The industry has been waiting for this! Anyone can use this information to start a fitness program, or it might be used by a world-class fighter to improve his or her game and win championships. This is the most comprehensive guide on the sport of kickboxing ever written. It explains in detail all aspects of the sport and is useful at any level. It is easy to follow as the author gives clear step-by-step directions and provides photographs for executing the techniques and following the training programs. Finally, the guide is written by a world champion. Throughout the text, the author justifies his recommendations by highlighting his experiences over his vast career. Through these stories, we get a firsthand look at what helped form the character of a champion.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
"Great Scott" Ashley captured kickboxing's U.S. Super Welterweight title in June of 1993 and World Super Welterweight title in June of 1994. He competed in twenty-four kickboxing and seventeen boxing bouts, was known for his technical fighting skills, and was one of the best-conditioned athletes in the sport. He has been teaching martial arts since 1979 and has trained several fighters who have also won championships.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Scott Ashley was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1963. Enamored with Bruce Lee as a child, Scott started karate training on his 16th birthday. A product of a broken and scattered family; and raised by an abusive father, Scott made martial arts the singular focus of his life. Thriving on competition, Scott entered the boxing/kickboxing realm, trained in New York's world-famous Gleason's and Gramercy Gyms; and was coached by Fred Corritone, Al Gavin, Al Shevlin & boxing icon Angelo Dundee. During his prize-fighting career, Scott competed in twenty-four kickboxing and seventeen boxing bouts. After capturing the Super Welterweight World Kickboxing Title, Scott wrote; "Kickboxing a Champions Guide to Training," (Llumina Press 2009). "Road to the Title: Memoir of a Champion" (Amazon/Kindle), documents Scott's perseverance to rise above adversity in an accomplishing his childhood dream. Scott has five children; lives with his wife of 20 years, works in Law Enforcement, and operates a karate program for children in Coral Springs, Florida.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great training guide!,
This review is from: Kickboxing: A Champion's Guide to Training (Paperback)
This book has been a fantastic guide and supplement to my training. Scott Ashley's anecdotes and motivational stories form a great backdrop to the step-by-step process to building a great fighter. This coupled with the photos and demonstrations help you formulate your own training regiment and program. I have been practicing these tips and guidelines and I can already feel the improvement in my technique. Thanks "Great Scott" for creating a "great" training bible to help get me on the road to success in my kickboxing endeavors!
5.0 out of 5 stars
simply awesome,
This review is from: Kickboxing: A Champion's Guide to Training (Paperback)
"Great Scott" Ashley is a legend both to kick boxing and martial arts, who happens to live the life of a champion both in the ring and out. There is no doubt that this book will produce its own generation of champions who hopefully will have the mind and heart of its author. To those who have trained with him or have faced him in the ring he is simply awesome. If you want to to know what it takes to be great read this book and make it your training model.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy step by step to being a champion,
By
This review is from: Kickboxing: A Champion's Guide to Training (Paperback)
This is the best book I've ever read on how to be a champion kick boxer.Great photos, easy step by step from start to finish. A must have for anyone who wants to win big. I can't wait for the next book. I'm hoping to own the completed collection one day. He is a genius and a champion at physical stamina and the mental focus to go the distance. Bravo!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
