The Art of Stretching and Kicking

By James Lew

James Lew, martial artist, tournament champion, actor, stuntman, director and Emmy Award winning Stunt Coordinator. This was the first book written by Lew and presents the secrets to his amazing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865680078
• ISBN13: 9780865680074
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Wehman Brothers
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

This is a seminal work in martial-art training.

I think I read this book a year or two after it came out when I was about eleven or twelve. I was already pretty flexible, and the stretches in the book supplemented a successful training regimen.The kicks and techniques, though, were wonderful additions to my knowledge. I think some reviewers forget that this book is 22 years old; most of what is digested and processed back to current readers of Black Belt magazine or any later kicking/ stretching manuals was found here first. You have to acknowledge a debt to James Lew's effort to bring these techniques to the general public. 22 years ago, this information wasn't easy to find in one place. It still holds up today, respectfully but strongly in disagreement with the negative reviews.

Good Supplementary to Training

This is a good supplementary book for advanced martial artists and athletes. It includes good stretches and kicks, but not very descriptive and detailed. If you are planning on taking a martial art, it's a good book to use to increase kicking height, speed and accuracy, I know because it has worked for me. Anyone interested in increasing there flexibility can benefit from this book though. It has many interesting stretches that are beneficial for anyone. I recommend this book.

I am a kicking machine from this book!

I enjoyed reading the book. I was kicking in 2 days. If kicking ass is what your after this is the book!