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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Wrestling
Bestselling author and six-time WWE champion Chris Jericho shares
twenty of his most valuable lessons for achieving your goals and
living the life you want, jam-packed with fantastic stories and the
classic off-the-wall, laugh-out-loud Jericho references he's famous
for. The result is a fun, entertaining, practical and inspiring
book from the man with many scarves but only one drive: to be the
best. After reading No Is a Four-Letter Word, you'll discover that
you might have what it takes to succeed as well ... you just need
to get out there and do it. That's what Jericho would do.
With more than 700 detailed photographs illustrating moves and
countermoves, this book shows how to handle any opponent in
virtually any situation. "Winning Wrestling Moves" provides high
school and college wrestlers and their coaches with all the
fundamentals and latest refinements in wrestling techniques. Never
before have so many wrestling moves been described and illustrated
in one volume. Three former All-Americans from the University of
Iowa--Mark Mysnyk, Barry Davis, and Brooks Simpson--team up to
share the techniques that made them champions:
- Proper stance, movement, penetration, and lifting technique-
Breakdowns, rides, and pins- 200 takedowns featuring variations
based on the opponent's reaction- Escapes and reversals- Valuable
counter techniques- Freestyle turns for freestyle and scholastic
wrestling
"Winning Wrestling Moves" is a generously illustrated guide that
shows wrestlers at the high school and college levels how to come
out on top in every match.
Professional wrestling is a strange beast, full of
contradictions-it's part live soap opera, part hyper-masculine
violent spectacle. It's an indelibly American pastime enjoyed by
millions and leads a select group of wrestlers to international
fame. It's also a sport that leaves many of its athletes broken and
battered, at serious risk of addiction, poverty, and early death.
Body Drop looks deeply at the nuances of professional wrestling and
its strange place within American culture from the perspective of
fandom. Brian Oliu offers deeply personal meditations on such
topics as disability, chronic pain, body image, masculinity, class,
and more, all through the lens of American professional wrestling.
Wrestling is a sport that is gleefully fake, but the people who
love it are very real. In holding up this particular part of
American culture to scrutiny, Oliu acknowledges that wrestling,
like our world, is one that has been crafted, but by showing
readers the scaffolding that holds everything up, he invites us to
figure out what holds our own realities upright.
"The fighter's life is not an easy one. No one knows that more than
Michael Bisping. But few have done it better." --Thomas Gerbasi,
UFC.com Britain's own Rocky Balboa, Michael Bisping tells the
incredible story of how he went from rough and humble beginnings
and then on to a legendary career capped by winning the
Middleweight Championship. "If I quit the first time I tasted
defeat, I wouldn't be here now," Bisping once said. The ultimate
UFC underdog, Bisping fought his way to Number One contender status
three times, only to be knocked back. But he refused to give in,
clawing his way to his first World Title shot at the age of
37--when he finally became champion in one of the greatest upsets
in UFC history. Loaded with the humor and brutal honesty that first
won him a following and made him one of the sport's biggest stars,
Bisping recounts his record setting 13-year fight career battling
the likes of Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and Dan Henderson.
"The Count" tells his story in a way that only he knows how. "[An]
unprecedented look at one of the most incredible--and most
entertaining--careers the UFC has ever seen." --John Morgan, lead
staff reporter for MMA Junkie, host of The MMA Road Show
Professional wrestling is a strange beast, full of
contradictions-it's part live soap opera, part hyper-masculine
violent spectacle. It's an indelibly American pastime enjoyed by
millions and leads a select group of wrestlers to international
fame. It's also a sport that leaves many of its athletes broken and
battered, at serious risk of addiction, poverty, and early death.
Body Drop looks deeply at the nuances of professional wrestling and
its strange place within American culture from the perspective of
fandom. Brian Oliu offers deeply personal meditations on such
topics as disability, chronic pain, body image, masculinity, class,
and more, all through the lens of American professional wrestling.
Wrestling is a sport that is gleefully fake, but the people who
love it are very real. In holding up this particular part of
American culture to scrutiny, Oliu acknowledges that wrestling,
like our world, is one that has been crafted, but by showing
readers the scaffolding that holds everything up, he invites us to
figure out what holds our own realities upright.
'Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?!' He has yet to encounter
an obstacle he couldn't overcome. He's the WWE legend as eight-time
champion, he's outlasted being buried up to his neck in a desert
(The Scorpion King), battled the giant Tamatoa (Moana), ruthless
mercenaries (Jumanji), and murderous racers (the Fast and Furious
series) all thanks to his motivation and drive. Do you want to
learn how to do the same? Then get inspired with this uplifting
collection of quotes from the man himself on success, wrestling,
fitness, family and more. What else can we say, except, you're
welcome?!
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