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| Author | : Michael B. Poliakoff |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 1987-01-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780300063127 |
A comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome and the Near East.
| Author | : David L. Hudson Jr. |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2009-05-13 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0313343845 |
Fistic combat represents the greatest human drama in all of sport. Roman gladiators thrilled citizens and emperors alike when they entered the octagon to face an intense, life-threatening experience. Boxing, the sport of kings, also has its roots in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Banned in 500 A.D. by the Emperor Theodoric, it resurfaced twelve centuries later in England. John Milton praised it as a noble art for building character in young men, and sports writer A.J. Leibling dubbed it the Sweet Science. Many of its major protagonists - men such as Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali - have become transcendent, near-mythic heroes. But boxing is not the only combat sport, and mixed martial arts, in all their ferocious beauty, represent the fastest growing sports genre in the world. Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) has joined boxing in paying seven figures to some of its champions, and draws millions in its pay-per-view events. This book details leading figures in boxing, sumo wrestling, kickboxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and mixed martial arts (including organizations such as Ultimate Fighting, PRIDE, K-1, Total Combat, and SportFighting). Over 150 entries cover champions, contenders, and other famous combatants from all over the world, as well as legendary promoters, managers, trainers, and events. Also included in this encyclopedia are sidebars on controversies, highlights, brief bios, and other noteworthy events, along with a general timeline. .
| Author | : Steve Scott |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2013-07 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781938585258 |
"IT'S A FIGHT, NOT A GAME". This book is about training for grapplers and fighters. It doesn't matter what combat sport or martial art you specialise in, showing up in shape is mandatory. Your work ethic, your willingness to withstand harsh physical training and ability to absorb punishment all directly affect your success in grappling or fighting. With these words, coaches Steve Scott and John Saylor challenge you to get in the best fighting shape of your life using the workouts and training regimens they have used to train hundreds of national and international champions. What's Inside: What is Functional Training & why does it work?; Periodisation: how to plan your training cycles; Proven workout routines designed just for fighters; The science behind the exercises, drills & workouts; Freehand & bodyweight strength training; The best barbell, dumbbell & weight machine exercises; How the exercise ball can help you develop a rock hard core; Strength training with Kettlebells; 'Old School' hard core power training; Staying healthy & avoiding injuries for maximum mat time; How to plan your workouts around your fight schedule; Challenging medicine ball exercises; Plyometric & jump training; Over 400 exercises to build strength, power, agility, & speed.
| Author | : Ramin Kordi |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2009-03-01 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1848003544 |
Sports medicine and sports science are relatively new and rapidly developing fields of knowledge. During the past 2 decades, a significant body of scientific knowledge has been published in these areas. However, there is a demand for practical ref- ences which address sports medicine and science in the context of different sports. This demand is higher in some sports including combat sports, which are highly physically and mentally demanding, and cause challenging issues such as risk of blood-borne infections, weight reduction, head injuries, stress management, and safety for women and children. This book has been developed to meet the needs of the practitioners who work with combat sports athletes in order to improve their health and performance. Combat sports include four Olympic sports (boxing, wrestling, judo, and t- kwondo) and other popular sports such as karate, kick boxing, and Wushu. These sports are popular in most countries of the world, both at competitive and rec- ational levels. Combat sports are practiced by people of different ages for a variety of reasons such as to gain fitness and health benefits and to learn self-defense.
| Author | : Darren Yas Parr |
| Publisher | : The Crowood Press |
| Total Pages | : 393 |
| Release | : 2018-05-20 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1785004069 |
The role of the strength and conditioning coach for a combat athlete is to perform a needs analysis in which both the fighter as an individual and the sport itself are assessed in order to develop a high-performance programme. This might include plyometrics, speed and agility, endurance and core stability, strength training and nutrition as just some of the pieces of this complex jigsaw. The aim is to increase strength, speed, power, endurance, agility and flexibility. Strength and Conditioning for Combat Sports aims to help the coach and athlete bridge the gap between the theory of training and applied training, helping the athlete to become faster, stronger and more flexible and to build their muscular endurance so they perform better and remain injury-free. This will be essential reading for all martial arts coaches and practitioners and sports science students. Fully illustrated with 330 colour photographs and 90 diagrams.
| Author | : Christopher R. Matthews |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2016-04-29 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 113743936X |
This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different national and trans-national contexts, detailing many of the struggles and opportunities experienced by women at various levels of engagement within sports such as boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts.
| Author | : Raúl Sánchez García |
| Publisher | : Anthem Press |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2014-12-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1783083468 |
‘Fighting Scholars’ offers the first book-length overview of the ethnographic study of martial arts and combat sports. The book’s main claim is that such activities represent privileged grounds to access different social dimensions, such as emotion, violence, pain, gender, ethnicity and religion. In order to explore these dimensions, the concept of ‘habitus’ is presented prominently as an epistemic remedy for the academic distant gaze of the effaced academic body. The book’s most innovative features are its empirical focus and theoretical orientation. While ethnographic research is a widespread and popular approach within the social sciences, combat sports and martial arts have yet to be sufficiently interrogated from an ethnographic standpoint. The different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant’s ‘Body and Soul’: the construction of a ‘carnal sociology’ that constitutes an exploration of the social world ‘from’ the body.
| Author | : Christopher David Thrasher |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2015-06-14 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1476618232 |
Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals of manhood, and presents a narrative of American history as seen from the bars, gyms, stadiums and living rooms of the heartland. Ordinary Americans were the agents who supported and participated in fight sports and determined its vision of masculinity. This work counters the economic determinism prevalent in studies of American fight sports, which overemphasize profit as the driving force in the popularization of these sports. The author also disputes previous scholarship's domestic focus, with an appreciation of how American fight sports are connected to the rest of the world.
| Author | : Garrison Wells |
| Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2012-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0761389245 |
Did you know that Muay Thai started out as military training for Thailand's warriors? Hundreds of years ago, they used it for hand-to-hand combat. In modern times, Muay Thai is still powerful, challenging, and a great way to exercise. Enter the Martial Arts Sports Zone to learn about the history, gear, moves, competitions, and top athletes connected to Muay Thai. You'll discover: • What some of the top Muay Thai kicks and strikes are, including the roundhouse kick and the flying knee. • What ram muay is and how it honors the sport's traditions. • What the main local, national, and international competitions are. • What role Muay Thai has in mixed martial arts competitions worldwide. Are you into sports? Then get in the zone!
| Author | : Patrik Drid |
| Publisher | : Nova Science Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Martial arts |
| ISBN | : 9781536100037 |
The number of studies in combat sports has significantly increased in the last decade, as numerous combat sports are becoming more popular around the world. In this book, authors present current academic research from interdisciplinary combat sports arenas, including MMA, Judo, Karate and Tae Kwon Do. Furthermore, readers can find a review that explores the time-motion analysis of grappling, striking and mixed combat sports, and an overview of physiological responses to typical training sessions in official and simulated combats. Relevant physical and psychosocial changes throughout the process of maturation are addressed along with a comparison between combat sports and other forms of physical activity. This book also addresses links between oxidative stress and exercise in combat sports; injury epidemiology in judo; differences among athletes in different karate disciplines.
