The Complete Martial Arts Student examines the learning process and gives the martial arts student hundreds of examples and solutions to problems he or she will encounter during training. More importantly, the aim of the book is to start the student on the road to becoming a critical thinker, a person who can use the highest stage of learning correlation to accelerate his or her education in the martial arts.

Martina Sprague was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden and came to the United States as a student in 1980. She started in the martial arts in 1987 and has since then achieved black belts in Kenpo karate, kickboxing and street freestyle. She has strong interests in combat history, ranging ancient to modern wars, and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Military History from University in Vermont. The Complete Martial Arts Student is her seventh book on the martial arts.