Inner Secrets of Martial Arts Success, by Rod Turner

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his e-book (in Acrobat's widely used and very handy pdf-format by Adobe) is written by a man named Rod Turner. It is not much to find about him, but it seems that he is located in Australia (or maybe New Zealand).

The advantage here is that this book covers a lot of ground without going too much into detail with each and every topic. At the same time this is also a downside. It attempts to go into a lot of the background information about the martial arts, and some of this information may seem too shallow or unforfilled. Trying to cover topics such as chi, or the "supernatural", sixth sense of the ninja is not something that can be done in a few paragraphs. Being mentioned like it is here, it may come across as superstition and mystisism.

On the other hand the author also offers plenty of interesting and usefull stuff in this book. He reflects upon fear and how to cope with it, the fight/flight responses, mental training (affirmations, visualisation etc.), nutrition and much more.

There is a chapter on practical self-defense; not self-defense techniques as per se, but rather handy tips and simple, practical advice. What you'll find here is quite ok - not fantastic, but also far from wrong. It's usefull stuff.

In addition you'll find chapters about how to train to succeed (sparring being one such subject), information about various arts, the true intentions of the martial arts, and more.

Like I said, the reader will find plenty of information about a lot of subjects. If you are very experienced, then this is not the book for you. However, if you've just started out, intend to start out, or you have been on it for some time, then this is the kind of book that may come very handy. How handy and how usefull depends to a large extent on what you're traning and what your goals are. Read more here to see if this book is the thing for you!

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