The Self-Confidence Factor, author Sifu Karl Romain presents a comprehensive guide offering parents, teachers, and childcare providers strategies for dealing with the serious issue of bullying. It teaches children to use communication skills before becoming physical.

The Self-Confidence Factor discusses different types of bullying, ways to defuse situations, and what to expect from—and require of—school officials. It communicates techniques to train and discuss with children.

The form presented in this book is a basic long fist from the Northern Shaolin Long Fist system. The form itself is easy to learn, yet introduces the student to a large number of sophisticated practical applications. A careful study of the form reveals its rich content, including the following concepts: Fist, palm, knee, kicking attacks, locks and parries for various hand and foot attacks, defenses to grabbing attacks, throwing techniques, chin na (seize and control) techniques, simultaneous kick and hand strike, simultaneous block and strike. This book is divided into two sections. The first section contains a full representation of the form as performed by renowned Master Karl Romain. The second section is a representation of various practical applications of the form. Each picture is accompanied by detailed explanatory text.

In any sport, there are good athletes, great athletes, and the best of the best. This book will help you be the best of the best in your sport. But The Shaolin Athlete is not just for the serious athlete. Everyone can learn about proper health and conditioning, both for sports and for life in The Shaolin Athlete. This is because the Kung Fu Conditioning exercises taught in The Shaolin Athlete target the body, the mind, and the spirit as a whole. The Shaolin Athlete/Kung Fu Conditioning program is the complete fitness and health program for everyone, from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior to the average Jane or Joe who wants to get in better shape and live longer. Kung Fu Conditioning is for fitness, health, conditioning, and longevity. “With the help of Sifu Karl Romain I was able not only to work on my shortcomings and become a more accountable football player, but also to fall in love with the process and not just fall in love with the success. I learned to love every step that it took for me to succeed in the NFL.” -Amani Toomer, former receiver of the New York Football Giants (Amani Toomer is featured in this book)

The body is the most fascinating machine ever created, and nobody talks about it in ways that are as illuminating and compelling as Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Most people think of the aging of our bodies the same way we think of the aging of our cars: the older we get, the more inevitable it is that we’re going to break down. Most of us believe that at age 40 or so, we begin the slow and steady decline of our minds, our eyes, our ears, our joints, our arteries, our libido, and every other system that affects the quality of life (and how long we live it). But according to Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz, that’s a mistake. Aging isn’t a decline in our systems. It’s actually very purposeful. The very systems and biological processes that age us are designed to help us when we’re a little bit younger. So what’s our role as part of the aging population? To learn how those systems work so we can reprogram them to work the way they did when we were younger. Your goal should be: die young at any age. That means you live a high quality of life (with everything from working joints to working genitals) until the day you die.

Get this amazing hardcover book featuring Sifu Karl Romain as he assists Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz in sharing the secrets of staying young.

There is also a great YOU: Staying Young Workout DVD which includes chi-gong demonstrations by Sifu Romain. Read more about it here.