Footwork Wins Fights: The Footwork of Boxing, Kickboxing, Martial Arts & MMA

Some writers have one good idea and pad an entire book with it. Others have excellent information, but don’t include enough of it for you to put it together by the end of the book. And then there are writers like David Christian who give you heaps of useful, actionable info. Take your time with this book. Play around with the contents, find out what works best for you. You could happily spend years mastering all the ideas here. If you enjoy watching martial arts fights or boxing, this will also give you a deeper appreciation for what’s going on.

the images are not always easy to understand and the book is not well structured.

I first found the author of this book, David Christian, on his YouTube channel (ModernMartialArtist) where he provides in-depth breakdowns of fights and fight strategy. His YouTube content is phenomenal and this book does not disappoint. It provides the reader with a breakdown of the fundamentals of movement, footwork techniques, fighting strategy, gives example of what positions are superior and which are less so, and finally provides examples of basic and advanced footwork sequences which you can copy. All of this comes with great photos and fight examples which you can pull up on YouTube. I was able to directly apply the techniques taught in this book immediately and with great effect. Learning is a long curve, but it was great to immediately see some small results straight off the bat.

Very big book with diagrams with in-depth explanations of footwork.

Imaginad un trabajo de instituto escrito con un procesador de textos al que se le han insertado fotos de pésima calidad y se ha impreso con una impresora de inyección de tinta en blanco y negro (a color la portada) con la tinta al 50 o al 60%. A todo esto, que no es poco, añádele una cantidad incontable de erratas que te hacen perder el ritmo y la comprensión de la lectura. Estoy hablando de la edición original en inglés en tapa blanda. Creo que ya he dado motivos suficientes para justificar el título de mi reseña. Es una pena que un libro con una información tan completa y detallada y al que se le nota un trabajo de investigación bastante laborioso haya sido editado de una forma tan inmisericorde. Pese a todo esto, mi intención (siempre y cuando no encuentre mejor alternativa) es seguir comprando el resto de libros del mismo autor ya que la información contenida en estos -una vez descifrada- sirve de manual de consulta y guía para entrenador@s y/o quienes practican deportes de combate; de ahí mis tres estrellas.