If you’ve ever wanted to pick up a few combat tactics from the captain of the Starship Enterprise, then March 2020 will be the month for you: that’s when longtime Star Trek author Dayton Ward will be rolling out his Kirk Fu Manual, a guide to the fighting styles of Captain James T. Kirk himself!
With artwork by illustrator Christian Cornia, the 63-page “Guide to Starfleet’s Most Feared Martial Art” will beam down on next spring. While it first publicly announced all the way back in June 2018, we now have our first look at the book’s interior design — including the table of contents, introducing us to moves like the “slippery eel,” the “Tiberius twist,” the “Jimmy wall banger,” and more.
Here’s the official synopsis of the Kirk Fu Manual from publisher Insight Editions:
In unabashed celebration of Captain James T. Kirk’s singular fighting skills, Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual is every Starfleet cadet’s must-have training guide for surviving the final frontier.
As captain of the legendary U.S.S. Enterprise, James T. Kirk engaged in his share of fisticuffs, besting opponents with a slick combination of moves and guile that remains unmatched. Is there anyone you’d rather have watching your back as you take on Klingons, alien gladiators, genetically engineered supermen, and even the occasional giant walking reptile?
Kirk Fu is a series of unarmed combat techniques developed by one of Starfleet’s most celebrated starship captains over several years of encounters with alien species on any number of strange new worlds. A blend of various fighting styles, Kirk Fu incorporates elements of several Earth-based martial arts forms as well as cruder methods employed in bars and back alleys on planets throughout the galaxy.
It is as unorthodox in practice as it is unbelievable to behold. Including excerpts from Kirk’s own notes and personal logs, the Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual is the perfect training guide for surviving the depths of space. With proper training and practice, every Starfleet cadet can become one with Kirk Fu.
The Kirk Fu Manual is slated for release as a 7″ x 7″ hardcover, and the 64-page book is available to preorder now ahead of its March 3, 2020 release.
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