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Modern Esoteric: Beyond Our Senses (The Esoteric Series) - Brad Olsen 2014

Organized into three sections—Lifeology, Control, and Thrive—Modern Esoteric examines the flaws in modern history and looks at how conspiracy theories, esoteric knowledge, and fringe subjects can be used to help change the dead-end course humanity seems to be following. The Lifeology section explores the long and storried “alternative narrative” of life on this planet. In the Control section, author Brad Olsen examines how Big Brother is here in the form of the New World Order, and how they keep the knowledge of humankind’s true nature from the mass population. Finally, the Thrive section looks at all the ways humans are evolving to achieve their full potential.

LIFEOLOGY
LIFEOLOGY. 39
MYTHOS OF CREATION . 55
BLOOD OF THE GODS. 71
DNA MYSTERIES. 89
PRIMITIVE WISDOM. 107
RETHINKING HISTORY. 123
LOST CONTINENTS. 147
PAST ESOTERIC. 167

CONTROL
ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE. 183
SECRET FAMILIES. 203
LOSING MY RELIGION. 223
SACRED GEOMETRY. 241
SACRED SYMBOLS. 261
THE PINEAL GLAND. 277
UNHEALTH INDUSTRY. 297
FOOD CONTROL & ESCAPE. 319

THRIVE
LIVING TO 200. 339
SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. 357
SPIRIT, BODY & MIND. 377
REINCARNATION . 393
PRE-UTOPIA. 405
SO YOU WANNA THROW A STREET FAIR? . 417
THE BUDDHA. 435

BACK MATTER
CONCLUSION. 449
REFERENCES. 459
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 463
INDEX. 464
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World of Knowledge AU - December 2014

WORLD EVENTS
36 The World From Above. The most stunning cities on Earth – from a bird’s eye view
70 Why You’re Being Lied To 24 Hours A Day. How to manipulate seven billion people…
NATURE
22 The Bad Boys Of The Prairie Where tiny rodents rule the roost…
54 Can A Continent Run Dry? Why the drought sweeping across the USA will only get worse…
63 Smarter In 60 Seconds Theme: Drought
TECHNOLOGY
78 Inside The Murky World Of Online Drugs. World of Knowledge delves into the web’s secret drug industry
HISTORY
10 The Da Vinci Prophecies. What history’s genius knew about the future
44 The Yeti Conspiracy. What happened to nine Russian hikers found dead in the wilderness?
52 Smarter In 60 Seconds. Theme: Yeti: Fact Or Fiction?
SCIENCE
28 The Virus Hunters. The secrets of pandemic prevention from experts battling Ebola
64 What On Earth Would We Do Without The Moon? Our satellite is more important than you’ll ever imagine
REGULARS
8 Amazing Photo. Fascinating snaps – and the stories behind them
82 Lab Test: Just How Dangerous Are Tasers? How 50,000 volts can paralyse the body and stop the heart
90 Questions And Answers. Amazing facts from science, technology and everyday life
96 And Finally…The curious world of the little white bat
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Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt - Advanced engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs - Christopher Dunn

A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments
• Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum
• Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt

From the pyramids in the north to the temples in the south, ancient artisans left their marks all over Egypt, unique marks that reveal craftsmanship we would be hard pressed to duplicate today. Drawing together the results of more than 30 years of research and nine field study journeys to Egypt, Christopher Dunn presents a stunning stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statue of Ramses II at Luxor and the fallen crowns that lay at its feet. His modern-day engineering expertise provides a unique view into the sophisticated technology used to create these famous monuments in prehistoric times.

Using modern digital photography, computer-aided design software, and metrology instruments, Dunn exposes the extreme precision of these monuments and the type of advanced manufacturing expertise necessary to produce them. His computer analysis of the statues of Ramses II reveals that the left and right sides of the faces are precise mirror images of each other, and his examination of the mysterious underground tunnels of the Serapeum illuminates the finest examples of precision engineering on the planet. Providing never-before-seen evidence in the form of more than 280 photographs, Dunn’s research shows that while absent from the archaeological record, highly refined tools, techniques, and even mega-machines must have been used in ancient Egypt.

CONTENTS
Foreword: Shifting Paradigms by Arlan Andrews Sr., ScD
Foreword: Recognizing the Brilliance of Ancient Manufacturing by Judd C. Peck, Esq.
Photographic Credits
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Shadows of Luxor
2 The Shadows of Ramses
3 The Ramses Challenge
4 The Shadows of Karnak
5 The Shadows of the Serapeum
6 The Shadow of the Sphinx
7 The Shadows of Denderah
8 Sticks and Stones: Tools of the Trade
10 In the Shadow of Egyptian Megamachines
11 Walking in the Shadow of William F. Petrie
12 Suspending Disbelief
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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Imagining Atlantis - Richard Ellis 1999

Ever since Plato created the legend of the lost island of Atlantis, it has maintained a uniquely strong grip on the human imagination. For two and a half millennia, the story of the city and its catastrophic downfall has inspired people from Francis Bacon to Jules Verne to Jacques Cousteau to speculate on the island's origins, nature, and location, and sometimes even to search for its physical remains. It has endured as a part of the mythology of many different cultures, yet there is no indisputable evidence, let alone proof, that Atlantis ever existed. What, then, accounts for its seemingly inexhaustible appeal?
Richard Ellis plunges into this rich topic, investigating the roots of the legend and following its various manifestations into the present. He begins with the story's origins. Did it arise from a common prehistorical myth? Was it a historical remnant of a lost city of pre-Columbians or ancient Egyptians? Was Atlantis an extraterrestrial colony? Ellis sifts through the "scientific" evidence marshaled to "prove" these theories, and describes the mystical and spiritual significance that has accrued to them over the centuries. He goes on to explore the possibility that the fable of Atlantis was inspired by a conflation of the high culture of Minoan Crete with the destruction wrought on the Aegean world by the cataclysmic eruption, around 1500 b.c., of the volcanic island of Thera (or Santorini).
A fascinating historical and archaeological detective story, Imagining Atlantis is a valuable addition to the literature on this essential aspect of our mythohistory.
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Tarot Decoder - Interpret the Symbols of the Tarot and Increase Your Understanding of the Cards - Kathleen McCormack 2014

The essential handbook for everyone who is fascinated by the Tarot.
The origins of the Tarot are shrouded in mystery. Some believe that the cards originated in India, while others trace their beginnings back to the sacred books of the ancient Egyptians. Everything from Greek religions to Arabian philosophies to Jewish Kabbalah has been detected in Tarot symbols, which some believe to contain the secrets of the universe and hold the key to human nature.
Tarot Decoder traces the meaning and imagery of the cards down through the centuries, starting with the best-known early decks and culminating with the present-day fascination with mysticism and the unexplained. Featured inside are illustrations of beautiful ancient Tarot decks as well as fine contemporary examples from all over the world.
Several methods of laying the cards are explained, ranging from a simple three-card reading to the more complicated forty-two-card method. Readers will develop their Tarot skills in a number of ways by learning how to:

- Decode the symbols of each card and learn how to get deeper, more personalized readings
- Find out how the Tarot can fulfill your psychic potential, and learn to forecast your luck, your love life, your career prospects, and your finances
- Understand the roles of the readers and questioner, and discover how to interpret each of the twenty-two cards of the major arcana and the fifty-six cards of the minor arcana

Tarot Decoder is an enlightening and highly enjoyable guide to this mystical practice that will reveal the secrets behind the symbols and help you make accurate and meaningful interpretations.
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The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future - Chris Guillebeau 2012

In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose - and earn a good living.

Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth - he's already visited more than 175 nations - and yet he's never held a "real job" or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back.
There are many others like Chris - those who've found ways to opt out of traditional employment and create the time and income to pursue what they find meaningful. Sometimes, achieving that perfect blend of passion and income doesn't depend on shelving what you currently do. You can start small with your venture, committing little time or money, and wait to take the real plunge when you're sure it's successful.

In preparing to write this book, Chris identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less), and from that group he's chosen to focus on the 50 most intriguing case studies. In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered aspects of their personal passions that could be monetized, and were able to restructure their lives in ways that gave them greater freedom and fulfillment.

Here, finally, distilled into one easy-to-use guide, are the most valuable lessons from those who've learned how to turn what they do into a gateway to self-fulfillment. It's all about finding the intersection between your "expertise" - even if you don't consider it such -- and what other people will pay for. You don't need an MBA, a business plan or even employees. All you need is a product or service that springs from what you love to do anyway, people willing to pay, and a way to get paid.

Not content to talk in generalities, Chris tells you exactly how many dollars his group of unexpected entrepreneurs required to get their projects up and running; what these individuals did in the first weeks and months to generate significant cash; some of the key mistakes they made along the way, and the crucial insights that made the business stick. Among Chris's key principles: if you're good at one thing, you're probably good at something else; never teach a man to fish - sell him the fish instead; and in the battle between planning and action, action wins.

In ancient times, people who were dissatisfied with their lives dreamed of finding magic lamps, buried treasure, or streets paved with gold. Today, we know that it's up to us to change our lives. And the best part is, if we change our own life, we can help others change theirs. This remarkable book will start you on your way.
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How To Make Your Own Soap - Sally Hornsey 2014

This book will guide you through creating your own liquid and bar soap. Design and create bars of soap using traditional methods that incorporate moisturising oils and butters, and make fun and funky glycerine soaps that look almost too fabulous to use.
If you prefer liquid soaps then this book also explains how to create liquid and cream soaps from scratch as well as how to design body washes using many of the easily obtainable surfactants.

In this book you will discover how to:
· Choose soap making ingredients that will be most beneficial for your skin type
· Design and create a range of soapy products including hand and body washes
· Scent your soaps using essential and fragrance oils
· Make glycerine melt and pour soap from scratch
· Understand different soap making methods and techniques

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 - Making traditional bars of soap (Equipment needed to make traditional soap,Choosing your soap making ingredients,Safety advice for handling lye,Fragrancing your soap,Colouring your soap,Soap making methods,Special effects using colour,Using botanicals, fruit and vegetables in your soap,Substituting the water in your lye,Making milk soaps,Making beer and wine soaps,Making honey soaps,Adding salt to your soaps,Adding silk to your soaps,Superfatting your soap,Discounting the water in your soap)
2 - Making liquid soap (Equipment needed for making liquid soap,Safety advice for handling liquid soap ingredients,How to make liquid soap,Recipes for liquid soap)
3 - Making cream soap (Equipment needed for making cream soap,Safety advice for handling cream soap ingredients,How to make cream soap,Recipes for cream soap)
4 - Crafting bars of soap using melt-and-pour soap base (Safety when handling melt-and-pour soap base,Different types of melt-and-pour soap base,Equipment needed for making melt-and-pour soaps,Preparing your melt-and-pour soap base for use,Fragrancing your melt-and-pour soap base,Colouring the melt-and-pour soap base,Adding clays and powders to your soap base,Recipes for melt-and-pour soap base,Special effects with melt-and-pour soap,Making your own melt-and-pour soap base from scratch)
5 - Using surfactants (What are surfactants?,Formulating with surfactants,Surfactant recipes,Making non-lye melt-and-pour soap from scratch)
Resoutces
Index
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The Mini Farming Handbook - Brett L.Markham 2014

Bestselling author Brett Markham’s new handbook gives us the mini farming basics along with in-depth tips on vegetable gardening, fermenting, composting, and self-sufficiency in a handy new format and design. Includes:
• Soil management and making your own fertilizer
• Crop rotation and cover cropping
• Composting
• Seed starting and timing/planning
• Raised beds and pest management
• Pvc trellising and planting spacers
• Raising chickens, making your own chicken plucker, and butchering
• Growing fruit/nut trees and vines
• Food preservation (canning and freezing)
• Fermenting wine, vinegar and cheese
With the full color photographs that made the original Mini Farming so popular, and step by step drawings, projects, graphs, and tables, you’ll have everything you need for your new or established mini farm at your fingertips. So dive in a learn how to begin and cultivate your own mini farm on less than a quarter acre.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Raised Beds
Chapter 2 Soil Composition and Maintenance
Chapter 3 Time and Yield
Chapter 4 Pest and Disease Control
Chapter 5 Seed Starting
Chapter 6 Fruit Trees and Vines
Chapter 7 Raising Chickens for Eggs
Chapter 8 Raising Chickens for Meat
Chapter 9 The Markham Farm Chicken Plucker
Chapter 10 Preserving the Harvest
Chapter 11 Planting Guides and Seeders
Chapter 12 Easy Trellising
Chapter 13 Overview of Winemaking
Chapter 14 The Science of Wine
Chapter 15 Ingredients and Techniques
Chapter 16 Advanced Techniques in Winemaking
Chapter 17 Principles and Materials for Vinegar
Chapter 18 Vinegar Making Techniques
Chapter 19 Cheese: Ingredients and Equipment
Chapter 20 Practical Cheese Making Techniques
Chapter 21 Introduction to Composting
Chapter 22 Starting with the Soil
Index
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Groundbreaking Food Gardens - 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden - Niki Jabbour 2014

Vegetable gardens can be designed for flavor AND fun! Niki Jabbour, author of the best-selling The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, has collected 73 plans for novel and inspiring food gardens from her favorite superstar gardeners, including Amy Stewart, Amanda Thomsen, Barbara Pleasant, Dave DeWitt, and Jessi Bloom. You’ll find a garden that provides salad greens 52 weeks a year, another that supplies your favorite cocktail ingredients, one that you plant on a balcony, one that encourages pollinators, one that grows 24 kinds of chile peppers, and dozens more. Each plan is fully illustrated and includes a profile of the contributor, the story behind the design, and a plant list.

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
About the Contributors 5
Urban Farmscape Patti Marie Travioli 14
Culinary Herbs for Beginners
Susan Appleget Hurst 17
Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed
Paul Zammit 21
Beautiful Balcony Edibles Andrea Bellamy 25
Southern-Style Backyard Farm
Carolyn Binder 28
Edibles on a Patio Donna Balzer 31
American Potager Jennifer R. Bartley 34
Eggs & Everything Jess i Bloom 37
Fig-Pig Patio Steven Biggs 40
Critter Control Karen Chapman 43
Eat Your Yard Nan K. Chase 46
Partially Shaded Vegetables Marjorie Harris 49
Sidebar: Windy City Harvest 52
Small Space Beds the Chicago Botanic Garden 53
The Circle of Life Emma Cooper 56
Sunburst Veggie Garden Shawna Coronado 59
Sidebar: Living Walls 61
Formal Herb Garden Kate Copsey 62
Chile Lover’s Garden Dave DeWitt 64
Starter Kitchen Garden Roger Doiron 67
Sidebar: Lasagna Gardening 70
Formal Kitchen Garden Ellen Eck er Ogden 71
Grocery Garden Jenks Farmer 74
Backyard Orchard Colby Eierman 77
Front-Yard Foraging Sarah Elton 80
Canner’s Garden Daniel Gast eiger 82
Slow-Food Garden Laura Henderson 86
Power Foods Dan Jason 90
Heirloom Sampler Marie Iannotti 93
Wildlife-Friendly Garden Tammi Hartung 96
Hanging Gutters Jayme Jenkins 100
Modern Truck Garden Leslie Land 103
Vintage Victory Garden LaManda Joy 108
Asian Vegetables Wendy Kiang-Spray 110
Garden Squares for Kids Karen Liebreich and
Jutta Wagner 114
Urban Homestead Theresa Loe 117
Teaming with Microbes Jeff Lowenfels 120
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Modern Pioneering: More Than 150 Recipes, Projects, and Skills for a Self-Sufficient Life - Georgia Pellegrini 2014

A cookbook and backyard gardening and homesteading guide for women who want to grow food efficiently, cook seasonal recipes, or even try foraging, camping, and living off the land.
Self-sufficiency is the ultimate girl power
Georgia Pellegrini, outdoor adventurer and chef, helps you roll up your sleeves and tap into your pioneer spirit. Grow a small-space garden and preserve a little deliciousness for the cold months; assemble the makings of a self-sufficient pantry; learn to navigate without a compass for your next camping trip; or even forage for plants that give you energy.
Whether you’re a full-time homesteader, a weekend farmer’s market devoté, or anyone looking to do more by hand, this overflowing resource will help you hone new skills in the kitchen, garden, and great outdoors. It includes:
· More than 100 recipes for garden-to-table dishes, preserves, and cured foods
· Small-space gardening advice on building a raised bed, choosing what to grow, and saving seeds
· DIY projects, such as Mason jar lanterns and homemade notecards
· Superwoman skills like assembling a 48- hour survival toolkit in an Altoids tin

Packed with beautiful photographs and illustrations, Modern Pioneering proves that becoming more self-sufficient not only means being empowered, but also having a lot more fun.
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Arwrology: All-Out Hand-to-Hand Fighting for Commandos, Military, and Civilians - Gordon E. Perrigard 2006

Arwrology is derived from the old Welsh word arwr, meaning an all-out hand-to-hand fighter. It was developed by Gordon E. Perrigard, a Canadian medical doctor who combined his knowledge of advanced ju-jitsu with his knowledge of human anatomy to come up with this devastatingly effective close-in combat system.Arwrology was originally released in 1943 in Canada for use in training combatants for World War II. Martialists from all over the world quickly hailed its superior fighting methods, and today it remains one of the most highly sought after - and most valuable - fighting manuals in the world. Don't miss your chance to add this authentic reproduction of an extremely rare combat classic to your library at a price you can afford.
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No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes: The Complete Guide to Real World Striking for NHB Competition and Street Defense (No Holds Barred Fighting series)

Once again, Mark Hatmaker has put together a book that focuses on the most essential techniques for No Holds Barred fighting, providing the reader with expert advice. His 21-page preface may be the most concise, useful, and insightful one ever written on the striking arts. Alone, it covers which side to put forward in a fighting stance, how to get maximum power into the punches, some tips on timing and how to take a punch, and how the 80/20 rule applies to the fight game... and his explains all of it clearly and thoroughly. Amazing. His first actual chapter lays the groundwork, on a physical level, for a good NHB striker. He explains how to roll a propper fist and which knuckles you REALLY want to hit with; assuming the propper stance, including some common errors to avoid; upper body mobility, including the pull, the duck, the slip, and why the bob and weave is a poor choice for NHB fights; and foot work, such as the pivot, slide-shuffle, shift, and mistakes to avoid. The second chapter is on the basic boxing arsenal, covering hooks, uppercuts, straight punches, and the overhand. Following that is a chapter on inserts, which are little hammering and forearm blows that can be done off a missed punch. His section on elbow shots is much the same. By the end of the fifth chapter, we've seen elbows both on thier own and as inserts, as well as a sample combination using forearms, elbows, and punches in concert. The next two chapters diverge a bit, showing low blows and then "self-defense strikes", which consist of shots to the eyes and throat. Next is a chapter on headbutts, including the propper striking surface and how to sneek one in from the clinch. Then he goes over "clinch inserts", including basic stomps, some more forearm shots, shoulder shots, and how to cut of a guy's air while in the clinch. Following that is how to break a clinch, a neccesary tactic for those who feel more comfortable striking. His chapter on leg work is all strikes to the shins and thighs, which include the rear "purring kick". The next two chapters are on free and clinching knees, respectively, which can be very damaging blows. Chapter fourteen starts his section on defense, beggining with basic boxing defensive blocks. Next is a chapter on elbow defense, which includes several drills. A short headbutt defense chapter follows, after which is a very good chapter on knee defense (including foiling clinched knees), leading into a chapter on kicking defense, which blends well with the punching 'd' chapter. After that is a chapter on 'pick offs', also called weapons distructions, which is essentially how to make someone pay for throwing a punch or kick at you. The chapter on "Ground and Pound" is very good, showing strikes from the mount, side control, and guard (do you know how to use heel kicks? THere's a better target than the kidneys!). The chapter on combinations shows how to combine all the various tools, from kicks to punches to clinching, and show 24 different combos, ranging from two to seven moves. Mr. Hatmaker concludes the book with a chapter on drilling with pads, mitts, the heavy bag, and shaddow boxing. At the end of the book is a list of various books, videos, and websites with which to augment one's training. Overall, a very detailed book, showing great, high-percentage techniques. I'd recomend it to anyone who wants to learn how to strike, whether it's for sport or self-defense.
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Fighter's Notebook: A Manual of Mixed Martial Arts - Kirik Jenness 1998

The Fighter's Notebook is the book to get if you want to be a complete martial artist. This books is 614 pages long, 3500 pictures, over 800 techniques. The book is divided as follows: Introduction Section A: Attack from the Stand up Section B: Defense against the Stand up Section C: Attack from the Side Control Section D: Defense against the Side Control Section E: Attack from the Mounted Position Section F: Defense against the Mounted Position Section G: Attack from the Back Mount Section H: Defense against the Back Mount Section I: Attack from the Guard Section J: Defense against the Guard Section K: Warm-ups, Conditioning & Training Section L: Submission Fighting: Rules of the Game Index
As you can see, this book is very comprehensive and is a must for Submission Fighters and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practioners. It comes in a huge three ring binder and is worth the money.
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Kill Without Joy!: The Complete How To Kill Book - John Minnery 1992

Now under one cover, here are all six volumes of the notorious How To Kill series, the complete history of murder, assassination and death by design. The Hatchet Job, Smothering, Drilled to Death and other chapters provide gruesome testimony to why these books have been banned in certain countries! For information purposes only!
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Championship Fighting: Explosive punching and aggressive defense - Jack Dempsey 1950

To put it shortly, this is the simply best book you can buy if you want to learn to punch or think you need to improve your punch. At the time I write this, you can download a text version on the internet. Go to google and type in:
"championship fighting" stickgrappler
Obviously, no book can teach someone how to box -like they say, books can't punch back. That said, I think someone who was conciously trying to make sure their movement's were within Dempsey's guidelines as they practiced, and was rereading, referring back to this book over and over the whole time, could make a good puncher out of himself in a few months using Dempsey's book. Whatever punch you're throwing, Dempsey teaches you in a clear, detailed, systematic way, how to shift your weight so that your knuckles have the total force of your body behind them.
Dempsey was notorious for his vicious fighting style and brutal punching power (like Tyson, except that Dempsey was smart enough to confine his aggression to the ring ). This book shows the fusion between the two in his technique; how the one depended on the other. The short step he takes(the "trigger step"), to get the weight behind his straight punches, results in a pressing, advancing style. Dempsey's temperment was well suited to his method. Something he says that made me smile; discussing the disadvantages of a crouching stance, he writes, "your weight is too far forward to permit fast retreating footwork -if you want to retreat. "
If you are just starting and can't join a boxing gym, then buy an empty, $10-$20 canvas punching bag off of ebay that can hold 70 pounds. Don't buy the cheapstuff for your hands, get wraps and bag gloves from title or ringside. Be carefull with your hands to start with - they're not hard to mess up.
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