Power Breaking: How to Develop and Use Breaking Skills for Self-Defense [Paperback]

Mike Reeves (Author), Robert G. Yetman (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2004

Breaking is arguably the most lethal street application of the martial arts. Here world champion breaker Mike Reeves teaches you the skills you need to master breaking for competitions and street combat. You'll never be unarmed again when you add power breaking to your arsenal of self-defense weapons.

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Sensei Mike Reeves is a nine-time International Sport Karate Association World Karate Champion, as well as a four-time Guinness-certified world record holder in breaking. He has worked as a professional bodyguard as well as a martial arts instructor to key members of both local and federal law enforcement agency SWAT teams and other special operations units.

Professional freelance writer Robert G. Yetman Jr. is co-owner and vice president of Lone Wolf Personal Defense Systems, Inc. He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his son, Brandon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 103 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581604300
• ISBN-13: 978-1581604306
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,588,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars useless for anyone wanting to improve breaking, February 16, 2008

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This review is from: Power Breaking: How to Develop and Use Breaking Skills for Self-Defense (Paperback)

If you are looking for a book to improve your breaking skills, this is not the one for you. There is a typical cheesy intro, a bunch of "exercises" to do, a picture of how to do pushups (but the form is not 100% as depicted). Once you wade through that material, you may come to find that there is little useful discussion on breaking. Application - you may say, "Oh, I never knew that a hammer fist could be used to hit a person in the nose" and then stare at all of the photos showing various techniques breaking, in most cases, one board (I wouldn't believe that less than 3 counts as a power break)... And if that part doesn't make you stop there, wait - there's more! Includes some knife self defense stuff and an attacker with a baseball bat - I don't know about you, but I don't hold the bat halfway up the body of the bat when I swing one as shown in the picture. Bottom line: if you are a competent martial artist that has successfully broken boards with several techniques and looking to expand your skills by understanding more about body position, alignment, and other things associated with the pure technique of smashing through lots o' boards: go somewhere else.