Do you ever get nervous before competition or a belt promotion? Have there been instances when you've lost your Concentration or Focus? When you lost your Focus, can you recall the types of thoughts and emotions that you had? When you've lost your Focus, could you refocus quickly or did you find that hard to do? Do you have a competition plan and ways to turn negatives into positives? Are you injured and are coming out of an injury? Are you missing in ways to control your emotions and thoughts during competition or a belt promotion? In competition or belt promotions, do you have a hard time managing your energy level? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you'll find this book very helpful to you. Getting the Mental Edge by learning Mental Strategies helps the child, the adolescent and the adult martial artist build Performance Self Confidence, Focus- Concentration, have Positive Self-Talk, overcome Injury, set Goals, use Cue words, utilize Visual Imagery, have an effective Competition and Belt Promotion Plan and to be able to monitor Energy levels for an optimal performance. The book-manual provides exercises, strategies and tips to learn Psychological Skills and achieve the Mental Edge in Martial Arts competitions and Belt promotions. And what's great about this book is that you're able to write in it, enter your own notes and answer questions as you develop your own Mental Edge Skills.