How to Maximize Your Martial Arts Performance in Minimum Time Book by John La Tourrette (Preowned)

Improve your martial arts performance through the mental side of training with this privately published report by Dr. John M. La Tourrette, Ph.D. in Sports Psychology and 8th-degree black belt.

Originally published in 1987 and revised in 1991, How to Maximize Your Martial Arts Performance in Minimum Time presents 29 mental training methods intended to help martial artists develop their skills more efficiently. La Tourrette argues that physical practice alone can limit progress and explores ways that focused mental training can complement traditional martial arts instruction.

Topics include methods for improving speed, developing more effective training habits, mental rehearsal and "precision modeling," maintaining productive training while recovering from injury, and applying psychological principles to accelerate martial arts development.

Written primarily from a karate perspective, the concepts are applicable to practitioners of many martial arts who are interested in the psychological aspects of performance and skill development.

A fascinating vintage martial arts training manual and an unusual example of the early application of sports psychology and mental-training concepts to martial arts.

Highlights:

• 29 mental training methods
• Focus on improving martial arts performance efficiently
• Mental approaches to developing speed and technique
• Training concepts for use during injury and recovery
• Combines sports psychology with martial arts practice
• Written by Dr. John M. La Tourrette, Ph.D., 8th-degree black belt
• Originally published in 1987; revised in 1991

Language: English 

Length: 160 pages

Publication date: 1991