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Busted! Jesse "Street Angel" Sanchez, aka Shiraz Thunderbird, gets pinched and must do a stretch in Angel City's infamous juvenile corrections center, Alcatraz, Jr. For the Deadliest Girl Alive, three squares a day and a warm, dry bed ain't all bad. Jesse meets a girl gang, besties a superhero sidekick, pushes the lunch lady to the limit, and watches Harriet the Spy! Will juvie break our hero, or will "Shiraz Thunderbird" break OUT of Alcatraz, Jr.?...
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So you think you're a martial arts master, but do you know the difference between kung fu, kendo, and karate? Students will learn about various martial arts as they practice comparing numbers. This Spanish math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, intriguing sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning math relevant and fun. Text...
84) Ninjak: Issue #0
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AN ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! AN EXPLOSIVE 40-PAGE MILESTONE! Ninjak's past and future - in the crosshairs!
Behind the years of training... Underneath the high-tech gadgetry... MI-6's most experienced operative is still flesh and blood. So just how is a mortal man like Colin King able to survive in a world filled with telekinetic psiots, eternal warriors, and sentient suits of alien armor? The key to Ninjak's survival is buried deep in the past...and...
85) Karate
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Karate Requires Discipline And Respect. Learn About The Techniques Required To Excel In This Sport. High Interest Informational Text To Support Rigor And Text Complexity.
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The first title in the new, exciting, and completely original Sports by the Numbers series!
The University of Oklahoma Sooners Football program has produced seven national championship teams, four Heisman Trophy winners, and countless legendary coaches, players, and characters. This inaugural book in the new Sports by the Numbers franchise unlocks the captivating history of this football program by providing OU fans with Sooners history in a fresh,...
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Cheng Man-ch'ing (1902-1975)-also romanized as Zheng Manqing-certainly played a lead role in popularizing tai chi ch'uan throughout the world and greatly influencing the way the art is perceived and practiced. This fact alone should drive all those interested in tai chi to study the man's history and thought. There is a huge body of writings and video representations of Cheng's tai chi theory and practice. Unfortunately, much of the available content...
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Open Circle Way/ Kiwon Hapkido is the first book in the Martial Arts and Healing series. It provides an overview of the heritage, philosophy, and foundations of Hapkido. It is said that the secrets of martial arts are in the basics. This book provides the keys to finding these secrets. The techniques and curriculum of a martial art are like an alphabet. As you learn the letters, you are able to read and write. It is our goal to help people to express...
89) Curso de aikido
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El aikido es un arte marcial de origen japonés creado por el maestro Morihei Ueshiba. Es un deporte exigente desde el punto de vista mental y espiritual. Su práctica no está orientada a la lucha o la competición, sino al entrenamiento del equilibrio del cuerpo y la mente, un aspecto necesario para alcanzar la seguridad y paz interior. Tal como revela su propio nombre, que deriva de tres ideogramas japoneses -ai, «armonía», ki, «energía vital»,...
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With over 250 photographs, this book is an illustrated presentation of the art of the Okinawan Sai-jutsu. With its comprehensive commentary on stances, basic techniques, and bunkai, it is an essential companion for students, teachers and friends of classical Kobudō. Additionally, the basic kata Ni Chō Sai is completely presented in this book with written explanations and photographs. The author, Sensei Jamal Measara, is a foremost authority in the...
91) Is This Legal
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On November 12, 1993, in Denver, Colorado, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was unleashed on an unsuspecting public, with an explosion-an explosion of blood-as 6-foot-5 Dutch savate champion Gerard Gordeau kicked 420 lb-sumo wrestler Teila Tuli flush in the face less than one minute into the night's opening fight. The creation of ad man and serial entrepreneur Art Davie, the UFC arrived with virtually no warning or fanfare. Yet it was watched live...
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Saijutsu: Traditional Okinawon Weapon Art is a presentation by kobujutsu master Katsumi Murakami of the powerful and subtle Okinawan art of the sai. In this succinct and authoritative martial arts manual, the art of wielding the sai, twin forked weapons-sometimes called iron rulers or truncheons-that enable the user to disarm and neutralize a more heavily armed opponent, is set out in step-by-step detail, with clear photographs of every move of each...
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A New York Times Bestseller, Got Fight? is an hysterical, entertaining, and in-your-face guide to fighting from the most enigmatic and unpredictable fighter in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Forrest Griffin is the light-heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and was the winner of the first season of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter; in Got Fight?, he shows you how he did it. With Erich Krauss, Muay Thai fighter and co-author of...
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Since the beginning of time, men have engaged in hand-to-hand combat. In Ancient Greece, they called it Pankration, a no-holds-barred battle. Over time, one complete combat system was replaced by a variety of limited ones like karate, boxing, and wrestling. In the modern age this created an eternal question: who was tougher? Could a boxer beat a wrestler? Could a kung fu artist dispose of a jiu jitsu man?
The Ultimate Fighting Championship answered...
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In MMA Unscripted: Behind the Scenes of America's Hottest Sport, the authors, editors, and writers for MMA Worldwide delve deep into the dramatic, awe-inspiring underpinnings of the mixed martial arts universe. The result is a revealing portrait of what happens once the cage empties and the lights darken. Within these pages, the MMA Worldwide crew has canvassed the entire sport to uncover the best stories and most-telling anecdotes about MMA personalities...
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Take the nonsense and confusion out of learning self-defense.
This book will be your street survival guide and will simplify the process of learning self-defense.
If you want to learn about self-defense this book will help you do that.
In this book you will learn: How to defend yourself and NOT get arrested in the process, How to avoid being a victim of violence, How to spot and avoid trouble before it happens, How to handle trouble when it does...
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Overhead block, upward stab, step-through lunge, bayonet slash; knife fighting, handgun shooting, sword play. If your enemy is armed, you need to know how to deal with him. SAS and Elite Forces Guide Armed Combat teaches a huge range of armed close combat techniques, including tips on fighting stances and postures, movement and evasions, quick draws, parries, fend-offs, blocks, cuts, thrusts, strikes, and stabs. Our expert author will teach you how...
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Are you a martial artist who wants to take their self-defense training to the next level but you don't know how? This book is written for you. Even if you train in self-defense or combative already the drills in this book will help you improve the results you get.
There are 50+ cutting edge drills in this book that are guaranteed to take your self defense training to the next level. In this book you will learn: Why combatives is best for self defense,...
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"Unleashing Harmony: The Art of Aikido" delves into the profound world of Aikido-a martial art that goes beyond mere combat techniques to cultivate inner harmony, self-discipline, and a deep connection with others. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced practitioner, this book will serve as your roadmap to understanding and mastering the principles, techniques, and philosophy of Aikido.Chapters included:Chapter 1: The Origins and Philosophy of...
100) A Simple Man
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The life and history of Soke Takayoshi Nagamine is, remembered by one of his original students and black belts, Bill George. George sensei brings to life the early years, in the 1970's, when Soke was, teaching daily at his dojo in Cincinnati, Ohio. George sensei provides the history, progress and development of Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do, as Soke, traveled around the United States and Canada teaching seminars and clinics, from 1980 to the 2000's....
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