Describes how to harness the power of nutrition to help reach peak performance in your martial art. This book includes nutrition profiles, colour photos, and training notes. It guides you to choosing the one of the best nutrition approaches for you, from the several different training approaches.

Presents many details that Ted Wong observed during his time with Bruce Lee. This work describes Wong's research into the how and why of Jeet Kune Do techniques.

Offers a comprehensive overview of Chinese culture. This title features tips, insights and cartoon-like illustrations that give you graphic impressions of the real China. Covering major influences and historical events that guide Chinese behavior to social idiosyncrasies, it helps demystify Chinese culture for Westerners.

Ayurveda is an age-old medical system that was formulated over 5,000 years ago. Documented in the Vedas , the ancient Hindu sacred texts of India, it is a complete wellness regimen with ultimate spiritual goals. This title provides an analysis of India's four healing systems - Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Tibetan traditional medicine.

A guide that teaches you the Turkish which is spoken in everyday situations you're likely to encounter. It features a pronunciation guide, and helpful notes about Turkey's people, language, and culture. It includes the phrases that are arranged according to typical needs of travelers.

Over the centuries, the ebb and flow of history has eroded the face of Korean martial arts, rendering modern sport Taekwondo devoid of the powerful grappling techniques of old. This book proposes that certain movements in Taekwondo patterns hint at vestigial grappling techniques that have been lost.

Muay Thai, translated into English as Thai Boxing, is a ring fighting art and the national sport of Thailand. It is a martial art with origins in the ancient battlefield tactics of the Siamese (or Thai) army. This manual is suitable for those training in Muay Thai or MMA.

Includes information you need to create 48 models of 6 different paper airplanes. This title contains patterned paper and instructions for making 6 whimsical planes: Diamond Dart, Soarer, Star Clipper, Alpha Jet, Spectre and Phoenix.

Pan de Sal is a shy, plain little girl, embarrassed for living in a poor thatched-roof hut and for eating simple foods. One day, the school bus they are riding in has a flat tire, and Pan de Sal saves the day by entertaining her friends and sharing her simple lunch with them - and it turns out that she has no reason to feel ashamed after all.

Offering a learning tool for those interested in Chinese, this title features tips for mastery; exercises in AP-exam format; progressive review sections; and, several indices.

Offers a fun learning adventure that gets children talking about Family, Numbers, Colors, Going Places, and Food. Using everyday words and phrases, this title helps children learn to build their Korean vocabulary in a natural way.

Presents a selection of treats that allows you to indulge your sweet tooth with over 50 Asian delicacies. This title features recipes that range from sweet desserts such as Mango Pudding to savory Pineapple Tarts and Shaved Ice with Banana and Coconut Milk.

Presents the tools that are needed to be proficient in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. This book demonstrates how to tailor these techniques to overwhelm your opponent in MMA competition. It covers fundamental control positions such as the two-one-one, under hook, and head control.

In Bali, what you see - sekala - is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama. What you don't see -niskala - is the doctrine underlying the pageants, the code underlying the rites, and the magic underlying the dance. This title explores both tangibles and intangibles in the realm of Balinese religion, ritual and performing arts.

A collection of 90 Asian cocktails, including 10 non-alcoholic drinks and bar snack recipes such as Tamari Almonds and Curry Popcorn. With flavours ranging from bold to subtle, it reflects the taste and style of 15 mixologists from 5 countries.

Through step-by-step photographs and descriptive narrative, this book shows numerous techniques for shattering your opponent's posture and obtaining control of his body. It covers dozens of collar chokes, arm chokes, and triangle chokes. It is suitable for both novice and an experienced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.

Traveling through Mexico, Central America, South America, or Spain? This title features a pronunciation guide, and helpful notes about Spanish-speaking countries' native people, language, and culture.

Demonstrating a remarkable surge of design exploration in the city-state, this book charts the architects of Singapore who are producing work with a level of refinement and sophistication that is comparable with the best in the world. It features designs by some of the doyens of the profession such as Sonny Chan Sau Yan, and Kerry Hill.

Suitable for travelers and for those who want to master Hindi recognition, vocabulary learning, review and self-testing, this book contains 448 flash cards featuring the most commonly used Hindi words and phrases. It includes sample sentences in Hindi (written in romanized form to help English-speakers pronounce it) and English.

Unveils methods for developing fight strategies. This book details everything you must accomplish from the moment you sign the contract up to the time you step foot into the octagon. It features dozens of striking combinations, counter striking combinations, takedowns, and throws.