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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Martial Arts
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Sat August 26, 2006
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8.0
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Description:
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"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Martial Arts" by former international Karate Champion Cezar Borkowski and Marion Manzo gives you:
* Quick and easy facts about 13 martial arts disciplines
* Valuable training tips and suggestions for selecting the right martial art
* Down-to-earth advice about the physical and mental benefits of martial arts for children, teens, and adults.
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borkowski martial arts complete idiot
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warlordblade
I'm just a hairy guy...
Registered: July 2006
Location: Utah
Posts: 2189
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Review Date: Sat August 26, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
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Pros:
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Info for the uniformed, well organized, understandable
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Focuses heavily on Karate
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In searching for the right system of martial arts for me, and with only a small idea of what I wanted from that system, I picked up this book from the library hoping it would educate me somewhat in what was available.
Before I continue, in this case the title of this book really fits the information contained within - it really is a guide for complete idiot's - that is to say people who really don't know much about martial arts. There is a lot of simple, basic stuff that non MA people don't really think about and don't realize is that important. Things like your reasons for studying martial arts and what you want to get out of it - a ripped six pack? DragonballZ-level chi-ball generating power, or just plain old confidence. It also rates a variety of aspects of martial arts like contact (kicks vs punches, etc), level of importance of physical/mental/spiritual (i.e. Aikido is 5/5 in Spiritual but 2/5 in physical) aspects of the martial art.
The biggest drawback for me was that it dedicated multiple chapters to Karate and only one or less to the arts I was more interested in... I guess that's what you get when you're reading a book by a pair of 8th and 5th degree Karate Black belts! Also Karate IS one of the mostly widely available systems, so there is more general information available. Still - I would have liked to see more comprehensive information about other systems as well.
The bottom line: If you are a beginner and still unsure of what you want to do and need to think more on WHY you want to do it - this book can give you some tips and pointers that could be very helpful in deciding what you want to do. If you are already deep into a system and don't know much about other styles available - this COULD be a good source of information, but for the experienced practitioner, I don't think this is a necessary resource.
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