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An amazing series of books! Well written, organzied and so full of information on kicking that the only better resource would be the author himself. I would highly recommend any book written by this author!

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I just did want to tell you "in person" that I thoroughly enjoyed both the Back Kick and Wheel Kick books you sent me. Although some of it was review for me, I did retain several vital points from the books to help me with my training, especially the back kick, which is NOT one of my best techniques. The material was presented in such a manner that it was easily absorbed and motivated me to actively participate along with the book. Nakayama's "Dynamic Karate" is one of my most dog-earred karate books and yours remind me of it!! Well Done! I am looking forward to reading each one of the series as they come out!

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Chikara Kan, Inc. :: Books :: Crescent Kick

Crescent Kick

This book is the fourth volume in the extremely well written and fully illustrated, Achieving Kicking Excellence™ series of books.

This book, like all the other books in the series, goes into intricate detail over all aspects of executing the primary kick, which in this case is the Back Leg Crescent Kick, and several of its main variations.

Starting with a basic anatomical analysis of this kick, you quickly progress to the basic principles associated with the Crescent Kick, and then you dive right into learning the proper execution of the primary kick, Back Leg Crescent Kick.

Once you have finished with this section, you are taken to the variations chapter which builds upon the primary kick, Back Leg Crescent Kick, by teaching you 10 of its main variations. From here you are taken to the "Training and Practice Methods" chapter for a look at some very simple, yet effective methods for adding speed and power to your kicks.

Your next chapter takes a "question and answer" approach to some of the most common problems people have executing these kicks and the solutions to correct them.

After the "Troubleshooting" chapter, the next chapter in this book deals with a brief application section for each of the kicks previously detailed in this book. Please be advised that a second ten volume series of books is currently being written which deals strictly with the self-defense/combat applications of each kick. This series is available for preorder and is scheduled to be released in 2008.

The book then gives you a sneak preview of the next volume in the series, which in this case is the Reverse Crescent Kick.

This series of books is written by Shawn Kovacich, who is not only a high ranking black belt in both Tae Kwon Do and Karate, but he is also a two-time world record holder for endurance high-kicking as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.

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SKU	AKE004
Weight	1.00 lbs
Author	Shawn Kovacich
ISBN	0-9707496-3-5
Pages	224
Dimensions	6x9
Price:	$19.95

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Author: Jessica
When I first started taking Tae Kwon Do classes, the first three kicks that I learned were the front kick, crescent kick, and the reverse crescent kick. The reason why I, and all new beginners, learned these kicks first is because they are generally speaking the easiest to learn and the simplest kicks to use, or so I thought. Once again I thought that I had this kick down pat along with its sister kick reverse crescent kick, and front kick. Well thanks to Mr. Kovacich and his Achieving Kicking Excellence series of books I was in for a big surprise.

The whole time that I have been practicing the crescent kick every one of my classmates kept telling me what a good looking kick I had. Well, they were right it was a good "looking" kick, but I soon found out that it only "looked" good and that there was really nothing at all to my kick. Once I started reading Crescent Kick, the 4th volume in Shawn Kovacich's Achieving Kicking excellence series, I became aware of so many small little things that I was either doing wrong, or wasn't doing at all, that was having a dramatic impact on the actual effectiveness of my crescent kick.

Mr. Kovacich covers everything about the kick from the pivoting on the ball of your base leg foot to the correct area of your kicking foot to strike with and absolutely everything in between. This is truly a remarkable series of books and I am still dumbfounded at just how much information is packed into each book on a single solitary kick. You would think that some kicks are so simple that there is no way you could write a 200+ page book on the subject. Well you would be wrong. I have read this book several times already and I have picked up something new that I had missed each and every time I have read it. Mr. Kovacich is truly an amazing martial artist and he surely has the technical skills down when it comes to kicking.

I highly recommend that you purchase all ten volumes in the Achieving Kicking Excellence series and you (and your instructor) will see your kicks literally improve by leaps and bounds. I'm so glad that I found these books as I know I would not have improved so well in my kicking skills without the additional insight. Thank You!

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