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Dynamic Kicks: Essentials for Free Fighting (Specialties Series)

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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.

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.

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.