures for the proper execution of each kick presented were very well done and for the most part quite accurate. I did feel that the picture angle used on some of the kicks could have been done better in order to allow for a better view of each kick.

This book also lacked an application section which would have enhanced the book even more by showing you how each of the kicks was to be applied to an opponent.

This book spends too much time on quantity of kicks, and too little time on the quality of each individual kick. Which seems to be the norm for books dealing with this subject. Thirty-one kicks are explained in this book and the average explanation of each kick is two pages in length, which consists of anywhere from 8 to 14 pictures, and what amounts to 2 to 5 paragraphs of written text on how to perform each kick.

Although the text sections are too short, they are still a lot better than some of the others that I have seen in other kicking books.

4.0 out of 5 stars Oldie but a goodie, January 15, 2012

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cagefighta - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynamic Kicks: Essentials for Free Fighting (Specialties Series) (Paperback)

Dynamic kicks is the first in a trilogy by Lee and definitely the best of the three. Lee is a truly gifted artist with fantastic kicking skills. His kicks are extremely well delivered and presented, some of the kicks are special and interesting. This book is really a must-have for the kicking enthusiast. The only reservation I have is the fact that it is lacking in organization and completeness. It is more a compendium of some great kicks by an expert. Still highly recommended though, but a modern methodical overview will better be found in the recent Essential Book of Martial Arts Kicks.

3.0 out of 5 stars Dynamic Kick Lives up to its title !, August 28, 2008

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Prince Loeffler (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynamic Kicks: Essentials for Free Fighting (Specialties Series) (Paperback)

Its a well-detailed photo instructions that are still quite good. Some of the techniques presented by the author are difficult for beginners to execute. Nonetheless, its worth having it in your collection.