Perfect Karate

Perfect Karate
Author: Shigeru Ōyama
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1986
Genre: Karate
ISBN: 9784255960432

A Killing Art

A Killing Art
Author: Gillis, Alex
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1770906959

The eagerly anticipated updated return of a bestselling martial arts classic The leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the worldÍs most popular martial arts, are fond of saying that their art is ancient and filled with old dynasties and superhuman feats. In fact, Tae Kwon Do is as full of lies as it is powerful techniques. Since its rough beginnings in the Korean military 60 years ago, the art empowered individuals and nations, but its leaders too often hid the painful truths that led to that empowerment „ the gangsters, secret-service agents, and dictators who encouraged cheating, corruption, and murder. A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do takes you into the cults, geisha houses, and crime syndicates that made Tae Kwon Do. It shows how, in the end, a few key leaders kept the art clean and turned it into an empowering art for tens of millions of people in more than 150 countries. A Killing Art is part history and part biography „ and a wild ride to enlightenment. This new and revised edition of the bestselling book contains previously unnamed sources and updated chapters.

Best Karate

Best Karate
Author: Masatoshi Nakayama
Publisher: Kodansha
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1989
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780870117589

This volume is one of a series presenting all karate and "kumite" practicedy the Japan Karate Association. Each chapter contains photographs of annstructor of the Association executing a certain technique.

Karate Fighting Techniques

Karate Fighting Techniques
Author: 金澤弘和
Publisher: Kodansha International
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2004
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9784770028723

This title teaches all the various kumite techniques, and presents a systematic approach to applied kumite that is designed to provide essential information for match-style kumite and tournament kumite. Hirokazu Kanazawa is the renowned karate master in the world today, and a close disciple of Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate and founder of the Shotokan School. Having earned his impressive reputation in Hawaii, the mainland United States, and Europe as an official trainer for the Japan Karate Association, Kanazawa founded Shotokan Karate-do International

Best Karate, Vol.1

Best Karate, Vol.1
Author: Masatoshi Nakayama
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-11-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568364636

All the basic points of karate arranged systematically for effective learning, step by step--the parts of the body used as natural weapons, the stances, how to block, how to attack, introduction to the kata and to kumite. The fundamentals as presented in this volume, briefly but accurately, are the distillation of the author's forty-six years' experience in this art of self-defense. As well as setting forth the basic rules that must be put into practice when performing kata or applying techniques in kumite, this volume pinpoints the underlying physical and physiological principles of karate: source and concentration of power; stance, form, stability and technique; movement in all directions; basic and comprehensive aspects of training.

Best Karate, Vol.6

Best Karate, Vol.6
Author: Masatoshi Nakayama
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-08-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568365357

Fully described and illustrated in this volume are the widely practiced Bassal and Kanku kata from the JFA recommended group. The student learns fast and slow techniques, the dynamics of strength, how to turn weakness into strength, changing directions, jumping and going to ground.

Best Karate, Vol.5

Best Karate, Vol.5
Author: Masatoshi Nakayama
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568364725

Kata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today.Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan. Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.

Best Karate, Vol.10

Best Karate, Vol.10
Author: Masatoshi Nakayama
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1568365543

The kata in this volume are at the advanced level and may be selected for examination above the grade of shodan. In Unsu, there are constant transformations, signified by the name meaning "Cloud Hands." All parts of the body are used as weapons, with feints and provocations leading to unique combination techniques and multi-directional kicks. Sochin is characterized by a certain solemnity and imperturbability. Using a very stable stance, muscular power is built up slowly in many movements, instantaneously in others, leading to a keen sense of timing for continuous attacks. Nijushiho offers training in the unique back-hand block (haishu uke). It requires integration of varying strengths and speed, and mastery can be seen in a smooth and unbroken flow of movements.

Don Jitsu Ryu

Don Jitsu Ryu
Author: Professor Don Jacob
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2013-05-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780983642367

Black Belt philosphies, rules, and procedures.