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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8
EAN num: 9781581601381
ISBN number: 1581601387
Label: Paladin Press
Manufacturer: Paladin Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 104
Printing Date: 2001-05
Publishing house: Paladin Press
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If you want to acquire the skills needed to defend against larger, stronger adversaries without devoting a lifetime to martial art study, this book offers a viable solution: become an expert low kicker. The anatomical targets emphasized in most self-defense programs (eyes, throat, testicles) are stunningly effective - if you can hit them. But that's often easier said than done when your adversary is big, mean and coming at you with both fists flying. By comparison, the knees, shins and insteps are relatively easy to hit even without extensive training or above-average strength. In fact, the average person - even the average woman - has enough lower-body strength to deliver a punishing kick to these vital targets. In this book, Fred Hutchinson, author of The Modern Swordsman, offers basic instruction on stance, kick chambering, weight shifting and footwork. He then teaches specific training drills and methods for throwing chambered and unchambered kicks; practicing proper kicking form; training for agility, speed, accuracy and power; maximizing your kicking power through lower-body conditioning; and employing low kicks tactically. Practice them consistently and you will become adept at dealing out destruction with your feet and knees should the need arise.
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I must admit that I was at very first a bit skeptical of the material in this book when I was very first deciding whether or not I was going to purchase it. However, I am pleased to say that I am very glad that I did purchase it, for it is actually a very well done book and the few criticisms that I do have on it are minor indeed in comparison to the wealth of material that I found inside.
Being the author on numerous books on the subject of kicking, I tend to be perhaps a little to critical of other books on the same subject. I guess a comparison could be made that you are always harder on those you care about than those you don't. The same holds true for me and books on the martial arts and more specifically books on kicking.
This book really is outstanding in its look at the use of low kicks for self-defense. I am also an avid proponent of using kicks in self-defense, although I don't necessarily limit my use of them strictly to lower level targets. The author really covers a lot of ground in this book and although some areas seemed a little brief, they all meshed well with one another to give the reader a very good and realistic view of the use of low kicks for self-defense. Here are just a couple of the kicks the author recommends for use at a low level.
Front Kick (Achieving Kicking Excellence, Vol. 6)
Side Kick (Achieving Kicking Excellence, Vol. 10)
Roundhouse Kick (Achieving Kicking Excellence, Vol. 9)
My primary critique of this book is the fact that the author didn't use actual photographs to demonstrate the various techniques in his book. Instead he used simple line drawings and sketches of what appeared to be the author himself executing the various kicks. That and the lack of some footwork illustrations were the only real detractors that I found in this book. I really think that this book could have been so much better had the author used some actual photographs. And for that reason, and that reason only, I proudly rate this book at 4.5 stars.
However, that one critique aside, this book is simply loaded with good information and one that I happily admit that I am proud to have in my own personal library of martial arts books. Now I must end this review by stating that I don't necessarily adhere to absolutely everything that the author prescribes to in this book, although I will say that I do agree with the vast majority of it.
Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.
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Yes, I know this book does not cover the high-flying kick or Thai round kick to
the thigh! If you do not spend all day practice martial arts or you are above
certain age those kicks are useless and even dangerous. What this book is
presenting are the kicks that any person regardless of their previous experience
can learn and apply in any situation without any preparation. They are meant to be
used when one is facing a life and death situation. Incidentally Thai boxing is a sport.
Try the Thai kick in the elevator or telephone booth.
Some people may complain that this book seems like it was written in the Bruce
Tegner days, may be so but since our bodies did not change what is the difference
the techniques are still hold. I can tell you from the personal experience -
Those techniques works. True the illustration may desire to be better, but go
beyond that, understand the essence of what the author want to convey. If
you want real proven techniques that always effective, forget all those fancy
kicks, get good HARD shoes and start kicking, keep it simple.
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Ah, low kicks, what some would call the "most practical" way to use your feet. This book is pretty much for the novice, but it can certainly add to most folk's arsenal. The best part for me were the training methods to improve accurracy, but they weren't really anything new. The kicks that are covered are classified as either "chambered" or "unchambered", but I did notice that probably the most proven low kick was missing; the Thai round kick to the thigh! This book seems like it was written in the Bruce Tegner days, when Karate, Judo, and Jujitsu were the only Asian arts, and Savate was our (westerners) answer to it. However, if you know nothing about low kicks, and want to get REALLY good at them, then this is the book for you. My major complaints are the poor illustrations (I would have prefered stick figures to these drawings), and the lack of applications. Make no mistake, low kicks are important, but this book is on low kicks only. I think it should be a suplementary text and nothing more.
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I thought the book was decent, but it really is for a person with little or no training. The kicks are basic karate kicks that any white belt at the YMCA is familiar with.
The book also covered weight training to enhance your low kicks. Weight trainging?! Once again, obviously written for the complete novice and obviously padding the pages with common knowledge.
The book basically covers basic kicks and how to practice them. Interesting, but there is nothing in the book that I couldn't have figured out on my own.
I was hoping for a detailed description of how/when to attack knees to effect particular injury, or knock a person out by kicking the femoral artery. I know how to kick! I wanted to learn some of the ways to use those most kicks effectively.
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A very highly recommended addition to personal and professional Martial Arts Studies instructional reference collections, Low Kicks: Aiming Low For Maximum Punishment In Unarmed Combat by martial arts expert Fred Hutchinson teaches martial arts students how to defend themselves against opponents or attackers who are larger or stronger than themselves. This thoroughly "learner friendly" compendium of basic instructions covers the physical stance, kick chambering, weight shifting, and footwork. With practice in applying Hutchinson's clear, step-by-step instructions, martial arts students will enhanced their agility, speed, accuracy, power, and tactical effectiveness in a combat situation through the use of low kicks.
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