Footwork Wins Fights: The Footwork of Boxing, Kickboxing, Martial Arts & MMA (Win Fights Series) Paperback – September 9, 2018

Coming from heavily martial footwork dominated schools, this is an awesome work of research and time on the discipline of Martial Footwork. When most think of Martial Footwork they tend to gravitate that thinking of styles like Capoeira, Baguazhang, Aikido, Silat, Shaolin, and others. Boxing, Kickboxing, Savate, Western Fencing and now MMA also possess tactical and strategic footwork.However, only a small fraction of practitioners have mixed and closed the gap between the two. As Sun Tzu would state that everything is of a duel nature, it important if your an Eastern Martial Practitioner to know the methods of a Western Martial Practitioner, and vice versa. This would be the first step in Sun Tzu's system "Laying Plans," in which you would discuss opponent Philosophy, Climate, Leadership, Ground, and Methods to see where you can win and where you can't. This text shows you exactly that. It discusses philosophy of Western Martial Footwork, "Climate" which is really trends is given by showing or providing references to each techniques/ patterns taken from real fights, Leadership shows how the energy is led when applying the patterns/ techniques, Ground talks specifically about the Ring dynamics, and Methods are the patterns/ techniques themselves with a chapter dedicated on ways to enhance those methods.As a strategist, and adept of the martial way this is an awesome book to add to one's collection of knowledge; to digest, to assimilate, and foster evolved growth in your combatives game and strategic thought. To the author, you mentioned that you put many hours into the crafting and shaping of this text, well It definitely shows. Thank you for your contribution to the Martial World and I look forward to any future work you might be contemplating.

I wasn't too sure about this book. Mostly because I'm not an experienced fighter. It did, however, inspire me to watch some of the boxing and MMA matches, and I was able to understand a little bit better. I'll definitely have to revisit this book a few more times as I gain more experience, but overall, it is very informative. Nicely done. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get into contact sports and definitely watch some MMA and some boxing matches to get a good view at some of this material in a real match.

Overall I can recommend this book. An approach that is sure to get you thinking about your physical positioning in martial arts as opposed to rehearsing combos trying to find the "magic" one to get you the win be it in sparing, points, or a KO.But I would be remiss in failing to point out the short comings. One of the biggest for me is this is a self-published work, and it needed a professional editor. Misspellings, wrong words, and odd formatting are prevalent throughout the book. May not bother you but I found it annoying.Many times I found myself reading the description over and over to get the words to align with the photos. Think this is more a case of the author knowing what he is trying to say but not knowing that it is not clear to the reader. Again, a pro editor would be of huge assistance.Might sound like I hated the book, I didn't. Gave it 4*'s. Glad I read it and will be referring to it as I work out in the future. Simply pointing out places where it could have been better. Something to consider in future volumes or editions!

My trainer loves it!

I've followed David Christian's YouTube channel (ModernMartialArtist) for a while and his videos are always thoughtful, informative, and valuable to the fighter developing his craft. This book breaks down the mechanics of footwork for fighting with the same meticulous, studious approach that defines his videos.I've felt for a while now that mobility is the key to winning any fight, regardless of scenario, and Mr. Christian breaks down the fundamentals in easily understood language, with examples are provided to further clarify the techniques described.Whether you're beginning your martial arts journey or have been practicing and simply need a handy encyclopedia of steps, pivots, shifts, etc., this book, at the current price, is an absolute steal.

This book is incredibly useful to really understand how to properly do these maneuvers.

This book has been helping me understand footwork and test a variety of different techniques, which I've really liked being able feel the difference between a a high mobility rebound step and the weight transfer that comes from a drop step. Overall the book is useful as it is helping me understand what kind of footwork works with my strengths and helped me understand the strategy of footwork a whole lot better. I highly recommend to anyone having trouble with their footwork.

Pictures and fuzzy with very little written explanation.