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Winning Fights
12 Proven Principles for Winning on the Street, in the Ring, at Life
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This book suits martial artists, sports enthusiasts, and professionals involved in conflict management, as well as readers interested in the strategic and philosophical aspects of fighting and negotiation.
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See moreWinning Fights focuses on 2,500 years of proven fighting principles originating from Eastern concepts and proceeding to the modern era. Like The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings , many of its lessons also apply to the world of business and negotiation.
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Winning Fights focuses on 2,500 years of proven fighting principles originating from Eastern concepts and proceeding to the modern era. Like The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings, many of its lessons also apply to the world of business and negotiation.
Dr. Phillip Stephens conducted extensive research in developing this work. He drew from his years of martial training and his experience as a member of the North Carolina Boxing Commission. He even reached out to combat personnel at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, who offered additional insight on what it takes to prepare for combat—and to prevail.
Dr. Stephens looked beyond the technical to the conceptual and found that winning fights requires twelve core principles: preparation, awareness, commitment, lethality, efficiency, discipline, power, focus, fierceness, surprise, timing, and fortitude.
This book features:
- Twelve principles for winning fights
- A survey of Eastern and Western traditions
- An intelligent yet accessible discussion of these concepts
Dr. Stephens writes, "Technique is important, but techniques change, adapt, and evolve. Principles are timeless."
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Reviewers praise Winning Fights as a compelling handbook on managing conflict both physically and philosophically. Dr. Stephens is commended for clear and sharp prose, weaving Eastern martial culture and references to legendary strategists like Sun Tzu and Miyamoto Musashi. Although the book touches on spiritual power and mindfulness, its primary focus is on the realities of physical violence in settings ranging from martial arts dojos to street encounters. Readers regularly facing physical confrontations, including war veterans and school guidance counsellors, are noted to find significant value in the twelve crucial elements outlined for securing victory.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781594396007
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 May 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: YMAA Publication Center
Edition: New edition
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Foreword by Massad Ayoob
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 272
About the Author
PHILLIP STEPHENS is a fifth-degree black belt in Ketsugo Do jujutsu. He won the world championship in the self-defense division at the 2002 Sport Karate Amateur International (SKIL) World Championships. He was the silver medalist in the National Blackbelt League (NBL) self-defense division during the 2003 World Championships, after a perfect season of ten first-place wins on the East Coast. He also holds numerous regional and state titles, all in the self-defense divisions of martial arts tournaments sanctioned by the Martial Arts Tournament Tour, SKIL, and NBL organizations. In 2013, Stephens was appointed to the North Carolina Boxing Commission, which regulates combat sports including boxing and mixed martial arts, where he serves as a commissioner. Stephens has a doctorate of health science and has practiced emergency medicine as a physician's assistant since 1990.
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