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This book is designed to help readers understand depression and make positive changes to overcome it. Dr. Kuhn teaches a unique tai chi form as well as qigong and meditation. The form is easy to learn, easy to remember, and easy to practice. Dr. Kuhn's multidisciplinary approach to mental health also focuses on positive thought, a healthy diet, and self-confidence.

Regain natural, pain-free motion and balance with qigong, a timeless Chinese art that promotes healing, flexibility, and balance. The gentle, meditative movements emphasize proper motion in coordination with breath, making qigong the right choice for preventing, treating, and healing back pain.

Learn how to combine the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to treat sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression. True Wellness the Mind is a step-by-step guide to better mental health, blending the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to reduceSleep DisordersAnxietyDepressionThe authors recognize that the conventional way of managing sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression may not be sustainable for many who continue to struggle with these problems. In their own practices they have discovered a path to optimal mental health by combining the best of Western and Eastern medicine. "We have seen among our own patients how chronic stress can wear away at their well-being, often first by stealing their sleep, then dampening their mood, and finally disrupting their health."With this book you will:Discover the strengths and benefits of both Western and Eastern medicineCombine Western and Eastern healing methods for sleep disorders, anxiety, and depressionUse questions, worksheets, checklists, and practical advice to prepare for and begin new, healthy behaviorsLearn to create a multidisciplinary care team for a strong alliance between your Western health-care providers and Eastern practitionersThe authors explain how exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong affect the body, so you can make healthier choices. To make this easy, they provide practical advice and worksheets to start simple daily exercise routines, help you increase more plants in your diet, and begin a stress reducing qigong practice. True Wellness the Mind encourages individual responsibility and prepares you to take the first step on your healing journey. By combining ancient wisdom, cutting-edge scientific discoveries, and practical advice, these tools can lead you through a transformation to true well-being in body, mind, and spirit. Remember, emotional health, physical health, and sleep are intertwined, each affecting the others.

Chie Miyazaki is wild and spoiled¿the pampered child of a cadet line of the Imperial house of Japan. When she disappears in the United States accompanied by a slick Korean boyfriend, it sets off alarms among elite officials in Japan¿s security apparatus.The Japanese want the problem solved quietly, so they seek out Connor Burke, prize student of Sensei Yamashita. Burke suspects that he¿s being used, but he accepts the assignment out of honor for his revered sensei.A covert search and rescue operation turns into a confrontation with a North Korean sleeper cell, and Burke finally discovers the secret that drove Yamashita from Japan so many years ago and the power behind the decades-old connections that pull Yamashita back into danger in the service of the imperial family.

"The Art and Science of Self Defense provides you with a condensed system of distilled skills and techniques, each carefully selected for its reliability in a high stress environment. Martial arts, combat sports, and self-defense are different realms, and while interconnected, they are not the same. This book helps bridge the gap. While training in the martial arts or competitive combat sports can aid you in a self-defense situation, it does not prepare you on how to take action should you need to physically defend yourself. Topics include awareness skills, including situational, spatial, and environmental; avoidance skills to deal with fear, escape, and de-escalation; anticipation skills for being approached, posturing, and reading body language; action arsenal including targeting, striking, yelling, evading, and countering; and advanced arsenals for dealing with ground fighting, weapons, and multiple attackers. Whether you are just starting out, or have been practicing martial arts for years, there are important self-defense skills for everyone in this book"--

DISCOVER THE MARTIAL ESSENCE OF TAI CHI CHUANHere's your chance to take the next step in your tai chi journey. Martial applications found within tai chi chuan are a direct link to your tai chi as a form of self-defense. When you study the martial side of tai chi, you can become proficient in a variety of high-level skills, including sensing, neutralizing, yielding, striking, chin na, and even throwing. If you know a tai chi form, you are going to discover the essence of your movements by becoming aware of their martial applications. If you are practicing tai chi pushing hands, you will greatly improve your skills with this understanding of martial applications. If you are ready, you are going to love the amazing tai chi fighting set. This fully choreographed set (requires a partner) will combine all your tai chi skills into one 5-minute routine. It's like having three books in one. Includes:Martial applications for the Yang-style long formMartial applications for Yang-style tai chi pushing handsThe complete Yang-style tai chi fighting setFor any style of tai chi chuan, this book will be important for practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding and advanced skills. Learn how to analyze the forms and defense applications in your tai chi, gaining higher-level knowledge of your style. Discover the martial applications of Yang style. These insights will give you greater understanding of your own art. Find inspiration. Master Yang's writing will inspire you to investigate the martial applications of your tai chi style. This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

The Art and Science of Self Defense Training provides you with a condensed system of distilled self-defense skills and techniques, each carefully selected for its reliability in a high stress environment. Topics include situational awareness, avoidance, and how to take action should you need to physically defend yourself.Martial arts, combat sports, and self-defense are different realms; although interconnected they are not entirely the same. -- This book can help bridge that gap.This curriculum is streamlined and divided into nine logical stages of training that allows both martial artists and those with no formal fighting experience to quickly and methodically learn and develop reliable skills for self-defense.While training in the martial arts or competitive combat sports can aid you in a self-defense situation, it does not prepare you for those aspects that are unique to actual self-defense.The book begins with the basics, upon which everything else relies - awareness, avoidance, and anticipation skills - before moving on to building a reliable arsenal of self-defense techniques. You will progress through a series of carefully selected actions for high stress situations.The aim of this curriculum is to improve confidence and skills in a structured and logical way.Topics includeAwareness skills including situational, spatial, and environmentalAvoidance skills to deal with fear, escape, and de-escalationAnticipation skills for being approached, posturing, and reading body languageAction arsenal including targeting, striking, yelling, evading, and counteringAdvanced arsenals for dealing with ground fighting, weapons, and multiple attackersWhether you are just starting out, or have been practicing martial arts for years, there are important self-defense skills for everyone in this book.

Asian scholar and black belt artist Connor Burke labors as a deshi¿a student under the tutelage of a master warrior¿ a practice that draws him into the execution-style murder of a Japanese businessman in Brooklyn. Connor¿s brother, an officer in the NYPD, enlists him to decipher the strange calligraphic writing left by the victim at the crime scene. The enigmatic message leads Connor to the lethal samurai heritage of a mysterious martial arts sensei, the foreboding world of a Tibetan clairvoyant, and finally the unknown wilderness of an elite mountain temple¿where Connor¿s deadliest challenge awaits.

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 Encyclopedia is to explore and analyze what makes a successful leg-based triangle hold, along with the numerous applications and variations that make triangle holds the most effective submission techniques in any fighting sport. The Triangle Hold Encyclopedia presents a comprehensive analysis of triangle submission holds and the numerous applications, variations, set ups, and positions from which they are applied. Included throughout are technical tips, and discussions of how to systematically teach and study triangle holds so they become an effective part of your fighting and grappling arsenal.Contents includeTriangle holds starting from the bottom guard positionTriangle holds starting from in front of an opponentTriangle holds starting from a top or back ride positionTriangle holds starting from a holding or pinning positionPrevention, defense, and escapes for triangle holdsA central characteristic of this book is that the skills presented can be used in a variety of fighting and grappling sports.As important as the power of the legs may be, knowing how to use that power is even more important — and that’s what this book is about.

Welcome to Karate offers everything you need to know during the first six months of your karate practice. Offered as a curricular guide and sourcebook, it introduces the entirety of dojo involvement, emphasizing traditions and etiquette, and offering technical support for all elements required to advance from white to yellow belt.

USA Best Book Award WINNER - 2014 Eric Hoffer Award FINALIST - 2014 According to the World Taekwondo Federation, there are over 90,000,000 taekwondo practitioners worldwide. Every level 1 black belt student is required to learn Poomsae Koryo. Yet few are familiar with the ancestral form known as the 'Original Koryo'. Prearranged forms known as poomsae in taekwondo, are a primary method of transmitting martial arts skills from teacher to student. As sport preference supplanted fighting preference in taekwondo's reason for existence, the Original Koryo was modified in kind to today's well-known Koryo. Written specifically for level 1 and level 2 black belt students, this book is a scholarly attempt to capture, transmit and preserve as an inheritance, the historical treasures and technical elements inherent in Original Koryo and Koryo, as well as the applications less obvious or even secretly encoded in these forms. This knowledge will benefit those seeking more than triumph in the ring or aerobic fulfillment from their taekwondo training. In summary, students will find in this book: - History and philosophy- Technical elements for learning the basics- Detailed instruction for learning Koryo- Detailed instruction for learning Original Koryo Over two hundred photographs, line of motion charts, stepping patterns, and martial applications are provided throughout this in-depth instructional book.

This book is designed for krav maga trainees, security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and military personnel alike who wish to refine their essential krav maga skills, improve their chances of surviving a hostile attack and prevail without serious injury.Emphasizes doing the right things the right way; there may not be another chance (self-defense).This is the most-up-to-date, authoritative, and advanced guide to the world's premier professional defense tactics.This book presents the different training solutions for three groups (civilian, law enforcement, military).

These practical, street and battle-tested stratagems, published from the krav maga curriculum for the first time, are applicable for all martial arts and self-defense practitioners.Use big-picture thinking to take yourself to the next level of krav maga expertise including (dis)engagement, timing, preemptive strike, multiple opponents, counter-ambush and ground survival strategies.Examine crucial legal liability factors to sharpen your thinking about where and when you must (not) use your krav maga self-defense skills.The material synergizes any type of previous self-defense knowledge to hone your personal survival blueprint, especially, against a trained attacker.

The first English-language book to detail the combat systems and martial culture of a land shaped by centuries of conflict. The Martial Arts of Vietnam presents an engaging overview of the evolution of Vietnamese martial arts from 2,000 BCE until today.We will look at the mythical origins of the Vietnamese people and the impact that invasions from neighboring countries had on the martial culture of Vietnam. We will discover how kings and governments promoted and, in some cases, crushed martial traditions; alongside how Vietnams' unusual geography both protected and exposed martial styles and lineages.This work offers stunning photography, era timelines, and regional maps that allow for an engaging adventure through Vietnam's northern, central, and southern regions, all in search of events and catalysts that shaped its martial history through the ages.When we arrive at modern Vietnams' martial arts society, we meet with many teachers from the northern, central, and southern regions who, through courageous efforts, are attempting to codify and preserve their unique combat systems for the benefit of all martial artists. We explore the ethnic minority martial arts, Sino-Vietnamese and Chinese martial arts, as well as various imported and foreign systems and how they are positioned in relation to modern Vietnam's martial arts practices.The Martial Arts of Vietnam lifts the veil of secrecy long surrounding this socialist state to reveal its combat systems and their thousand years of evolution.

In his follow up to the phenomenally popular Solo Training, Loren Christensen has dug down deep to come up with hundreds of more ways for you to rev up your training at home or in the gym. Solo Training 2 kicks off with a focus on building your body's core for stronger, faster and more effective grappling, kicking and punching. A strong core - your shoulders, chest, abs, hips, and back - is the source of your body's power, speed and coordinated movement. As a martial artist, a strong core helps you to get more out of your training and to respond instantly and effectively to the fast changing demands of competition or an explosive street encounter. You'll also get over 100 ways to work your combinations, cheat speed, improve accuracy, fight from unconventional stances, practice grappling when you can't find a partner and get the most out of your mannequin bag. If hundreds of new training drills sound overwhelming, not to worry. Solo Training 2 wraps up with 8 workouts, each with a specific goal like the Free Hand Power Builder and the Boxer Workout. If you've read your copy of Solo Training 2 to tatters, give it a little time off and dig into Solo Training 2, where Loren Christensen promises to take your fighting techniques and understanding of fighting concepts to a new level.