The exact reason why you have decided to begin utilizing the kicking skills taught in this book depends upon your own personal needs and interests. You may enjoy it because of the stress reduction and physical fitness benefits, or simply because you enjoy the physical challenge that kicking correctly presents. While others enjoy the sporting, or competition aspects of the tournament arena.However, for most people, their primary reason for practicing these kicking skills is for self-defense. Regardless of the reason, the materials presented in this book are beneficial to anyone who wants to improve their kicking ability, whether it is the martial artist, tournament competitor, aerobic kickboxing enthusiast, or the self-defense advocate.While the book and the material presented within it are invaluable to the individual who does not have the opportunity to learn in a formal setting, it is also a tremendous benefit to those who are fortunate enough to have access to a qualified and competent instructor. A privilege and an honor one should never take for granted.

Success in anything begins with a dream, but to achieve that dream you must first adopt a mindset for success. Learn how to develop a concrete action plan to identify your goals and begin to achieve them with black belt determination. Leverage your existing positive qualities and talents into a toolset for success that can positively change every aspect of your life. With commitment and determination, anything is attainable! #13; #13; - Supplement your dojo training with new knowledge, skills, techniques, strategies and life lessons. #13; - Understand how to combine your newly improved skills and strategy in the ring, and on the street. #13; - Learn how to develop strength, inner-harmony and excellence in martial arts and in everything you pursue! #13; - Find your passion and pursue it with the same techniques all successful people use to achieve your own endless string of life successes! #13; - Find answers to questions that all martial artists ask during their quest for excellence, purpose and enlightenment. #13; - Learn what it means to mature into a servant-warrior (even if you are not a martial artist) whose focus is on serving a purpose greater than yourself. #13; - Includes a detailed seven level framework for martial arts study that highlights essential skills in everything from close-quarters combat to wilderness survival, first aid, grappling and weapons to techniques of camouflage, concealment and character development. #13; #13; Learn how to develop a determined black belt mindset to enrich your life as a martial artist and a human being and excel at both. Join the ranks of warriors throughout history who not only mastered their art, but found ways to serve a cause greater than themselves. Through martial arts, your potential for human development is unlimited.

The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.

Do you ride the escalator-or take the stairs? No matter how you define success, it always requires one thing: self-discipline. But as popular speaker and strategist Rory Vaden explains, we live in an "escalator world"-one that's filled with shortcuts, quick fixes, and distractions that make it all too easy to slide into procrastination, compromise, and mediocrity. What seems like an easier path is really much harder in the end-and, most important, it won't take you where you want to go. How do successful people stay focused and achieve results? This lively and insightful guide presents a simple program for taking the stairs-that is, for overcoming the temptations of quick fixes and procrastination, conquering creative avoidance, and transcending personal setbacks in order to tackle the work that leads to real success. Whatever your goals are, Rory Vaden's proven approach will get you there-one stair at a time.

The "Analyze Your Fighting Method," presented in this book shows martial artists how to use videotaped competition fights or sparring to truly understand their present skill and what it takes to become not just a great fighter, but a superior fighter! The Analyze Your Fighting Method includes five levels of evaluation, which are used to breakdown and study videotaped sparring and/or competition matches from every technique that was thrown to how mental attitude affected performance. Then, this book explains how to set fighting goals and plan workouts to achieve those goals. It also teaches martial artists how to use tactics to create winning strategies. To help in the creation of strategies, this book includes a one of kind "Tactics Catalog." This catalog lists over 100 tactics that fighters can incorporate into their strategies. This book is applicable to any type of martial arts system or competition including mixed martial arts.