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The Martial Artist's Book of Yoga: Improve Flexibility, Balance and Strength for Higher Kicks, Faster Strikes, Smoother Throws, Safer Falls, and Stronger Stances |  | Author: Lily Chou
Creators: Ph.D. Norman G. Link, Kathe Rothacher
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 346790
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1569754721
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7046
EAN: 9781569754726
ASIN: 1569754721
Publication Date: August 15, 2005
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An excellent training supplement for martial artists of all stripes, The Martial Artist's Book of Yoga clearly illustrates how specific yoga poses can directly improve one's martial arts abilities, with asanas that the reader can easily incorporate into a balanced workout. Designed for those practicing any martial art including judo, karate, kung fu, taekwondo, jujitsu, and hapkido, the book explains the training needs and challenges of the various universal techniques, believed to have evolved from yogic movements nearly 2500 years ago: kicks, strikes and blocks, throws, falls and rolls, joint locks, and grappling moves. Then the author identifies the underlying fundamentals necessary to advance one's skill in each area and presents a series of yoga poses specially selected to make those improvements--from increased flexibility and strength to better body control and balance.
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Excellent Yoga Book June 27, 2009
Joseph Cisneros (Chicago, IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Martial Artist Book of Yoga is one of the best books on yoga that I have found. It is a great way to really learn some of the yoga terms and how to perform them without an instructor. I've used it for a couple of weeks and have noticed vast improvement in my balance and I do not feel as tight when I exercise. The book does a great job of explaining each pose, what it stands for in yoga terms, and it helps in conditioning for Martial Arts. An excellent book for anyone looking to get into yoga or trained Martial artist trying to get an edge.
 Good - but not Great December 21, 2008
Shug B.
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good, but not great explanation of how yoga benefits a martial artist. Since a martial artist is about power, speed, balance, a bit more explanation of the kinetics would have been appreciated.
I've been studying karate for a while and yoga for longer, I know my personal yoga practice complements my karate. However, I don't know all the kinesthetics for why.
I am going to keep looking for a book that explains the why to me so that I can explain the why to my fellow karatekas.
 Written by a martial artist for martial artists November 16, 2005
Michael Ashley
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lily Chou is uniquely qualified to give us a guide to yoga specifically for martial arts. Her ten years of experience include cross training in Yongmudo, Taekwondo and over four years in Hatha yoga, coupled with her skills in editing numerous health and fitness books and participation in the UC Martial Arts Program is an exceptional combination for an author. Lily has divided her book not by the typical yoga poses, but by their application to specific martial arts skills. Thus, we find chapters on grappling and throws with the poses she and her co-author Kathe Rothacher (a yoga practitioner for over 30 years) see as most appropriate. The book is well illustrated with photographs of every position (including martial arts examples) and cross-referenced to other pertinent sections so that the reader may quickly move back and forth from the benefits of yoga to the details of each pose. While hardcore yoga practitioners may find the book too elementary, this is exactly the kind of guide practicing martial artists need to get them motivated to attempt something that is both beneficial and out of our comfort zone.
A creative blending of concepts October 4, 2005
L. A. Kane (Seattle, WA USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
While I'm not convinced by these materials that yoga was the genesis of all martial arts, the author does make a compelling case that yoga techniques can complement martial training. The routines described herein can help improve body control, balance, flexibility, and strength. Not surprising since many of these techniques are already found in most traditional martial arts training.
There's really nothing earth shattering in here, but there is some good stuff that can help you become a better martial artist if you add it to your daily routine. It's pretty well written and easy to follow, an interesting and creative blending of concepts not generally associated with each other. On the other hand, I certainly would not consider it a "must read" by any means.
Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction
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