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This book comes highly recommended, so I bought it. It was not what I expected. It has a lot of info but maybe, for a martial artist with 30 years, my standards are too high. I found it crammed with lots of ideas rather randomly which I have come across after 30 years as an avid reader of martial arts books and magazines (as well as having studied seven martial arts formally ). The pictures were disappointing. There were far too few and if there were more techniques illustrated, the book would be quite a different buy.

All said, the author is credible as a fighter/instructor. I would recommend it for younger martial artists and new black belts, not veteran instructors. Perhaps, the author would take my comments to re do the book - the intended objective is promising.

I've had the pleasure and privilege of training with and under Loren Christensen. He's one of those rare induviduals who is a truely great fighter AND instructor. Loren is also an excellent writer. The Fighter's Fact Book covers a broad area, yet it provides the essentials to just about every aspect of the martial arts. Loren teaches from a realistic fighting aspect and he does so with a sense of humor. If you haven't read his other books, you'll finish this and buy his others on Amazon. If you have read his other books, chances are this will be your favorite.

Ted Weimann, author of WARRIOR SPEED.

this a good book for novice martial artists. It contains a myriad of effective drills (in other words, they work if you just do them) to help improve your power, your speed, your kicking ability as well as your sparring. However i don't believe i can recomend this book to advanced practitioners as they probably already know all this.