Professor Maurizio Maltese presents in this extensive and detailed work the "Scherma Jonica", Ionian fencing, an art cultivated century after century, perfected and made more and more effective by constant practice in every district, village and town of the area straddling the Ionian Sea, between...

Personal safety is a set of activities, knowledge and skills that provide a certain level of protection of a person, his family and friends. Only a developed culture of personal safety can reduce these risks. Personal safety is not just physical self-defense. The perception of the city is broader...

Muay Thai, also known as Thai Boxing, is a traditional martial art which was developed centuries ago. Nowadays Thai Boxing is taught as a competitive and fitness sport, and for self-defense. The hard-hitting, spectacular techniques it employs are winning an ever increasing fanbase.

In this firs...