Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kickboxing Techniques [Paperback]

Christoph Delp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 27, 2004

Thai boxing—muay thai—has escalated in popularity in the Western world and is appreciated by its fans as a means of fitness training, competitive sport, and self-defense. Advanced students greatly benefit from internationally known muay thai boxing competitor Christoph Delph's focus on what they must know to win a match. He describes tried and tested fighting strategies and traditional muay thai techniques, and shows how to best counter the opponent's attacks, use the element of surprise, and even bring the match to an early close.

Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kickboxing Techniques includes sections on:

-Muay Thai as a competitive sport
-The rules of competition
-Traditional ceremonies
-Stars and stadiums
-A professional training program
-Competitive tips and tricks
-Effective countertactics
-Historical techniques
-Training in Thailand

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Trained in Thailand, Christoph Delp is a fitness, kickboxing, and Muay Thai instructor with extensive experience in competition. He has already made his expert knowledge of martial arts and fitness available to a wide audience through his many books, including Muay Thai Basics, Kickboxing, and Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Blue Snake Books (May 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583941010
• ISBN-13: 978-1583941010
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #844,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christoph Delp is a business administration graduate, martial artist and fitness trainer. He has already written many books on Muay Thai and fitness including "Muay Thai Basics", "Muay Thai Advanced", "Kickboxing - The Complete Guide" and "Fitness for Full-contact Fighters".
More information about the author under www.christophdelp.com and www.muaythai-dvd.com

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finaly a real book, November 20, 2004

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Michael - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kickboxing Techniques (Paperback)

The book "Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kickboxing Techniques" by Christoph Delp shows that the author has gained experience in fighting and training in Thailand. The techniques range from basic up to some I haven't even heard of, despite the years I have worked out in Thailand. This book is very good to use additional to the daily work out in the gym. Of course a book can't teach you how to become a good fighter, but even some "professionals" should take the chance to re-read some of the excellent descriptions regarding the shown techniques! Additional to the good text work, the photos are making it easy to follow the different movements. Reading the book and the included interviews plus viewing the photos of the thai-stars and high officials, gives you an impression on how the special atmosphere in Thailand is like. All in all for me this is the only book that was written out of the view and the experiences of someone (a farang) who lived and practiced in Thailand not somewhere else! Excellent work.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Muay Thai, November 4, 2004

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Tom "Tom" (Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kickboxing Techniques (Paperback)

I bought this book in Thailand. Everyone in our camp liked the book, because it is real Muay Thai. Great pictures and professional fighters.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars enough already with false titles...., August 28, 2004

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David A. Ross "lkfmdc" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Kickboxing Techniques (Paperback)

While I'm glad there are more books on Muay Thai coming out, enough already with false titles. There is nothing "advanced" about this book. In fact, if you have spent more than a few months in any decent gym, you will find this a pretty boring book

I'm tired of so called instructional books filled with pictures of tourist sites, random pics of Thais standing around and pages of "this is me with my coach". Noe of that is instructional in nature, nor is advice on how to get a visa to Thailand....

The technique is fairly basic, good quality pictures and if you are a beginner you will learn something, but the title is way off the mark