Kickboxing for Women [Paperback]

Debz Buller (Author), Jennifer Lawler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 11, 2011

Whether you learn how to kickbox on your own or through classes offered by experienced instructors, a book for home study is a useful tool for improving your skills. While you can, of course, benefit from material written for men, it is even more useful to have information written wiht you in mind. Some of the challenges that women in sports face are not faced by men, and the inherent skills that many women have - speed, agility and flexibility - are often overlooked in traditional reference books. Kickboxing for Women corrects that problem. It covers all the essentials of learning kickboxing, and it includes tips especially for women. It contains information helpful to beginner, intermediate and advanced kickboxers and covers principles, techniques and drills for the fitness kickboxer as well as the professional kickboxer. Numerous photographs illustrate the techniques so that you can practice them. A resource directory helps you find equipment, supplies and other like-minded kickboxers.

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About the Author

Jennifer Lawler is a full-time free-lance writer, was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, but spent most of her life in the Kansas City area. For the past ten years, she has lived in Lawrence, Kansas. She earned a Ph.D. (medieval literature) from the University of Kansas in 1996. Debz Buller is a certified Cardio-Karate, ACE aerobics instructor and ISSA certified personal trainer, has taught a wide variety of kickboxing and aerobic kickboxing classes, including her popular SHRED program, at many schools and gyms throughout the country. She is a silver medallist in Kali (Filipino stickfighting) and Panatukan (Filipino kickboxing) and is a member of the US National Kali Team. She is also a member of the World Escrima, Kali and Arnis Federation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wish Publishing (September 11, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193054653X
• ISBN-13: 978-1930546530
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer Lawler, a writer and black belt martial artist, is the author or co-author of more than 25 non-fiction books in the how-to and self-help genres, including the popular and award-winning Dojo Wisdom series (Penguin). She is also the author of several novels.

The former editor of ATA World magazine, she has written for Family Circle, Oxygen and Cooking Light, mostly about issues related to martial arts, self defense, and personal growth. She has also written about writers' concerns for The Writer, Writer's Digest, American Writer, and others.

For the past several years, she has coached and mentored writers at various stages in their careers. She has taught many writing workshops throughout the United States, and teaches online classes for the University of California, San Diego and other organizations.

She earned a Ph.D in medieval literature from the University of Kansas and can still translate Old English if she thinks hard enough.

Her website is at www.jenniferlawler.com and her blog, Finding Your Voice, can be found at http://jenniferlawler.com/wordpress/

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From a woman's perspective, March 3, 2002

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Martina Sprague (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kickboxing for Women (Paperback)

As a female full-contact kickboxing instructor, I found this book to be a valuable buy for any woman who is thinking about getting started in kickboxing. I liked how the authors identify the different styles of kickboxing, and how they explain the difference between aerobic kickboxing and full-contact kickboxing. This information is useful in helping a prospective student identify what her goals are before signing up for classes. I found most of the advice on the execution of techniques sound. As a full-contact kickboxing instructor, I differ on some points. However, these are minor differences, which are mostly style related, and which is something a new student looking to get started in kickboxing should not get hung up on. The book's strength, however, lies in the chapters following the explanations of the techniques. For example, I found the chapter on full-contact sparring with its many tips on goal setting and mental preparation, and the "For Women Only" and "Debz Says" suggestions at the end of each chapter, very helpful to a new student. And the exercise section does a good job describing why and how, rather than what. In other words, it's not just an endless list of exercises, which is so often found in other books of this nature. The section on "Other Practical Matters" was very informative for women, and something that most other books on the combat arts neglect to mention. I would recommend this book to any woman who is thinking about getting started in this male-dominated sport.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly presented primer to help beginners, March 28, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kickboxing for Women (Paperback)

Kickboxing For Women by Jennifer Lawler (2nd Degree Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do) and Debz Buller (Certified Cardio-Karate, ACE Aerobics Instructor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer) is a high-spirited, practical guide to stretching, exercise, fitness, and self-defense, written in direct, plain text and illustrated with plenty of demonstrative black-and-white photographs. While not a substitute for kickboxing classes taught by a professional, Kickboxing For Women is a superbly presented primer to help beginners with an interest better understand the basics of training and sparring. With workout plans written to take a woman's body and endurance into account, Kickboxing For Women is a winning supplement to any female kickboxer's physical fitness regimen!