Download or read book Kicking and Screaming written by Melanie D Gibson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melanie Gibson was an independent woman with a good job, multiple college degrees, and a condo in the trendy part of town. She also had a few mental illnesses, a minor substance abuse problem, and rotten relationship skills. She was a high-functioning crazy who needed a good kick in the pants, literally and metaphorically. In early 2013, as a last desperate means to save her sanity, Melanie turned to a nearly forgotten childhood activity: the Korean martial art of taekwondo. As if the universe were listening, she discovered her West Texas childhood taekwondo instructors’ Grandmaster operated a taekwondo school a few miles from her home in Fort Worth, Texas—and she decided to start her training over as a white belt. In taekwondo, Melanie felt like she had a fresh start in more ways than one. She found an inner peace she’d never known before, a sense of community, a newfound confidence, and a positive outlook on life. The kicking and screaming she was doing in class quieted the long-term kicking and screaming in her mind. Funny and frank, Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Martial Arts is the story of Melanie’s life-changing journey from troubled, lost soul to confident taekwondo black belt.

Download or read book The Greatest Underdog written by Marivic Lacuna and published by Marivic Lacuña. This book was released on with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an inspirational story of how a girl who is always compared to others became a great ghostwriter, a teacher, and even built a writing firm. Growing up, Vicky was always compared to her twin sister. She knew she was an underdog. She lived a life where she heard all the compliments going to her sister and all the negative feedback thrown at her. Yet this underdog soared high and she'd taken the steps now. She had created a team of writers and became an inspiration to them that their passion for writing could be their ladder to success. Aside from that, she became an online English teacher touching the lives of her students around the world, preparing them and nurturing them to become the best version of themselves as they grow.

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 The A Z of The Martial Arts Master written by Thomas Daw and published by Henry Washington. This book was released on with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all that you will ever need to become a martial arts master. Whatever style you are interested in, learn expert advice from a real Grand Master, with students worldwide. The A-Z of the Martial Arts Master pulls no punches, and dares to say what most martial arts teachers will never admit. If you like martial arts, you can learn more knowledge from this book than from most people alive. Whether you are interested in starting martial arts training, or you are already a seasoned expert looking for a breath of fresh air, The A-Z of the Martial Arts Master is must-have the book for you.

Download or read book The Girl Who Threw Stars written by Peter Alexander and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khantida, a spirited young Thai courtesan, once married to a handsome but ruthless police major, finds herself desperately seeking sanctuary in her rural childhood village, Phayu. Wrathful ghosts and angels are drawn to the battle between the former lovers as the village suffers. The fates of Khantida, her 6-year-old daughter, Noi, her sister, Som, and numerous other citizens of northeast Thailand are all played out in one shocking, often horrifying, week. Much of the world undergoes terrifying changes attracting the spirits of the dead as well as angels from Nirvana to a tiny Thai town that nobody ever heard of.

Download or read book Starting in Taekwondo written by Joe Fox and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the martial arts, especially Taekwondo, only three questions are really important as you begin, and this book answers all of them: 1) Will the techniques I'm learning really work in self-defense and competition? 2) Am I learning these techniques the best possible way? 3) How can I remember, master, and apply all I am learning? The answers are those of an internationally renowned master instructor, whose wisdom is captured on these pages along with clear illustrations by an award-winning photographer. The techniques are organized just like a workout session. Start with preparation, conditioning, and weight-room workout. Go on to the basic stances, the seven principal kicking techniques, hand punches and blocks, and to other strategies and applications. The most important aspect of training--the psychological component--shows how to keep yourself motivated through continuing education, proper rest, and relaxation. You, too, can experience those breakthroughs which Taekwondo veterans refer to as times when "the indomitable spirit hits home." Sterling 128 pages, 296 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

Download or read book Family Power written by Mark Lopez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring sports memoir from the family who captured America?s heart at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Lopez family set new records at the Beijing Olympics with three siblings on the same U.S. taekwondo team?and a fourth sibling as their coach. Mark took the silver medal, and Steven and Diana both brought home the bronze, with big brother Jean coaching them to victory. Here, for the first time, is the inspiring story of a family united behind a dream. In 1972 Julio Lopez and his wife Ondina emigrated from Nicaragua, hoping for a better life for their family in America. In an atmosphere of love, support, mutual respect, and healthy competition, their children trained hard in taekwondo, daring to dream they might reach the pinnacle of their athletic field in the Olympics. Told in turn by Steven, Mark, Diana, and Jean, this is the incredible story of how one close-knit family?s boundless determination and rock-solid support system took them from their home in Texas to Olympic glory in Beijing.

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Download or read book A Killing Art written by Gillis, Alex and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eagerly anticipated updated return of a bestselling martial arts classic The leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the worldÍs most popular martial arts, are fond of saying that their art is ancient and filled with old dynasties and superhuman feats. In fact, Tae Kwon Do is as full of lies as it is powerful techniques. Since its rough beginnings in the Korean military 60 years ago, the art empowered individuals and nations, but its leaders too often hid the painful truths that led to that empowerment „ the gangsters, secret-service agents, and dictators who encouraged cheating, corruption, and murder. A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do takes you into the cults, geisha houses, and crime syndicates that made Tae Kwon Do. It shows how, in the end, a few key leaders kept the art clean and turned it into an empowering art for tens of millions of people in more than 150 countries. A Killing Art is part history and part biography „ and a wild ride to enlightenment. This new and revised edition of the bestselling book contains previously unnamed sources and updated chapters.

Download or read book Breaking Through The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata written by Colin Wee and published by Moosul Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking Through is about much more than a single kata. Colin Wee describes his four-decade journey in the martial arts, during which he came to recognize common training deficiencies in traditional hard-style striking arts such as Karate and Taekwondo. His ingenious, multi-faceted solution, dubbed the JDK Method, utilizes the strengths of kata to teach key dynamic combat skills and concepts forgotten and overlooked in modern training. Breaking Through is a case study of the JDK Method as applied to Bassai Dai—a pattern trained across many Karate and Taekwondo styles. In Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata, Colin plumbs the depths of Bassai Dai, having returned to it for inspiration time and again to deconstruct it and extract its most valuable lessons. The twelve applications presented herein delve beyond simplistic bunkai and traditional step-sparring. The lessons taught through Bassai Dai—which Master Wee and his students have relentlessly studied, tested and trained—are an effective series of principles and defenses against the most common and frequent attacks one is likely to face. When instructors and students link the applications from Breaking Through to how Colin and his students got there—the logic of why the applications work and how the applications address a dynamic combat situation—they learn to fill in the gaps left by traditional training. This is where the magic of the book truly happens. It is truly the book's subject. Once readers establish the link with the applications and the methodology, they can apply this knowledge to any other form in any other system, and it instantly levels up their understanding of how traditional training can be put to work. Published at a time when many have foregone the practice of patterns, claiming they are outdated and of little use to modern students, Colin unlocks advanced lessons encrypted in Bassai Dai kata and by this demonstrates how to universally apply the JDK Method to patterns in any style of martial art.

Download or read book On the Hunt written by Teyla Branton and published by White Star Press. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vladimir Putin A Geostrategic Russian Icon In the Shadow of Ukraine written by Goeran B. Johansson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2014, and Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity among the Russian population. As great that two thirds of the population want to see him as the President of Russia beyond the year of 2018th. But it remains to be seen whether Putin managed to hold its own internationally in his effort to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. Simultaneously behind the events in Ukraine is intensified a process that will lead to a paradigm shift in the world order where the US loses its dominant power in world politics. This book was already published 2014 and is the second part in the trilogy "" A Slavic People A Russian Superpower A Charismatic World Leader The Global Upheaval Trilogy"" that is also published in LULU.

Download or read book The Shattered Dream of Death written by Marjorie Townsend and published by Marjorie Townsend. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone is killing people at ATMs. It's up to Detectives Phillips and Marshall to find and catch the killer. Unbeknownst to them, the killer is writing a script, and has a chapter for each murder. The killer leaves very little evidence behind, and when the detectives finally do have a suspect, it becomes a game of hide and seek as they attempt to gain the upper hand before he strikes again.

Download or read book Karate Kid written by Rosanne L. Kurstedt and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain mindfulness, focus, and inner strength while learning karate moves with a goat kid! A goat kid loves to do karate! And he is sure to inspire young kids to try karate as well. Follow Goat as he goes through the major stances and karate moves, teaching readers to channel focus and strength through each pose. Karate Kid's simple, measured, and meditative text is complemented by playful yet instructive illustrations by Mark Chambers to teach youngsters how to get involved in karate--and to have fun while doing so, too.

Download or read book When Cinderella Falls Down Dead written by Joshua Gabe and published by Wordclay. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time: Christina was your average spunky teenager going through high school armed with only her wit, and her best friend Gloria. Soon the Goth duo finds themselves consistantly in and out of the law. This is of course because Gloria's father is the Chief of police. Finally it seems that luck has finally smiled on the best friends, when they are offered a chance to be part of the "Junior Detectives" (think CSI for teenagers). Soon Christina and Gloria find out there is more to police work then donuts and coffee breaks. When our hero's soon learn some of the towns people will kill to keep their secrets dead and buried. What ensues is a hilariously clever thriller that puts a black comedy spin on an age old classic Cinderella. Tagline: Some fairy tales were never meant "to be real!" Praise for "When Cinderella Falls Down Dead."" I know I should go to bed and turn the light off, but the pages keep turning themselves (Michelle Smythe MA)." "If this book hasn't got a place on your bookshelf yet, you obviously haven't read enoough of it (Henry C. The Highlands)." "It was a fun, and fast read. I am definitly going to recommend it (Nicole B. Digital Initiatives)."

Download or read book And the Angel Rocked Me written by Casey Jones and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one heard her cries. From broken bones to murdered pets to violated innocence, Casey Jones endured countless atrocities as a child. Trapped in a world of unbearable cruelty, her mind shattered into alternate personalities, and she escaped into the arms of an angel. Despite the abusive home she was raised in, Casey found the strength to forge her way in the world, thriving as a flight attendant who entertained passengers with her in-flight songs and antics. But later, a calculating predator pulled her into his snare. This smooth talking, charismatic psychopath had everything under control, so he thought. Like so many others she was taken in, but realizing that God commands us to stand against evil, she fought back. Heart wrenching, And the Angel Rocked Me gives a glimpse into childhood trauma and the breakthroughs that are possible for those who endure. This touching memoir includes insights for those who are in a relationship with a psychopath. And the importance of having faith that your suffering is often the path to your purpose.

Download or read book I Know It Was You written by Giles Ekins and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Chloe Macbeth begins to receive threatening letters, she has no doubt who is behind them: David Jarrett, languishing in jail for the murder of his adoptive parents. Jarrett is convinced that Chloe - out on parole following a conviction for GBH - is the real killer. But have the previous crimes in Jarrett’s past finally caught up with him? When a local businessman is stabbed to death in a street altercation, DCI Grace Swan and DS Terry Horton find themselves pitted against the most dangerous criminal they have ever encountered: the Mannikin Killer. Can they track him down before he kills again? Find out in 'I Know It Was You', the second book in the DCI Grace Swan Thrillers series by Giles Ekins. This book contains graphic violence and some strong language, and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.