Way Alone: Your Path to Excellence in the Martial Arts

The Way Alone is a great read. It has very helpful information for beginner level martial artists to make the most of their time between classes. Mr. Christensen blends many techniques for improving every aspect of fitness, whether you're going for your next belt or training for a tournament.

Of all the martial-arts writers, Mr. Christensen is one of the foremost sources on purely practical training for REAL COMBAT. He is a former Army military policeman (a Veitnam veteran), and a veteran of civilian law-enforcemnet. In many of his books he includes real-life accounts of violent encounters which he has experienced, utilized to illustrate a point in his discussion. This book is a collection of various drills, excercises, and the like to enhance your fighting skills when you have no training partner. The training you conduct alone is as important as that which you do with your classmates. As a previous instructor in Marine Corps close-combat, I found the drills described inside to be universal for anyone involved in some manner of martial-arts, whether it be tactical or sport oriented. READ THE OTHER BOOKS BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TOO!

lots of straight forward drills and PT. a great supplement to what you get in the dojo.

This book discusses a wide variety of original drills and excercises to help martial artists suplement their dojo training. I would recommend this to anyone who is serious about martial arts.

Mr. Christensen's techniques are realistic and straight-forward, while still very challenging. He discusses everything about training on your own (supplementary to dojo training, not in place of it), including sections such as how to keep motivated and training outdoors. His instructions/teachings are clear and concise. I strongly recommend this book, and all others by Mr. Christensen, for that matter.