Martial Arts Made Easy (Made Easy (Firefly Books)) - Hardcover

100 cool moves from a range of martial arts disciplines.

Martial Arts Made Easy allows readers to teach themselves skills from such martial arts as karate, kung fu, judo, tae kwon do and ninjutsu. Each featured move is illustrated with step-by-step line drawings accompanied by expert advice that assures learning is fun and safe.

This easy how-to guidebook covers:

• Training
• Warm-up exercises
• Basic positions
• Equipment
• Kicks
• Rolling
• Hand techniques
• Tactics
• Defensive moves
• Foot patterns and movements
• Competitions
• Belt grading
• Kiai, the yell of super power.

A special feature, "In-Focus," highlights particular moves from well-known movies and demonstrates how they were achieved.

With clear instructions and stunning photography, Martial Arts Made Easy makes the best and flashiest elements of martial arts easy to master.

Peter Lewis has been involved with martial arts for more than 25 years. Having become a black belt in Wado-ryu Karate, he switched to kung fu. He has written several books, including Martial Arts of the Orient, Myths and Legends of the Martial Arts and The Martial Arts: Origins, Philosophy, Practice. He was also consultant editor at Fighters magazine.