Download or read book Kick Push written by Frank Morrison and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning picture book creator Frank Morrison makes his author/illustrator debut in an exuberant story about being yourself. Epic has tricks you won't believe. He's the kick flipping, big rail king. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he can't wait to hit the street with his skateboard. But his old moves don't feel fresh without a crew to see 'em. Epic thinks about giving up his board to fit in, but an encouraging word from his dad helps him see that the trick to making new friends is to always be yourself. Be you. . . be epic! Award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison offers a heartwarming, dynamic celebration of self-expression, inspired by his own journey through fatherhood.
Download or read book Kick Push Kick Push Duet 1 written by Jay McLean and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a single defining moment within every skater. It lasts only a second. Two if you're good. Three if you're really good. It's the moment you're in the air, your board somewhere beneath you, and nothing but wind surrounds you. It's the feeling of being airborne. The sixteen-year-old version of me would've said it was the greatest feeling in the world. Then at seventeen, I had my son. And every single second became a defining moment. Even the ones that consisted of heartbreak when his mother left us. Seventeen. Single. Dad. That's what my life became. Yet, every day, I managed to find that feeling of being airborne. Or at least I convinced myself I did. But I lied--to myself and to everyone around me. Until she showed up; Tanned skin, raven dark hair, and eyes the color of emeralds. You know what sucks about being in the air? Coming down from the high. Sometimes you land on the board and nail the trick. Then kick, push, and coast away. Other times you fall. You fall hard. And those are the times when it's not as easy to get back up, dust off your pads and try again. Especially when the girl with the emerald eyes becomes your drug ... And you become her poison.-from Amazon.
Download or read book Achieving Kicking Excellence written by Shawn Kovacich and published by Chikara Kan, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hip Hop Headphones written by James Braxton Peterson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hip Hop Headphones is a crash course in Hip Hop culture. Featuring definitions, lectures, academic essays, and other scholarly discussions and resources, Hip Hop Headphones documents the scholarship of Dr. James B. Peterson, founder of Hip Hop Scholars-an organization devoted to developing the educational potential of Hip Hop. Defining Hip Hop from multi-disciplinary perspectives that embrace the elemental forms of Hip Hop Culture (b-boying, dj-ing, rapping, and graffiti art), Hip Hop Headphones is the definitive guide to how Hip Hop culture can be used in the classroom to engage and inspire students.
Download or read book Black Belt written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
Download or read book Kickflip Boys written by Neal Thompson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of being the father of adolescent boys.” —Michael Chabon “What a riveting, touching, and painful read!” —Maria Semple “Fun, moving, raw, and relatable.” —Tony Hawk What makes a good father, and what makes one a failure? Does less-is-more parenting inspire independence and strength, or does it encourage defiance and trouble? Kickflip Boys is the story of a father’s struggle to understand his willful skateboarder sons, challengers of authority and convention, to accept his role as a vulnerable “skate dad,” and to confront his fears that the boys are destined for an unconventional and potentially fraught future. With searing honesty, Neal Thompson traces his sons’ progression through all the stages of skateboarding: splurging on skate shoes and boards, having run-ins with security guards, skipping classes and defying teachers, painting graffiti, drinking and smoking, and more. As the story veers from funny to treacherous and back, from skateparks to the streets, Thompson must confront his complicity and fallibility. He also reflects on his upbringing in rural New Jersey, and his own adventures with skateboards, drugs, danger, and defiance. A story of thrill-seeking teens, of hope and love, freedom and failure, Kickflip Boys reveals a sport and a community that have become a refuge for adolescent boys who don’t fit in. Ultimately, it’s the survival story of a loving modern American family, of acceptance, forgiveness, and letting go.
Download or read book Black Belt written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
Download or read book Kettlebell Kickboxing written by Dasha Libin Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You only have one body, and your body has amazing potential. But you also only have one life—why waste more of it than you need to at the gym? Kettlebells, the swingable weights found in gyms and homes everywhere, burn up to four times the fat of other workouts. But they are often ignored or misused, causing wasted time or even injury. Dasha Libin Anderson teaches a one-two punch of kettlebells and martial arts, rolling strength training and cardio into one workout for women that burns five hundred to one thousand calories per hour. The unparalleled kettlebell expert has spent over a decade developing the Kettlebell Kickboxing system based on science and experience and has seen amazing results for women of all fitness levels (including actresses and models) who take classes at her Manhattan studio or work out with her bestselling DVD series. Dasha introduces readers to kettlebell and martial arts techniques and teaches the science behind safe swings, squats, punches, kicks, and hundreds of innovative moves everyone can do. Organized by the body part targeted, Kettlebell Kickboxing features hundreds of step-by-step photos and workout routines for four-week fitness plans, lifelong exercise goals, and fifteen-minute high-intensity interval training. Learn everything you need to look and feel the way you always wanted: strong, confident, agile, pain-free, and sexy.
Download or read book The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall written by Sammy Franco and published by Contemporary Fighting Arts, LLC. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn How to Beat a Bigger and Stronger Opponent When you’re about to fight a thug on the street and you have to look up to stare into his eyes, you’re bound to feel up pang of fear. But follow the solid strategies and self-defense techniques presented by self-defense maverick and innovator Sammy Franco, and the fight will end with your attacker looking up at you in confusion as he crashes to the ground. Sammy Franco was concerned that no book on the market successfully tackled the specific problem of fighting a larger, stronger opponent. In The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall, he addresses that all-important issue and delivers the solid information you’ll need to win a street fight when the odds seem stacked against you. The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall will teach you:How to avoid panic and intimidationThe do’s and don’ts of fighting a massive fighterThe five best knock-out targetsWhat works, what doesn’t, and whyHow to avoid the ground fightWorkout routinesEquipment trainingStep-by-step fighting combinationsAnd much, much more. In this one-of-a-kind skill building workbook, Sammy Franco calls upon his 30+ years of experience as a reality-based self-defense expert to prepare you both mentally and physically for the fight of your life. Unless you’re a lineman for the NFL, there may come a day when you will face an opponent who can dominate you through sheer mass and power. Read and study this book before that day comes.
Download or read book Bush Yarns written by R.F Giles and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are 49 yarns in my book starting with The Discovery of Australia then a few taken from my life experiences in the bush and at sea drifting into occasional brief yarns sparked by our history and through the second World War with a few Aboriginal yarns for good measure. In some, the names have been replaced to avoid embarrassment, but all are basically true. My life has been a kaleidoscope of experiences. I became first a beekeeper, then a drover leading to stock dealing and then into cattle and sheep stations in various partnerships. I was a stock and station agent and auctioneer for about 40 years in my own right while running the properties and charter boats, and twice owned motion picture theatres. I reckon I must have married too often to accumulate, as each wife now has at least one house, and or farm while I live in a rental?
Download or read book Full Contact Kickboxing written by Andy Dumas and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sport of Full Contact Kickboxing demands the highest degree of technical skill, physical conditioning and intellectual discipline. Athletes must rely on their technical expertise by throwing all kicks above the waist and winning the bout purely with kickboxing techniques. A structured training programme is therefore essential. Full Contact Kickboxing is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of kickboxing training. Combining the expertise of an experienced coach and kickboxing champion, it provides the motivation and techniques needed to make better choices in and out of the ring, and to become a disciplined and successful competitor. Featuring over 380 photographs, this valuable training guide will help readers to swiftly progress and gain a competitive edge. It will be of great interest to all those interested in kickboxing principles, from amateurs to professionals, from boxers to martial artists.
Download or read book Cosmopolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taekwondo Studies Advanced Theory and Practice written by Michael DeMarco, M.A., et al. and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-11 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taekwondo is unlike any other martial art and it deserves some special attention because of its importance as a sport with a unique history and influence. This anthology, as part of our projects to provide stellar articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, provides high quality materials about taekwondo you will not find elsewhere. Topics include fascets of taekwondo history, practice, competition, health, education, character, techniques, and sport/athletics. You’ll find the notes, bibliographies, illustrations, and index are also valuable. We have been very fortunate to include the writings of Dr. Willy Pieter, a pioneer in the scientific study of taekwondo. Other articles in this book provide details of taekwondo history, such as the detailed work by Dakin Burdick. The earlier version as published in the journal caused quite a stir among Korean martial art afficionados, particularly in the clear exposition that taekwondo’s roots are found in Japanese/Okinawan traditions. Some chapters focus on specific techniques, especially the pieces by Udo Moenig, Louis Bercades and Willy Pieter. The interview by José Suporta with Juan Moreno is very insightful as it includes a discussion of the differences of taekwondo practices for the martial artist and sport athlete. In her chapter, Marzena Czarneca uncovers the social relationships that often develop between students and teachers. The emotional and psychological bonds formed during classes are often difficult to notice and define, but she does so with a unique research methodology. Van Reenam’s chapter gives a refreshing portrait of childhood development through taekwondo practice. His conclusions will benefit those who teach, as well as the youngsters and parents involved in taekwondo. Authoritative works dealing with taekwondo are published occasionally. This book is a milestone in taekwondo literature. Hopefully you will enjoy reading each page of this important anthology. Besides being a convenient collection of special readings on taekwondo, we also hope the chapters will inspire future research and writing in this field.
Download or read book On the Syntactic Composition of Manner and Motion written by Maria Luisa Zubizarreta and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2007-02-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This crosslinguistic study of the structure of motion predicates argues for the universal syntactic nature of the composition of manner and motion within the verbal constituent. In serial verb languages, manner and motion are overtly represented as two distinct morphosyntactic units, sequentially ordered. Zubizarreta and Oh argue that the same analysis into two units holds for nonserial verb languages, albeit at a more abstract level. They argue further that this abstract level is part of the syntactic component of the grammar.The authors support their argument with a wealth of empirical data and a discussion of significant theoretical issues. Unlike many books and articles that discuss the relation between constructional meaning and the lexicon, On the Syntactic Composition of Manner and Motion examines one phenomenon in detail: the articulation of manner and motion, in three distinct language families—Germanic, Korean, and Romance. The authors' defense of the syntactic approach to constructional meaning will be of interest to linguists and psycholinguists both inside and outside the generative tradition, and to scholars of Romance, Germanic, and Korean languages.
Download or read book The Official EPAKS Guide to Form Four written by EPAKS Publications and published by EPAKS Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Form Four is probably the most complicated American Kenpo form. This form is both physically and mentally challenging. It is often referred to as the heart of American Kenpo. This book contains a wealth of knowledge, never before uncovered by any other source of reference. In this book you will learn not only the form's proper execution, but also its history, a detailed analysis of its place within American Kenpo, and quizzes about the form that will test even the most experienced. Think you are up to the quiz challenge – THINK AGAIN! Be ready to uncover a trove of hidden secrets and have all your questions answered, readily available, and at your fingertips. This guide is artfully crafted to be used by not only the beginner to intermediate student, but also by the most seasoned of practitioners and instructors. And finally, this book is presented to you by the gold standard in American Kenpo guides – EPAKS.
Download or read book Touching the Void written by David Greig and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1928 a journalist asked George Mallory why he wanted to climb Everest. Mallory said, 'Because it's there.' Joe Simpson's memoir Touching the Void, international bestseller and BAFTA-winning film, charts his struggle for survival on the perilous Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes aged twenty-five. Adapted for the stage by David Greig, Joe's story explodes into a bold theatrical fantasia. We discover the counter-cultural world of Alpine climbing and the sensual joy of the mountains; we bear witness to the appalling moment when Joe's climbing partner Simon Yates, battered by freezing winds and tethered to the injured Simpson, makes the critical decision to cut the rope. Tense, funny and inquisitive, Touching the Void explores the mind's extraordinarily rich reservoirs of strength and imagination when teetering on the edge of death. David Greig's Touching the Void premiered at Bristol Old Vic, Bristol in September 2018.
Download or read book Juniper Blue written by Susan Lang and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing new novel by acclaimed author Susan Lang continues the saga of Ruth Farley, the fiercely independent young woman who was the protagonist of Small Rocks Rising, published by the University of Nevada Press in 2002. Ruth is still on her homestead at the end of a rugged canyon in California’s Mojave Desert, still struggling to survive on her own and to recover from a brutal rape and the murder of her lover. Now she must also face the responsibility of motherhood. The ensuing story expands Ruth’s world to encompass the panorama of Depression-era Southern California—miners and ranchers hanging on until times are better; Indians trying to preserve their ancient culture and identity; Okies, vagrants, and breadlines; the wealth and glitter of the movie industry; and narrow-minded small-town gossips. Ruth’s life also expands as she adjusts to motherhood, trying to maintain her autonomy and isolation and trying to preserve the tenuous web that links her to the seductive ruthlessness of the desert and to its ancient people and their wisdom. Ruth is one of the most engaging characters in recent fiction, complex and contradictory, stubborn and vulnerable, passionately in love with her austere desert home. Lang tells her story, the saga of a fully modern woman seeking her own identity and destiny against the turbulent, colorful setting of the rapidly changing twentieth-century West.
