Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing - by Joe E Harvey (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Master the techniques, training methods and fighting principles of Muay Thai with this comprehensive illustrated guide.

Known as the "Art of Eight Limbs," Muay Thai combines punches, kicks, elbows, knees and clinching into one of the world's most effective striking arts.

Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing provides step-by-step instruction for students of every experience level. With more than 200 color photographs, training drills, stepping diagrams and practical coaching tips, experienced martial artist Joe Harvey helps readers build sound technique, improve conditioning and refine their overall fighting skills.

Whether you're training for Muay Thai competition, MMA or personal fitness, this book is an invaluable training companion.

Review Quotes

"This book categorizes and organizes the base system and strikes of Muay Thai really well, giving instruction from head to toe on how to deliver each attack and even defense...It covers all of the fundamental bases, delivering detail and complexity in a simple, visual ways that can easy be found at any time." --Martial Arts & Action Movies

"...I cannot recommend a better representation of Muay Thai than that found within these pages." --from the foreword by Patrick Tray, four-time combat veteran with the US Navy Seal Team and instructor for the Thai Boxing Association of the USA (TBA-USA)

"Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing: MMA-Proven Techniques was designed to bring the experiences of 20-year martial arts veteran Joe E. Harvey to practitioners like you. Full color and 180 pages long, the book teaches movement, strikes, defenses, the clinch and drills." --Black Belt Magazine

About the Author

Joe E. Harvey holds a black belt from training in Muay Thai, Filipino Martial Arts, and Jeet Kune Do Concepts from Patrick Tray at the Trident Academy of Martial Arts, Woodbridge, Virginia. He has trained in Ji Do Kwan, Wu-Shu Kung-Fu, and Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo.