Book review: The Fighter Within by Chris Olech
I must confess that I approach book reviews with some trepidation nowadays. I get asked to it very often and I really hate giving bad reviews - it's not my thing. If you scroll through Youtube you won't find me dropping negative comments on people's honest performances of forms, kata or sparring etc. I just don't see the point in being mean. Nor do I think it is "constructive" to tell people when I think where they are going "wrong". (I might draw the line at something fraudulent or harmful, but that is a different story.) Similarly I get concerned about reviewing books because I'm not sure what to do when faced with a stinker: do I lie and say something "nice" (perhaps damning with faint praise) or am I honest? With Chris Olech's new book "The Fighter Within: Everyone Has a Fight" I had no such concerns. As a fight journalist with practical ring experience, Chris brings both professionalism and authenticity to th...