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Rating: 
Summary: Worth every penny!
Review: Buy this book! Its well written, down to the point. This guy knows what he is talking about. And I really like the thing that he looks like an average beer drinking martial arts teacher who spends lots of time with his family. He doesnt claim to be a champion or anything, he is just great!
The knowledge you get from this book and the results you will get from training these exercises are invaluable!!!
Rating:
Summary: Improved my punches and kicks
Review: I have to start this review by complimenting the author on his
enthusiasm and depth, his coverage of breaking tricks and his useful coverage of an unrelated topic: fighting strategy. For that, 5 stars. For the propagation of old information, 1 star. Most of the "strength" training information provided is actually that used by body builders to increase muscle mass: medium high
weight, 10 reps/set, 30 secs rest between sets, train to failure. Powerlifters do not train this way, but narcissists do. The author mentions a few descriptions of strength
training, such as the paragraph on Gracie's weight lifting
and another instance of low reps/high weight/big rest training
program. Also, he mentions fast twitch muscle fiber development, but usually in the wrong training context,
such as endurance training. Fast twitch fibers deliver a high
force output over short durations and are quickly exhausted.
You can't train for endurance *and* power without sacrificing
the other. The author also presents a forearm exercise routine
to increase grip strength. That's just mean. This makes me doubt that this book was written from personal experience.
He does write one paragraph on brick holding to increase
pinch grip power, but WAY more should be written on
finger and hand strength in a book on power training.
Check out John Brookfield's book on grip training. Wrist weight and dumbbell air punching is just plain ol' backwards and dangerous. You really want to avoid training
muscles to slow down additional weight. So, you would train
either to throw the weight or have it decelerated by a target
such as a heavy bag. This external deceleration is the entire value of heavy bag training, and the author should know better.
Dumbell punching is the opposite of heavy bag training. To give him credit, the author does mention the use of punching weights into a heavy bag and throwing weights. The routines provided will increase your power, but not as
efficiently as other methods. The author should
study modern strength and conditioning and update his book.
_Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning_ by Baechle and Earle . I anxiously await his second edition.
Rating: 
Summary: Good coverage but training information is old
Review: I have to start this review by complimenting the author on his
enthusiasm and depth, his coverage of breaking tricks and his useful coverage of an unrelated topic: fighting strategy. For that, 5 stars. For the propagation of old information, 1 star. Most of the "strength" training information provided is actually that used by body builders to increase muscle mass: medium high
weight, 10 reps/set, 30 secs rest between sets, train to failure. Powerlifters do not train this way, but narcissists do. The author mentions a few descriptions of strength
training, such as the paragraph on Gracie's weight lifting
and another instance of low reps/high weight/big rest training
program. Also, he mentions fast twitch muscle fiber development, but usually in the wrong training context,
such as endurance training. Fast twitch fibers deliver a high
force output over short durations and are quickly exhausted.
You can't train for endurance *and* power without sacrificing
the other. The author also presents a forearm exercise routine
to increase grip strength. That's just mean. This makes me doubt that this book was written from personal experience.
He does write one paragraph on brick holding to increase
pinch grip power, but WAY more should be written on
finger and hand strength in a book on power training.
Check out John Brookfield's book on grip training. Wrist weight and dumbbell air punching is just plain ol' backwards and dangerous. You really want to avoid training
muscles to slow down additional weight. So, you would train
either to throw the weight or have it decelerated by a target
such as a heavy bag. This external deceleration is the entire value of heavy bag training, and the author should know better.
Dumbell punching is the opposite of heavy bag training. To give him credit, the author does mention the use of punching weights into a heavy bag and throwing weights. The routines provided will increase your power, but not as
efficiently as other methods. The author should
study modern strength and conditioning and update his book.
_Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning_ by Baechle and Earle . I anxiously await his second edition.
Rating:
Summary: Improved my punches and kicks
Review: I liked this book. I've incorporated several of the exercises over the last six months and have improved in my punching and kicking. My backfists especially have gotten stronger from the lying backfist/tricep extension exercise. My front and roundhouse kicks have really improved power wise and, to my surprise, Ive added some nice muscle in my thighs. Good book.
Rating:
Summary: Right On!
Review: I've read other books on this subject but this one was the best by far. I've been following the book's exercizes and my punches and kicks have been more powerful and I could be able to take a good punch to my stomach and chest! Even if you're not a trained fighter or in enrolled in any martial arts programs, this book still gives you an edge and a lot of confidence!
Rating:
Summary: The best
Review: In his best-selling book Speed Training, Loren Christensen showed you how to develop lighting-quick hands and feet. In Fighting Power, he turns his attention to power. But your goal in developing power for the fighting arts is not to be able to lift heavy weights; it is to increase the power of your blocks, punches, kicks and throws. In this book, Christensen shows you how to Combine the most up-to-date modern techniques with classic exercises to increase flexibility and striking power. Use resistance exercises, such as free weights, dynamic tension and plyometrics, to make you quicker and stronger. Properly use body mechanics, especially hip rotation, to double your power. Master Bruce Lee's patented one-inch punch to knock down opponents of any size. Defend yourself against someone who already has extraordinary power. Maximize your fighting power by following this training regimen and start seeing results immediately.
Rating:
Summary: One of a kind
Review: There are a lot of martial artists out there who think their fists and feet are dynamite. Well, they are in for a big surprise when they have to defend themselves and find the attacker still standing and looking at them. Follow the advice in this great book and you will make your techniques powerful. Christensen explains and demonstrates dozens of exercises that will make your techniques powerful. In one chapter he discusses how various systems develop power and in another he discusses many ancient exercises as to whether they are still valid today. I've been training for a long time and I highly recommend this book.
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