The Formidable Fighter Series is a series of booklets for martial artists desiring to learn the concepts that create formidable fighters in the training hall, competition arena, and street. Each booklet is between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length and includes fighting scenarios, training tips, and illustrations. Physical Preparation, the second booklet in the series, is approximately 55 pages long and deals particularly with how to develop strength and endurance suitable for martial artists through the use of bodyweight exercises. Since the advice is not style specific but explores the underlying concepts of personal combat, it is applicable to students of most martial styles.Physical Preparation includes discussions and exercises on upper body, lower body, and abdominal strength, as well as cardiovascular strength and endurance.The greater physical shape you are in, the less likely you are to sustain an injury, because your body is better prepared to handle the stress of training. Superior strength and conditioning give you an edge that can act as an equalizer against a bigger opponent. If you follow the instruction and tips in the Formidable Fighter Series, you will learn how to develop your physical strength and mental tenacity and triumph as a fighter in the training hall, ring, and street.Formidable Fighter: The Complete Series, a compilation of all previously published electronic books in this series, is now available to a great reduction in price in both electronic and print format. The book is a variation of the previously published book (now out of print), Combat Fitness for the Elite Female Martial Artist, also by Martina Sprague, revised to be particularly suitable also for the male student.
