Combat Sports & Self-defence

The first world title fight in Wales featured Swansea lightweight boxer, Ronnie James, and the city produced another three challengers at the highe...

Martial arts have grown in popularity in recent years as we have begun to discover the many benefits that each one can offer. While they can help t...

Named one of TIME magazine's 100 Greatest Men of the Century, Bruce Lee's impact and influence has only grown since his untimely death in 1973. Par...

It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few ...

Long before Tai Chi and Qigong became household names in the West, an American sailor visiting Shanghai discovered a gentle Chinese exercise called...

This comprehensive guide to Kendo features easy-to-follow line drawings to demonstrate techniques, basic information on equipment and lists of offi...

Ramla Ali's life inside and outside the ring represents her ruthless refusal to quit and passion to fight for what she believes in.In her first boo...

In the late 1980s heavyweight boxing was ruled by one man - Mike Tyson. No one could touch him, it seemed, but nonetheless a generation of fighters...

The legs are powerful tools that a grappler in any combat sport can and should use to their advantage. The purpose of The Triangle Hold Encycloped...

George Gordienko (1928-2002) may be the greatest wrestler you've never heard of. From humble, Ukrainian/Cossack immigrant roots in the Canadian ...

Soul of the Samurai contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen & Bushido.In Soul of the Samurai, bestselling author and respec...

Take Taekwondo beyond just kicking and punching--discover powerful grappling moves that build on the patterns you already know! Taekwondo is the m...

Master the wooden weapons used in Aikido with this comprehensive martial arts training manual.Although aikido is often thought of as a nonviolent, ...

Through popular movies starring Bruce Lee and songs like the disco hit Kung Fu Fighting, martial arts have found a central place in the Western cul...

Wales has always punched above its weight in the boxing ring. The United States, with 100 times the population, may have been the dominant player i...

This manual lays out techniques of the Keluarga Pencak Silat Nusantara (KPSN), one of the leading pencak silat organizations in Indonesia. Moving f...

Meet Dave Hazard; world class martial artist. A 7th dan black belt in Shotokan karate, he's as respected in the tough streets, bars and clubs of th...

Ewan's book is for you if.... You are looking for your path in life, or have come to a barrier and wonder how to climb over it; You are facing chal...

Nothing to loseWhen nineteen-year-old Tommy Carter throws away a promising career to work for local villain Davey Abbott, everyone thinks hes made ...

Ricky Hatton's brilliance as a boxer, his down-to-earth demeanour and his live-wire sense of humour have made him a national treasure.Five of Ricky...

THE STORY BEHIND THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF BOXING FOREVER, OBE NICOLA ADAMSAt London 2012, Nicola Adams made history when she became the fi...

In 1988, then struggling writer Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Alis mothers modest Louisville house, knocked on the door and introduced himself to ...