Fight Like a Physicist: The Incredible Science Behind Martial Arts

An in-depth look into the physics behind martial arts.

Whether you are an experienced martial artist or a curious enthusiast, this book gives you an "unfair advantage" by unraveling the complex science of effective fighting techniques and examining the core principles that make them work. Did you know?

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• Momentum is for knocking people over
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• Energy is for breaking bones and causing pain
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• A haymaker travels 3.14159 times farther than a jab
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• You are only an "object" when you are rigid
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Fight Like a Physicist blends inquiry, skepticism, and irreverent humor-all while punching holes in myth and mysticism. Highlights include

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• Making physics your "unfair advantage," in the ring and on the street
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• Examining center of mass, pi, levers, wedges, angular momentum, and linear momentum for martial artists
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• Reducing traumatic brain injury in contact sports
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• Exposing the illusion of safety provided by gloves and helmets
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• Overturning conventional wisdom on compliance during an assault
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• Busting up Hollywood action clichéeacute;s
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Fight Like a Physicist reads like a manifesto on the rational practice of martial arts. It's intelligent, fun, and dangerous--and nothing short of iconoclastic.