He's been named the Instructor of the Year by Black Belt magazine and dubbed “the published authority on American karate” by Karate International magazine. Now Jerry Beasley, ninth-degree black belt, shares his insights on the technique and tradition behind the most popular form of karate in the western world. 
In Mastering Karate, Beasley focuses on the crucial components of advanced karate techniques that will enhance your individual performance and give you the edge in sparring situations. The detailed descriptions and photographs will help you visualize and develop the critical skills needed to progress through the intermediate and advanced ranks. 
Mastering Karate also includes specific offensive and defensive strategies you can adapt in competition as well as an entire chapter dedicated to teaching styles and methods that you can apply to become more effective in the dojo. With advanced training methods for physical and mental preparation, this book offers the practical tools you need to succeed.
In addition to a wealth of training techniques, Mastering Karate presents ideas and concepts about history, traditions, etiquette, and training methods, it traces the evolution of western karate and shows how it has been influenced by superstars like Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and Bill Wallace. Mastering Karate is an invaluable resource for students in all karate disciplines. Whether you're an advanced black belt, an intermediate student striving for improvement, or an instructor in search of contemporary training methods, you'll benefit from this comprehensive resource. Use the experience and instruction of Jerry Beasley to guide you to success.

Mastering Karate (Mastering Martial Arts Series)

Sports & Outdoors

Beasley, Jerry

Individual Sports

Human Kinetics

Novels of the 1740s

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Univ of Georgia Pr

By Jerry Beasley #135.  7 X 10, 120 pages, paperback.  ISBN #0-86568-191-0.  The author believes that the best jeet kune do experience comes through the art of full-contact fighting. The true JKD experience must have the element of danger, the potential for injury and the reality of pain for the practitioner to develop true freedom of expression. In this book, Jerry Beasley contends that the freedom must be earned at some sacrifice. This book will stir some opposition from those who prefer the status quo. But there's no denying that the true face of JKD shines through. Covers Jeet Kune Do from a practical fighting aspect!

Jkd: High-risk Sparring

Unique Pubns

Experience the power of Bruce Lee's jeet kune do, the explosive art drawn from the best of Eastern and Western fighting styles. An exclusive collection featuring interviews with Inosanto, Lewis and others, and a dynamic presentation of principles and techniques.

In Search of the Ultimate Martial Art: The Jeet Kune Do Experience

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Paladin Pr

Achieve a greater understanding of the art and practice of JKD through the insightful, thought-provoking research of Jerry Beasley. A martial artist who trained extensively with Joe Lewis, Beasley takes a logical approach to solving the mysteries, riddles and puzzles Bruce Lee left behind.

The Way of No Way: Solving the Jeet Kune Do Riddle

Self-Help

The training manual that martial artists everywhere have been wanting for more than 20 years is finally here! No one has ever equalled the record of Lewis, the winner of more tournaments than any other man. This is his complete training system, which will show you what it takes to win every time.

The Greatest Karate Fighter of All Time: Joe Lewis and His American Karate Systems

Lewis, Joe

Biographies & Memoirs

Development of American Karate: History and Skills

Amer Martial Arts Pub

Selected Works of Eliza Haywood, Part I Vol 1

King, Kathryn

Spedding, Patrick

Pettit, Alex

Collins, Margo

Blouch, Christine

Routledge

Selected Works of Eliza Haywood, Part I Vol 2

This text reprints selected non-fictional works by Haywood, with particular attention to the journalism, criticism, and "conduct and advice" material. Here, Haywood explicates and defends ideas on gender and culture that she develops obliquely elsewhere.

Selected Works of Eliza Haywood, Part I Vol 3

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