I had this on my wish list for a while with its
catch title, but was waiting to finish my other already bought books before I pulled
the trigger. During the Houston trip, I
went through it at a B&N (they still not bankrupt?) while the wife was
shopping with her boss…
What I really had hoped is there would be more on leverage, sweeps & throws angles, falling & rolling angles and weight dispersion, posture & alignment…etc. I have to say I had too high hopes for it. I thought some of the easy concepts were made confusing by who-cares physics formulas, but some of the complex ideas were made easy to understand. Many one-time good to know interesting facts, but nothing I can really put in my bag and carry with me on my MA journey.
Some of the cool facts include: protective gear
maybe net-net worse for competition, a lot of those performance myth explained
(e.g. lay on needles, breaking boards, spear to the throat, walking on fire…etc.).
I had the exact same feeling as this guy (review
from amazon) when I saw the title: “When
I saw this book’s title, I imagined a bloodied and battered Poindexter in a
bow-tie--a professorial type dying in a puddle of his own bodily fluids as he
calculated the Bayesian probability of winning given that initial beating.”
I think the most successful part about this book
is its beautiful cover and it’s very catchy title… As a marketer, that’s important…
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