Customer Reviews

Thai Boxing Dynamite: The Explosive Art Of Muay Thai

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
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This book describes all the basic techniques in detail, but tapers off when explaining advanced techniques like jumping round kicks and knees. It has VERY concise explanations of the front kick (foot jab) and round kick. The elbow sections are dated, but informative. This book is from 1987, and most of the material has not been updated on the "westernization" of Thai boxing. Jab, Cross, Hook is NOT covered. The author has the habit of writing an introductory paragraph on a technique, a few lines on execution, and then a piece on fighting application. Most of the sections really should be expanded. This book has excellent pictures and background information. The summary of the training routine is excellent. You could easily set up a program with a partner using this book. Overall, taking into account the shortage of material on Muay Thai, I would recommend this book to the beginner. Don't fool yourself, though. You MUST have an instructor to learn Muay Thai!

This book is definitely worth the price! It shows many shots from the famous Muangsurin Muay Thai Camp in Thailand. The fighters in the pictures demonstrate many of the basic Muay Thai techniques. The author's description to the pictures are short and to the point. Real fight shots from Bangkok are also presented to show that the techniques shown are battle-tested in some of the toughest rings in the world. No book can substitute an instructor, but this book does provide a foundation so that you will understand your instructors better if you decide to get into Muay Thai. Visit my website for more information on Muay Thai and obtain this book to get started. For the relatively low price, this book will not disappoint you. I hate to sound like I'm advertising this book, but I personally believe that it was a good buy - and I've been covering the Muay Thai scene for a while now.

This is an excellent resource book for the basics of Muay Thai boxing. The photographs are clear and give detailed examples of techniques. Based on the fact that it is difficult to find any literature on the art of Thai Boxing, I recommend this book for any enthusiasts library. If you are looking for any thing other than basics, this is not the book, and the chances of finding such a book without actual Muay Thai instruction is pretty slim. Overall 4 stars

If you know nothing about Muay Thai you might consider it. but it should not be seen in any way as a book to learn from. I believe Zoran Rebac is proably a very skilled martial artist. Who simply did not pay enough attention to his audience. over half the book is technique but there isn't enought detail to learn from. It doesn't cover the Muay Thai scene so who is the book written to? some of the pictures are southpaw but I liked that since I am a southpaw. the three biggest point's I can make are: less than 20 pages on training techniques. (If you are going to work with an instructor theres only a 3 page primer on the hisory of muay thai so what's the point) That it reads like a tour of Muay Thai. To sum up it should be in elemetary school libaries(?) so that little Kids can read about the exotic sport of muay thai (it's not like theres a lot out there on it.) get excited about it and then go out and find info about it.

This is a good book to introduce you to the culture and history of Thai boxing. There are explinations of techniques and an explination of how to generate power. This book seems to be intended more like a documentary into the world of Thai boxing more than a how-to guide. Shots are from Thailand and make the book interesting.

While the techniques of this sport have been assimilated into NHB, striking, and self-defense areas and are used by fighters/martial artists who are not into the culture this book is a great reminder of where the techniques originated.

The author Zoran Rebac is level-headed and appears immune to the hype and BS often associated with martial arts. He accurately states that muay thai is a hard-nosed ring sport descended from more brutal fighting methods. Rebac is from eastern Europe. This book is a translation, so the writing is fairly concrete; if there were more nuances they were lost in translation. Rebac put in his time; he trained in the camps, did his roadwork and took his knocks. Rebac trained in SE Asia in the early 1980's, so this book predates the rise of Thai Boxing in the US and the aerobo-"kickboxing" fad.

this book is a nice book to expose yourself to the art of Muay Thai.given the limited amount of material published on the subject in english this book makes a great addition to any martial arts library.the techniques involved are pretty basic.if you are interested in a little more on technique and at least equal quality as a martial arts book,try muay thai by Hardy Stockman,published by Ohara Publications.

For the price of the book, this is a great value if your interested in muay thai. Lots of large pictures to help explain the basic moves and foot positions. The only problem I had with the book was that each move was not explained as much as they could of been. But then the book is not made to teach you muay thai but just to understand the movements better until you start lessons, if you choose to do so. I did and plan on starting lessons very soon. Great book!

This book is great for beginners, it is not the best book out there, but it is pretty thourough with good pictures and illustrations. Also another big plus is that it is cheap, and easy to find unlike other books on muay thai. If your just getting started, it is a great investment, for just a few bucks you can learn quite a bit abou muay thai and it's history. If you are a veteran Muay thai person, if you havent read it, just get it, its cheap, and youll enjoy it.

This book explores the challanging art of Muay Thai in fasinating detail with many pictures to illustrate what the athor is explaining. It is the next best thing to actually going to Thailand and training.