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  Fight Like a Marine - Close...

  Defense U.S. Department of

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  This book thoroughly explains military techniques of close combat fighting necessary for self-defense in every situation. They will enhance your strength, flexibility, balance, and cardio-respiratory fitness. The practice will help you build personal courage, self confidence and self-discipline. Be as prepared and skillful as a U.S. Marine and act instantly when an unexpected confrontation occurs. Close combat fighting is an engagement between two or more persons in an empty-handed struggle, or with hand-held weapons such as knives or sticks.
  Table of Contents:
  Introduction:
  Definition of Combatives
  Purposes of Combative Training
  Safety…
  Training:
  Responsibilities of Trainers
  Safety Precautions
  Warm-Ups and Stretches
  Crawl, Walk, and Run
  Execution at Combat Speed
  Drills…
  Basic Ground-Fighting Techniques: 
  Back Mount
  Front Mount
  Guard
  Side Control 
  Body Positioning Moves
  Finishing Moves
  Drills
  Defense Against Headlocks…
  Advanced Ground-Fighting Techniques:
  Advanced Body Positions
  Pass the Guard
  Attacks from the Mount
  Attacks from the Back Mount 
  Attacks from the Guard
  Knee Mount
  Leg Attacks
  Striking from Side Control
  Defending Against Strikes in the Guard…
  Takedowns and Throws:
  Breakfalls
  Closing the Distance and Achieving the Clinch
  Takedowns from Against a Wall
  Double Leg Attack
  Single Leg Attack
  Attacks from the Rear
  Throws and Takedowns
  Strikes:
  Arm Strikes
  Punching Combinations
  Kicks
  Transition Between Ranges
  Handheld Weapons:
  Angles of Attack
  Rifle with Fixed Bayonet
  Knife-against-knife sequence
  Entrenching Tool
  Three-Foot Stick
  Defense Against the Knife…
  Standing Defense: 
  Lethal Force Scenarios
  Restrictive Force Scenarios
  Two Against One
  Three Against Two
  Group Tactics 
  Lethal Force Scenarios
  Restrictive Force Scenarios
  Competitions

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  Bruno 60 Years a Fighter

  Frank Bruno, Nick Owens

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  60 Years a Fighter. World Champion boxer, national treasure, pantomime star, sidekick to Harry Carpenter, mental health campaigner.Frank Bruno is many different things to many different people. Now, in his own words, as he turns 60, Frank delivers the full, explosive story of his remarkable life so far.At times harrowing, at times hilarious, but always 100 per cent honest, Frank Bruno: 60 Years A Fighter is the sporting memoir of the year which pulls no punches.In it Frank opens up on his journey to becoming a World Champion and the fight which has come after retirement with mental ill health.Plus he lets us in on a lifetime on stage and screen and the thrills-and-spills of life in the public eye.Featuring tributes by Prince Charles, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton and a foreword from Piers Morgan. PLUS an interview with Tyson Fury, an unseen ringside chat with Frank & ‘Arry and Bruno’s verdict on ALL of his 45 fights.Foreword by Piers MorganQuotes re the book“The words ‘legend’ and ‘national treasure are thrown around way too freely in this country. But Frank truly is one.” Piers Morgan, TV Presenter“He walks as easily with lords of the realm as with the British people for whom he remains one of their most loved sporting icons.” Jeff Powell, Daily Mail“He was, and will always remain, the People’s Champion.” Johnny Nelson – Sky Sports“Frank was born to be a winner. I’m so proud to call him a friend.” Ricky Hatton

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  Great British Cycling Legends

  Chris Sidwells

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  The biggest annual sports event in the world is the Tour de France. In the wake of its overwhelming popularity, it’s easy to forget that there is much more to cycling than whoever gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cycling is rich with legends and pioneers, and it is their stories which light up this compelling account of the sport. 
  This is the story of British cycling as told through the lives of the people who built it. From the first recorded race in a Paris park in 1868 to the present day, Great British Cycling Legends profiles the true originals. Follow the most glorious exponents of road and track cycling, the mountain bikers and the cyclo-cross riders. 
  There were the Victorians such as George-Pilkington Mills, a multi long-distance record holder, including that of Land’s End to John O’Groats on a penny farthing bicycle. Then there have been the significant firsts. Dave Marsh was the first British road-race world champion in 1922 and Maurice Burton was the first black British cycling champion in the 1970s. Eileen Sheridan was one of the first female professional cyclists and a major record-breaker into the 1950s. 
  Great British Cycling Legends examines the personalities and their background of the key cyclists, to show what makes each of them legendary. All of them have, in their own ways, shown why cycling continues to exert such an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination.

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  Herbert Warren Wind's Golf Book

  Herbert Warren Wind

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  Elegant and perceptive musings on the world’s greatest game from the dean of American golf writers  This illuminating collection features many of Hebert Warren Wind’s most famous essays, including “Jones Breaks Through,” his masterful portrait of Bobby Jones’s first major championship, won in an epic eighteen-hole playoff against Bobby Cruickshank at the 1923 US Open, and “North to the Links of Dornoch,” an evocative travelogue that established the venerable course in the Scottish Highlands as one of golf’s premier destinations.   Wind captures Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, and Ken Venturi in their prime, and brings readers back to an earlier era when Harry Vardon ruled the links. He profiles golf’s female pioneers—Mickey Wright, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and Joyce Wethered—and sings the praises of Bernard Darwin, “the greatest writer on golf the world has ever known.” In his Sports Illustrated deadline ode, “The 1958 Masters: Palmer at the Fateful Corner,” Wind brings Arnold Palmer’s first major championship to vivid life and coins Augusta National’s most iconic and enduring term: “Amen Corner.”   Lyrical, evocative, and insightful, Herbert Warren Wind’s Golf Book is a must-read for students of the game and fans of classic sports journalism.  

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  Boston Bound - A 7-Year Journey...

  Elizabeth Clor

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  Have you ever wanted something so badly that your own mind became your biggest obstacle? 
  Elizabeth Clor wanted nothing more than to qualify for the prestigious Boston Marathon. Dead set on achieving this goal, she found herself bound up in a vicious cycle of perfectionism and anxiety that thwarted her at every turn, despite making significant gains in her physical abilities over seven years. Boston Bound is the story of how Elizabeth discovered that her own brain was the culprit, and explains the steps she took to completely overhaul her mindset about her running and her life. 
  For anyone experiencing mental roadblocks in the pursuit of an achievement, athletic or otherwise, this story offers a practical framework for removing these obstacles and realizing one's full potential.

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  The Fighter's Mind - Inside the...

  Sam Sheridan

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  From the acclaimed author of A Fighter’s Heart comes an “entertaining and enlightening” look inside the mental game of mixed martial arts fighting (Dave Doyle, Yahoo! Sports).   In his acclaimed national bestseller, A Fighter’s Heart, Sam Sheridan took readers with him into the dangerous world of professional fighting. From a muay Thai bout in Bangkok to Iowa, where he fought the toughest mixed martial arts stars, Sheridan threw himself into a quest to understand how and why we fight.   In The Fighter’s Mind, Sheridan explores the mental discipline required of an elite fighter. In his training, Sheridan heard time and again (in Yogi Berra fashion) that “fighting is ninety percent mental, half the time.” But what does this mean, exactly?   To uncover the secrets of mental strength and success, Sheridan interviewed dozens of the world’s most fascinating and dangerous men. He spoke with celebrated trainers Freddie Roach and Greg Jackson; champion fighters Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, and Marcelo Garcia; ultrarunner David Horton; chess prodigy (and the inspiration for Searching for Bobby Fischer) turned tai chi expert Josh Waitzkin; and the legendary wrestler Dan Gable, among others.   “Fantastic . . . One of the best MMA books I’ve ever read, and I’ve certainly read my fair share.” —Eric O’Brien, “Way of the Warrior,” ESPN radio “You don’t have to care about fighting, or even know that MMA stands for mixed martial arts, to find insights into human behavior in Sam Sheridan’s The Fighter’s Mind.” —David M. Shribman, Bloomberg

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