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Michael Mann's biopic Ali starring Will Smith, Jon Voight and Jamie Foxx opens on general release in January 2002. Read more about Muhammad Ali in the Penguin Modern Classic The Fight. With the real Muhammed Ali involved in the filmmaking, Ali takes us straight into the heart of the ring, the strategy sessions and straight into the mind and body of the man. Will Smith trained for a year before filming, transforming himself from a 185 pound actor to a 220 pound athlete. Norman Mailer's The Fight focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. Together the two men made boxing history in an explosive meeting of two great minds, two iron wills and monumental egos.
In "Warrior Cardio", world-renowned fitness expert Martin Rooney
delivers the solution for what most people at the gym are seeking:
an easy-to-follow workout and diet plan that burns fat and builds
muscle in less time. This is a comprehensive look at cardiovascular
training using scientifically proven techniques, paired with a diet
plan that delivers. The book features: a complete twelve-week
fitness and diet program; hundreds of metabolic exercises, with
full color photos for each exercise; dozens of exciting workout
routines including hurricanes, complexes, bodyweight and strength
circuits; advanced warm-up and pre-hab techniques to prevent
injury; and, a Warrior Diet plan from nutrition expert John
Berardi, Ph.D. based around the Warrior 20: a group of the 20
essential foods that will help readers lose weight and gain muscle.
Surprising research on the science behind cardiovascular fitness
and training techniques, ultimately, "Warrior Cardio" offers a
cutting-edge fitness program and diet program made simple that will
allow anyone to bring out the Warrior within. If you want to be a
better athlete, or just train and look like one, "Warrior Cardio"
has what you need.
'Rahaman has, at last, written the definitive biography on his late
brother, which tells the real Ali story' - Mike Tyson 'The real
life of the Great One' - George Foreman 'A must for fight fans' -
Sunday Sport 'A welcome and insightful addition to Ali literature'
- Sunday Times 'Heart-warming, multi-faceted and hard-hitting [...]
Unlike any other biography on Muhammad Ali' - Fox Sports More words
have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He
was, without doubt, the world's most-loved sportsman. At the height
of his celebrity he was the most famous person in the world. And
yet, until now, the one voice missing belonged to the man who knew
him best - his only sibling, and best friend, Rahaman Ali. No one
was closer to Ali than Rahaman. Born Cassius and Rudolph Arnett
Clay, the two brothers grew up together, lived together, trained
together, travelled together, and fought together in the street and
in the ring. A near-constant fixture in his sibling's company,
Rahaman saw Ali at both his best and his worst: the relentless
prankster and the jealous older brother, the outspoken advocate,
the husband and father. In My Brother, Muhammad Ali, he is able to
offer a surprising insider's perspective on the well-known stories,
as well as never-before-told tales, painting a rich and intimate
portrait of a proud, relentlessly polarizing, yet often vulnerable
man. In this extraordinary, poignant memoir, Rahaman tells a much
bigger and more personal story than in any other book on the great
man - that of two brothers, almost inseparable from birth to death.
It is the final and most important perspective on one of the most
iconic figures of the last century.
Finalist - 2006 Book of the Year Award by ForeWord Magazine
Taekwondo, literally translated, can be defined as "foot, hand way"
or "the way of smashing with hands and feet." Such descriptive
nomenclature understandably implies a curriculum rich in
self-defense. Too often, however, this is simply not the case.
Given the current popularity of sport competition in the martial
arts, many techniques of defensive value have been stripped away or
forfeited altogether in favor of those certain to score in the
ring. While the thirst for Olympic gold has clearly played a
significant role in propelling taekwondo into the forefront, it
should be remembered that this native Korean martial art contains
over 3200 distinct self defense techniques. This book describes in
detail, the history and evolution of Taekwondo from its ancient
roots to modern day applications. Also included are exercises in
"Ki" or internal energy development, meditation practice, and
practical self-defense strategies. This work focuses on the
traditional aspects of Taekwondo rather than on its sportive
component.
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