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TrishB
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Finally getting to this one @julesG

TheLudicReader So pretty. 2mo
julesG 🎉🎉🎉🎉 2mo
Crazeedi What a gorgeous book 2mo
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LeahBergen Pretty! 2mo
Ruthiella Beautiful! 😍 2mo
CarolynM Spectacular!😍 2mo
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GingerAntics
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Bailedbailed

I just can‘t with this book anymore. If you are into martial arts for the sport, the exercise, the community - if you‘re more into forms than sparring - this book is absolutely NOT written for you. If you‘re into martial arts to win fist fights (street fights is Christensen‘s preferred term), to beat people up, to find new, unique, inventive, and technical ways to hurt people…
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GingerAntics then this is just the book you need to do all those things better than ever before! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics He repeatedly and at length waxes poetic about all the fist fights he got into as a police officer, even advocating dealing with a person who is upset by elbowing them repeatedly in the face (complete with pictures). 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics This is like a manual on everything that is wrong with police officers and everything that makes good and decent cops look like monsters. It‘s also a manual on all the negative stereotypes about martial arts and martial artists and how to make them seem like a reality. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
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GingerAntics Some of the drills assume you have martial arts equipment in your home that smaller martial arts schools don‘t even always have. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics Some of the exercises and/or techniques make no sense as they are described (how do you do a front kick starting with your knee facing the ground, your foot “as close to your rear as you can get it,” pointing at your target but still a FRONT kick - this isn‘t even physically possible unless you‘ve dislocated your hips and can somehow kick through your body?) 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics and they have no photos (but we get photos of him elbowing a person who is upset - good choice). To make this entire thing even more nonsensical, no videos are available of these techniques even in the vast world of YouTube, so are they really that great? YouTube has dozens (hundreds, thousands, innumerable) tutorials on every move ever used in an MMA fight, but it doesn‘t have a single video of an “upside down front kick” or a “cobra kick.” 👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2mo
GingerAntics This book is a total waste of time and money for any real martial artist. Ask for home drills from your instructors or from martial artists online. This book is a nightmare for any real martial artist. 2mo
Dilara Oh dear! That sounds awful. 2mo
Bookwomble Oh! 😱 Sounds like everything that's wrong with martial arts. Thank goodness the author's no longer a police officer. 2mo
GingerAntics @Bookwomble that‘s the thing, that‘s NOT martial arts. Every teacher I‘ve ever had has been very clear that they will not tolerate people with this mentality in their schools. They would kick out an adult like this, and they would never allow a kid becoming this to belt test until they stopped doing this. This is all of the stereotypes that aren‘t even true. This doesn‘t match the tenants of any martial art. 2mo
GingerAntics @Dilara this guy is a piece of work 2mo
quietlycuriouskate Ugh, that sounds beyond terrible! Re your comment, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: seconded, as an all-purpose principle. 2mo
Bookwomble I get it: he's Cobra Kai! 🐍 2mo
GingerAntics @Bookwomble I haven‘t seen that show. I don‘t get it. Is that just people beating up other people for the sake of beating them up? He‘s supposedly this greatly respected martial arts instructor, if YouTube and articles about him can be believed. I‘m just glad he‘s not a cop anymore. Police brutality much? 2mo
GingerAntics @quietlycuriouskate right? None of it makes sense. This is not how martial arts is taught, nor should it be. 2mo
GingerAntics @Bookwomble he claims it‘s from kajukenbo… of which I can find nothing of this kick anywhere. It‘s a combination of karate, judo, kendo, and boxing, none of which have this kick. Karate has a cobra kick, but it‘s a type of side kick, not a front kick. I swear, he‘s just making this 💩 up as he goes. 🙄 2mo
Bookwomble Less "Mr Miyagi", more "Mr My Arse"! ? 2mo
GingerAntics @Bookwomble that is a perfect description… I think that would be my one sentence review of this book. 3w
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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The main shelves in my library for #NationalShelfieDay 📚

#IOnlyHave3115Books 🤪 #NoShelfControl

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
AkashaVampie Jealous!!!! 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your shelves 📚 2mo
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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I just finished Jade City 💚 now onto Jade War ❤️

I‘m really enjoying this trilogy so far. Hopefully the enjoyment continues 😊

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

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GingerAntics
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Anyone else see a problem here? This guy goes on and on about how he was a cop and all the fist fights he got into. A motorist is angry, so your response is to elbow him in the face repeatedly? This guy is straight up obsessed with beating people up. He doesn‘t give a crap about sport, his in it to beat people up. I don‘t feel like this is what martial arts are supposed to be about these days.
#SoloTraining #LorenWChristensen

kspenmoll 🤬🤬 2mo
GingerAntics @kspenmoll yeah, I haven‘t read any more of this one. I think it‘s going to be my first DNF of 2024! 2mo
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Marmie7
Uncrowned | Will Wight
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My #BookSpin for January. I've started the tagged book, I love this series! Heres to a better reading year!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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BookishRedhead
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Pickpick

Might be the last read of the year.
It's not all bruce lee but how his words reflect.
Good one sitting read

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julesG
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Andrew65 Another good choice. 3mo
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RamsFan1963
The Combat Codes | Alexander Darwin
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106/150 This books was such an amazing surprise, far exceeding my expectations. In a future devastated by weapons of mass destruction, all disputes and wars were settled in single combat. The Lyceum was established to created the greatest warriors, the Grievar Knights. The author is a martial arts teacher, so the fights were very authentic and realistic. I loved the characters and the action, but also the mystery behind the mc's past.

RamsFan1963 Some readers have complained the ending is too abrupt, but I felt it stopped at a good place, with an explosive reveal and a solid cliffhanger. Fortunately the next book, Grievar's Blood will be available in December. 5mo
TheSpineView Sounds good! Great job! 5mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 5mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 5mo
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LiseWorks
Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks | Corey Rosen Schwartz, Rebecca J Gomez
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HEY #TeamCryptKeepers. This is a repost for @Catsandbooks #LitsyCrafters #Scarathlon She decided to do this so we can get extra points, so if you feel crafty, you can try to make your own Gingerbread house 🏠with your own decorations. @TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93 @natsahara @BookingitwithSandra
If there are any questions,see @Catsandbooks #LitsyCrafters on her post

Catsandbooks Thanks so much for sharing!! 6mo
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