Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters: Training for Muay Thai, Karate, Kickboxing, and Taekwondo (Paperback)

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Product Description

Martial artists require a unique physical training program, one that ensures that powerful attacking and rapid counterattacking techniques can be used in self-defense performed over the full course of any contest or practice. In Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters, trainer, author, and fighter Christoph Delp presents a fitness training program expertly tailored to the martial arts. The book, amply illustrated with spectacular photographs from renowned photographers, details the basics of martial arts fitness training and offers an in-depth description of its various elements: flexibility, stamina, and power. The exercises are described in detail and presented step-by-step by leading martial artists. The book focuses on planning and monitoring one’s training and includes complete training programs as well as extensive advice on the proper diet. With this guide, martial artists at all skill levels, from newcomers to those at an advanced level, vastly improve their ability to perform in training and competition.

About the Author

Christoph Delp is a management consultant and Thai boxing instructor who was trained in Thailand and has a great deal of experience in competition. His wide-ranging knowledge of martial arts and fitness is available to martial artists all over the world through his publications and website (christophdelp.com). Delp lives in Germany and Thailand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Blue Snake Books (October 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583941576
• ISBN-13: 978-1583941577
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #723,538 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only basic knowledge on both fitness and stretching, October 28, 2007

By	Hong Chia Nien (Penang, Malaysia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Purchased this book from other book store. I also have a quick reading to finish the book, found out only basic knowledge on both fitness and stretching. Pictures attached are helpful. I only refer to remind me on certain muscle group to both train up and stretching.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic, Basic, Basic!, November 5, 2008

By	Shawn Kovacich "Author of the Achieving Kicki... (The Greatest Little City in the World) - See all my reviews

Allow me to start off by stating emphatically that this is not a bad book at all, it's just simply a very well done book on nothing more than basics, basics, basics! If you are new to the martial arts and training, then this would be a great book for you to own, but if you have any experience at all, then you will probably find this book of little use to you.

The layout and format are very well done and the photographs are in color and printed on glossy paper, always a plus. The author covers such fitness areas as; stretching, dieting, weight training, aerobics, etc. However, these areas are not really gone over with any great detail and as I said before, are pretty basic in nature. This book would be of a greater benefit to someone who was involved in kickboxing, more so that any other martial art, and that is exactly what the title implies.

Here are some additional books on training that you may want to check out as well.

Practical Programming for Strength Training

Starting Strength (2nd edition)

Ultimate Flexibility: A Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts

Fighter's Fact Book: Over 400 Concepts, Principles, and Drills to Make You a Better Fighter

The Fighter's Body: An Owner's Manual : Your Guide to Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Excellence in the Martial Arts

Timing in the Fighting Arts: Your Guide to Winning in the Ring and Surviving on the Street

Just to name a few!

Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice pictures and dissapointing contents, May 25, 2007

By	Camilo Mendoza "Camilo Mendoza" (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read this book very fast, the reason was that the ideas and contents of the book were so basic and to be honest, nothing interesting for me. I was looking for advanced tips and contents which I couldn`t find them in the book. Howver, It `s a nice reference book for your library.