Combat Sports & Self-defence

*The Sunday Times bestseller - now in paperback*By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the worl...

A riveting drama inspired by the true story of Frankie Lucas, a young black boxer navigating the vibrant yet challenging world of 1970s London. Fr...

In the 1600s, the elegant and deadly Italian rapier was the choice sword of duelists, officers, gentlemen and noblemen: to master the rapier was to...

The Italian school of swordsmanship was highly influential amongst the major courts of Europe and produced scholarly writings that are still reprin...

Firsthand accounts of the life, practice, and teachings of pioneering Aikido master Robert Nadeau, direct disciple of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshib...

The poleaxe is a fearsome weapon: the armour-breaching weapon par excellence of the late Middle Ages, wielded on foot in friendly tournaments, leth...

Christian Tobler makes a deep dive into the fighting traditions of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, particularly as recorded by Johannes Lie...

Ellis Amdur's writing on martial arts has been groundbreaking. In Dueling with O-sensei, he challenged practitioners that the moral dimension of ma...

Written by a former SAS Survival Instructor, SAS and Special Forces Self-Defence provides easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions on coping with a...

Mind and body coordination can contribute greatly towards a sense of harmony and wellbeing, and this practical book explores 10 ancient disciplines...

The secrets of internal power are revealed in this expert guide to Internal and External martial Qigong. This comprehensive martial arts training ...

The Fighter is the compelling life story of Australian Muay Thai legend 'John' Wayne Parr - a fighter's odyssey full of twists, turns, world titles...

This illustrated study lifts the veil on the gladiators of ancient Rome, who provided a bloody spectacle for the people of the Eternal City and its...

Chin Na is one of the four major fighting categories in all Chinese martial styles.   The four categories are: Kicking (Ti) Striking (Da) Wrestlin...