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| Solo Training: The Martial Artist's Guide to Training Alone | 
 enlarge | Author: Loren Christensen
Publisher: Turtle Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $8.69
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 38163
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1880336596
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8
EAN: 9781880336595
ASIN: 1880336596
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not very useful for me June 28, 2006
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I agree, solo practice is very important. If you have no clue what you could practice alone, are training karate / tkd / krav maga, and fairly novice, there might be some good drills for you.
If you train something "softer", or martial arts that emphasize body unity (Chinese MA, Judo, Aikido, systema etc), this is probably not your book.
A problem whith this book is that it has plenty of drills, but the detailed instructions on the techniques are lacking. This is OK if you assume the reader has trained longer, or atleast gets the details from their own teacher. But if you've trained longer, i doubt you'll get much new info from this book. And if you've trained less, IMO you need more detailed info. If you need to ask the details from your teacher, you'd be better off asking the drills from your teacher too.
Atleast one good option is "Attack proof" by Perkins / Ridenhour / Kovalsky. It's more a self-defence book, but had drills i found actually useful and new to me.
 Excelent for beginers, and for Fitness December 20, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a very good book. Don't look into it though if your a black belt or higher, won't offer too much. This book offers great basic intruction, although it does detail on form, I'd listen to my instructor over this book. It comes from a karate point of view, but the drill are good for all martial art forms. No, there's no great training secrets or anything like that in this book. Any book or person that claims to know a secret of training is lying anyway. These bread and butter (basic) moves and drills will help you become faster and stronger when practiced regualrly. I increased my kicked height and speed, as well as my punching power and speed by using this book.
Worth Every Penny! September 23, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've always been a big fan of Loren Christensen's books, but this one is well beyond any martial arts book I've ever read. It's full of ideas that will make you say "Why didn't I think of that?" I've been a martial arts instructor for many years, and I've often been commended for originality, but even I have learned countless techniques and approaches from this book. Well worth the money!!!
Not what I expected August 16, 2005
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
This book is jam-packed full of basic information that any martial artist already knows. Detailed descriptions on how to execute a kick or punch. I was hoping it would touch more on workout routines that I can incorporate. I felt like it was teaching a martial art instead of teaching how to prepare yourself physically for whatever style you may be practicing. There are a lot of good reviews on this book and that is why I purchased it, but it just wasn't what I was expecting.
Excellent Tips!!! August 6, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a very good book for the solo trainer, like myself. It is loaded with helpful tips and great techniques to help you get the most out of your solo workout.
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