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[Dave Paton]

Does anyone have the "Wrestling Physical Conditioning Encyclopedia" talked about by Dan John in this article?

http://www.t-nation.com/article/most_recent/recovery_methods_101

It's out of print and very difficult to find.

[James Evans]

Dave, funnily enough I did a quick search for it last week and got a couple of results from Amazon etc.

Trouble is one of the sellers wanted something like $150 for it. Not sure what edition it was. There was one from 1987 I think. £4.95 then, £70+ now.

I've always heard brilliant thinks about the book but that's just stupid money.

Although a bargain compared to a Matt Furey book!

[Jason Steele]

I found the same thing, high prices, no availability. Then I looked at colleges in the area, found it, checked it out via interlibrary loan. Then something happened when I walked near a Xerox machine, and I have a "copy" of it now (it is officially out of print BTW). It is a great resource and illustrates that there are few "groundbreaking new" ideas coming about.

[Dave Paton]

Is it copyright infringement to put the book on pdf and post them to this site????!!!!

[Jason Steele]

Something makes me say "Probably not a good idea". I do know that if it has been a certain amount of time it becomes public domain. Will look into it.

[James Evans]

Yeah, but you're talking 50 years minimum. That's why nobody owns the rights to the works of Charles Dickens and publishers can put out copies of Oliver Twist for £1.

I would suggest PMs are the place for any further discussion of internet piracy...

[Jason Steele]

Technically, there is no talk of internet piracy, per se, just idle conjecture about copyright laws...

[Dan Heaney]

I have a copy in mint condition!!! You need to find a wrestling coach who has been doing it for years and see if they have a copy in their library.

[James Evans]

I have a copy in mint condition!!! You need to find a wrestling coach who has been doing it for years and see if they have a copy in their library.

Should I infer from the above that your wrestling coach no longer has a copy in their library?

[Dave Paton]

I finally got my hands on this book through an inter-library loan. It's a great book and makes you remember that nothing in S & C is new. Maybe I could start a cert for this book??????

[Yuen Sohn]

Dave,
I'm interested in this book as well. Did you by any chance inquire about buying the book from this site?
http://www.superstrengthbooks.com/john_jesse.html

At $44.95 (plus taxes + shipping), it's not exactly cheap, but seems more reasonable than paying $165 get it from some Amazon.com re-seller.

[Dave Paton]

I did see that website before but did not inquire. However, If I were you, i would see if i could get it at a library first to browse it over and then decide if i wanted to buy it. even $45 is a little steep in my opininon.

[Craig Brown]

I like this book a lot. While (like any book in the age of the internet) it is far from 'necessary', it is pretty cool to see just a ton of cool ideas.