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Title: Kickboxing: The Essential Guide to Mastering the Art by Eddie Cave ISBN: 1-58574-381-X Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: General overview of the sport
Comment: This book is slick, well-written, and a good informative read. The photos are very well done and the presentation is very nice. What this book is NOT is a guide to "mastering the art" (not that you'll read your way to mastery of any martial art). There is a good discussion of some techniques and combos, but much of the book is spenty on subjects such as stretching and conditioning exercises, the various styles of kickboxing (low, full-contact, low kicks, Thai boxing, etc.), women in kickboxing, and a review of the various kickboxing associations.

Some gratuitous information on defense against weapons is included at the end of the book. The techniques demonstrated will get you killed regardless of your skill as a kickboxer. The author proposes using a crescent kick to disarm an attacker armed with a gun who is facing you with the weapon pointed at you. Sorry, but the best defense in that situation is to hand over your wallet. This is a good book on sport kickboxing, but this section kind of spoiled it for me.

Rating: 5
Summary: Kickboxing Kicks
Comment: Good book. Gives the history of the sport from its inception to the present. Excellent photography for displaying the techniques. I have a green belt in Thai Kickboxing and find this book is a nice supplement to my training classes. It is also good for beginners as it goes through appropriate warm-up, stretches, and combination moves. I recommend for beginners to intermediate students.

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