Ultimate Sparring : Principles and Practices

Maberry, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 1932045082 / ISBN 13: 9781932045086

Published by Strider Nolan Publishing, Doylestown, PA, 2003

About this Item

8vo. 414pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05064. Very Good: Book VG mild shelf wear to wraps and spine, text clean, binding tight. warmly inscribed by author on title page: "To Glo and Bill Thanks for re-lighting the fires! All My Love Jonathan".

Seller Inventory # 4981

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ultimate Sparring : Principles and Practices
• Publisher: Strider Nolan Publishing, Doylestown, PA
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932045082
• ISBN 13: 9781932045086
• Binding: softcover
• Edition: first thus.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • sports/games

About this title

Synopsis

Ultimate Sparring is the most comprehensive book ever written on sparring and dueling methods around the world. It contains the rules and methods of sparring for cross-training, competition, and self-defense in dozens of Eastern and Western martial arts.

Ultimate Sparring features hundreds of competitive sparring methods, from European Fencing to Japanese Kendo; Golden Gloves Boxing to Muay Thai Kickboxing; Capoeira Kick-Dancing to Krabi Krabong Sword Dancing; Greco-Roman Wrestling to Sumo Wrestling; Shuai Chiao to Chi Sao; and more.

Ultimate Sparring also features dozens of methods of sparring for the development of skills, or for keeping training interesting and fun, such as: Blindfold Sparring, Hands-Only Sparring, Mixed Style Sparring, Groundfighting, Knife Sparring, and Sensory Awareness Sparring.

About the Author

Shihan Jonathan Maberry is a 7th degree black belt in Shinowara-Ryu Jujutsu and a 5th degree black belt in Yu Sool Hapkido. Shihan Maberry has previously authored three books and more than five hundred magazine articles. He is a former Contributing Editor for Black Belt, Inside Kung Fu and Official Karate, and taught Martial Arts History at Temple University for 14 years.