Martial Structure: How to Maximize Your Martial Arts Skills through Body Alignment, Movement, and Breathing

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A guide to becoming faster, more powerful, and more effective in martial arts through correct body alignment and proper structure

In all martial disciplines—including karate, judo, taekwondo, and gong-fu—real martial skill does not require the development of large muscles or great strength but slightly correct posture. Drawing on decades of experience as both a student and a teacher, Phillip Starr, writer of Martial Mechanics and Martial Maneuvers, focuses on how physical posture affects not only physical abilities but also the mental condition and emphasizes the importance of developing power without exerting unnecessary muscular force. His thorough and accessible explanation of the principles of physical structure as they pertain to the human body and how these impact martial arts performance shows how anyone, irrespective of size or strength, can discover ways to generate uncanny power with very little muscular effort through the enhanced stability achieved by maintaining correct alignment and proper structure. Abundantly illustrated right through with photographs that provide step by step instructions, Martial Structure is very important for anyone wanting to take into account how the laws of physics and biomechanics will also be harnessed to make them faster, more powerful, and more effective in actual combat.