Nunchaku, Karate Weapon of Self-defense

Nunchaku, Karate Weapon of Self-defense
Author: Fumio Demura
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1971
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780897500067

All-Japan karate champion Fumio Demura demonstrates the movements and fighting applications of the nunchaku. This book features gripping stances, blocking, striking, footwork, nunchaku and karate similarities, and more than 20 defenses against other weapons.

Bo, Karate Weapon of Self-defense

Bo, Karate Weapon of Self-defense
Author: Fumio Demura
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1976
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780897500197

Fumio Demura covers stances, striking, blocking, combinations, sparring, and an entire bo kata.

Advanced Nunchaku

Advanced Nunchaku
Author: Fumio Demura
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780897500210

This volume includes variations of twirling and swinging, with two separate training kata for nunchaku. Fumio Demura is an expert in kendo, aikido, and kobudo. Dan Ivan is also a member of Black Belt's Hall of Fame.

Tonfa

Tonfa
Author: Fumio Demura
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1982
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780897500807

In this fully illustrated book, Fumio Demura explores the full range of tonfa tactics including stances, karate and tonfa similarities, tonfa striking techniques, and self-defense applications. Demura is a member of Black Belt's Hall of Fame.

Sai, Karate Weapon of Self-defense

Sai, Karate Weapon of Self-defense
Author: Fumio Demura
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1974
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780897500104

This fully illustrated book covers gripping, flipping, stances, blocks, karate and sai similarities, movements, footwork, combinations and sparring. Fumio Demura is an expert in traditional karate weapons and an international ambassador of karate.

The Complete Book of Karate Weapons

The Complete Book of Karate Weapons
Author: Theodore L. Gambordella
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Martial arts weapons
ISBN: 9780873646291

A manual on the offensive and defensive use of karate weapons-- the knife, the yawara, the tonfa, the staff, the bo, the nunchaku, and the sai.

Dynamic Nunchaku

Dynamic Nunchaku
Author: Tadashi Yamashita
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1986
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780897501057

Tadashi Yamashita, head instructor of shorin-ryu in the United States and American Karate Association, demonstrates dynamic nunchaku techniques stressing spontaneity with classical form. In this practical, fully illustrated guide, Yamashita teaches the development of lightning skills with both single and double nunchaku.

Ftw Self Defense

Ftw Self Defense
Author: C. R. Jahn
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2012-01-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1469732564

FTW SELF DEFENSE FTW Self Defense is a revolutionary text which addresses, in great detail, many important yet controversial topics which most instructors do not discuss with their students. Th is is the reality of self defense, and these topics are not entered into lightly. Intended for mature and open minded students only. This is the long awaited companion volume to the underground bestseller Hardcore Self Defense.

Filipino Combat Systems

Filipino Combat Systems
Author: Mark Edward Cody, GM Ray Dionaldo
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2005-03-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1420823329

Filipino Combat Systems chronicles the creation, evolution and core concepts of one of the fastest growing martial arts in the world. It overcomes the shortcomings inherent in martial art instruction manuals by focusing not on technique, but on the strategy and philosophy of movement behind the technique. Written by a first generation student under the authority and supervision of the system’s Founder and Grand Master, this work is an excellent introduction to the system. FCS is one of the most practical combat oriented martial systems in existence, bridging the gap between the ancient fighting arts and the modern world.

Keijutsukai Aikido

Keijutsukai Aikido
Author: Thomas H. Makiyama
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1983
Genre: African American martial artists
ISBN: 9780897500920

Thomas Makiyama, an eighth-degree black belt and the only American officially certified shihan by any Japanese aikido organization, teaches preparation, basic directional throws, classification forms, and basic and advanced self-defense.