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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 796.81 EAN: 9780061189227 ISBN: 0061189227 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: November 01, 2007 Publisher: Harper Release Date: November 11, 2007 Studio: Harper Editorial Review: Product Description: Crushing your enemies, driving them before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women? It doesn't get any better than this." –Eugene Robinson, ripping off John Milius That's the sentiment that surges just below the surface of Eugene Robinson's Fight – an engrossing, intimate look into the all–absorbing world of fighting. Robinson – a former body–builder, one–time bouncer, and lifelong fight connoisseur – takes readers on a no–holds–barred plunge into what fighting is all about, and what fighters live for. If George Plimpton had muscles and had been choked out one too many times––this is the book he could have written. When Robinson and his fellow fighters mix it up, they live completely for the moment: absorbed in the feel of muscles slippery with sweat; the metallic tang of blood mingling with saliva in the mouth; the sweet, firm thud of taped knuckles impacting flesh. They fight because it feels good. They fight because they want to win. And even if they get their asses kicked, they fight because they love fighting. Fight is part encyclopedia, part panegyric to fighting in all its forms and glory. Robinson's narrative – told in his trademark tough–guy, stream–of–consciousness noir voice – punctuates this explanatory compendium of the fighting world. From wrestling, jiu–jitsu, boxing and muay thai to bar fighting, hand–to–hand combat, prison fighting and hockey fights, from the greatest movie fight scenes to how to throw the perfect left hook, Fight is a scene–by–scene tour of the bloody but beautiful underworld that is the art of fighting. With his aficionado's enthusiasm and fast–paced, addictive voice, Robinson's Fight combines compelling text with beautiful photographs to create an illustrated book as edgy and interesting as it is gorgeous. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Buy This Book!If you are a fight fan, know a fight fan, or have any plans of being a fight fan, buy this book! It has a lot of great stories and info about his experiences, and the author is obviously very knowledgeable and intimately involved in the fight game. The farther I read into the book, the more I kept saying to myself "I would LOVE to have a beer with this guy and just pick his brain". After reading the book, I did a bit of research on the author. Check out Eugene's weekly radio ... Read More Rating: - The Truth Hurts...This book stands alone. There have been many books written about fighting and I have read close to 20 of them. This book is the only book that covers all aspects of hand to hand combat. From mixed martial artists, boxers, street fighters, special forces, to greco roman wrestlers and prison survivers. This is not only history and perspective but also how to, hands on information. This book makes other books look like bitches. Rating: - If you don't buy this book you just might get [...] for not asking.It dosen't matter if your a pacifist or dislike violence. You could be a nun, a soccer mom, or a back-up singer for John Denver and still find lots of USEFUL knowlege in this read. Useful knowledge that is improtant, the way breathing is improtant. Or the ABILITY to walk away from a fight with your teeth still in your head if you choose to do so. It's always a good idea to fill your head with as much survival knowledge that you can get your hands on, because...you never know. Be prepared, thats' ... Read More Rating: - I bought it and so should youReading this book one senses the writer probably has an endless cache of personal fight stories he chose not to include here, but the ones he does include are totally engrossing. Not being a fighter myself, nor in the least bit familiar with fighting as a sport, this was the perfect first book to read on the subject. After reading it I bought another copy for a friend and the Audio book for myself. Rating:  - ouch !Here's a man that has too much time in his life. Good book and good advice. He is definitly full of himself. ( I hope I never have to fight him though!!!) Well worth the money. |
