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| Solo Training 2: The Martial Artist's Guide to Building the Core for Stronger, Faster and More Effective Grappling, Kicking and Punching | 
 enlarge | Author: Loren W. Christensen
Publisher: Turtle Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $8.85
You Save: $11.10 (56%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 97360
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 188033688X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781880336885
ASIN: 188033688X
Publication Date: April 30, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Z-2
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| Customer Reviews:
 A must have for all serious training ! August 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Returning to the martial arts world after many "stop"-years, i bought several books and dvd on the subject. Clearly and by far, Christensen "Solo Training" 1 & 2 are the best and most valuable ones.
From athletic preparation, strenght training, speed and flexibility developement, up to advanced fighting combination on a mannequin, both books covers all aspects. Everything is covered in depth, with clear explanations, sufficient pictures and also humour.
I tried the excercises and drills described for a month and my phisical condition improved significantly, even after years on non practice.
I highly suggest to buy this book to anyone practicing martial arts of every kind and evey level, you will not be disappointed.
Another excellent book on solo training August 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this second book on solo training by Christensen picks up where the first one left off and adds a whole new dimension to training alone. The hottest thing in the martial arts and in fitness in general is training the core. All kicks, punches and grappling can only be improved by having a stronger midsection, lower back and legs.
I bought this book in April and after putting together an easy to do program I found in the book, I noticed a big improvement by June, roughly eight weeks later. My kicks and punches were landing with a bigger bang on the heavy bag and my launch speed was greater than ever before.
There are lots of solo exercises in here for the core and to improve your foundation moves from which all other techniques come. I still use the first Solo Training for inspiration and to get techniques, and I use Solo Training 2 to get even more drills and techniques plus the core exercises.
Excellent.
Ann P
 Pretty useless book April 27, 2007
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've been training martial arts of various forms for close to ten years. There is really no valuable information in this book unless you are entirely untrained in any fighting skill and have no instructor. Anyone who has trainined with a proficient instructor could train solo using whatever drills were provided by their instructor. Anyone who has trained with an instructor for 2+ years could probably make up training exercises that are more useful than the drills in this book. I was thoroughly disappointed after reading through it the first time. I put the book on the shelf and a few months later returned to it for assistance in changing around my solo training and was disappointed again.
 not quite what I expected January 15, 2007
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought the books hoping to learn something, it was to basic. Not enough detailed pictures or instruction.
great follow-up to Solo Training July 7, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved Christensen's first book Solo Training and was not disappointed withthis one. He shows a lot of ways to make your techniques faster and stronger and how to use them in different situations.
I especially liked how he showed how to pantomine grappling techniques. He would do part of a move in the air and then show the same part of the move on a real person. He would do it that way for three or four steps until his invisible opponent and his real opponent were on the ground. This was real helpful to me because I didn't know you can practice jujitsu by yourself.
As always, Christensen gives you lots of stuff for your money. Over 300 pages with hundreds of training ideas.
I liked his Solo Training DVD, too.
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