Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770018915
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This introduction to karate teaches both the physical training and the mentalhilosophy necessary for karate mastery. The book also provides the completeistory of karate.
Karate-dō Nyūmon
Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770018915
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This introduction to karate teaches both the physical training and the mentalhilosophy necessary for karate mastery. The book also provides the completeistory of karate.
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770018915
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This introduction to karate teaches both the physical training and the mentalhilosophy necessary for karate mastery. The book also provides the completeistory of karate.
Karate-dō Kyōhan
Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 9784770003706
Category : Karate
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 9784770003706
Category : Karate
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Textbook of Modern Karate
Author: Teruyuki Okazaki
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Karate-Do
Author: GICHIN. FUNAKOSHI
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781715628048
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Linking the time when karate was a strictly Okinawan art of self-defense shrouded in the deepest secrecy and the present day, when it has become a martial art practiced throughout the world, is Gichin Funakoshi, the "Father of Karate-do." Out of modesty, he was reluctant to write this autobiography and did not do so until he was nearly ninety years of age. Trained in the Confucian classics, he was a schoolteacher early in life, but after decades of study under the foremost masters, he gave up his livelihood to devote the rest of his life to the propagation of the Way of Karate. Under his guidance, techniques and nomenclature were refined and modernized, the spiritual essence was brought to the fore, and karate evolved into a true martial art. Various forms of empty-hand techniques have been practiced in Okinawa for centuries, but due to the lack of historical records, fancy often masquerades as fact. In telling of his own famous teachers--and not only of their mastery of technique but of the way they acted in critical situations--the author reveals what true karate is. The stories he tells about himself are no less instructive: his determination to continue the art, after having started it to improve his health; his perseverance in the face of difficulties, even of poverty; his strict observance of the way of life of the samurai; and the spirit of self-reliance that he carried into an old age kept healthy by his practice of Karate-do.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781715628048
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Linking the time when karate was a strictly Okinawan art of self-defense shrouded in the deepest secrecy and the present day, when it has become a martial art practiced throughout the world, is Gichin Funakoshi, the "Father of Karate-do." Out of modesty, he was reluctant to write this autobiography and did not do so until he was nearly ninety years of age. Trained in the Confucian classics, he was a schoolteacher early in life, but after decades of study under the foremost masters, he gave up his livelihood to devote the rest of his life to the propagation of the Way of Karate. Under his guidance, techniques and nomenclature were refined and modernized, the spiritual essence was brought to the fore, and karate evolved into a true martial art. Various forms of empty-hand techniques have been practiced in Okinawa for centuries, but due to the lack of historical records, fancy often masquerades as fact. In telling of his own famous teachers--and not only of their mastery of technique but of the way they acted in critical situations--the author reveals what true karate is. The stories he tells about himself are no less instructive: his determination to continue the art, after having started it to improve his health; his perseverance in the face of difficulties, even of poverty; his strict observance of the way of life of the samurai; and the spirit of self-reliance that he carried into an old age kept healthy by his practice of Karate-do.
The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate
Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770027962
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The legendary 20 guiding principles of karate penned by Funakoshi have been circulating for years but have never been published until now. Accompanied by rare photos and original calligraphy, this long-awaited treatise is a provocative and long overdue read for martial arts enthusiasts and followers of karate.
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770027962
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The legendary 20 guiding principles of karate penned by Funakoshi have been circulating for years but have never been published until now. Accompanied by rare photos and original calligraphy, this long-awaited treatise is a provocative and long overdue read for martial arts enthusiasts and followers of karate.
Goju-Ryu Toudi Jutsu Nyumon
Author: Filip Konjokrad
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781387293957
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Goju-Ryu Toudi Jutsu Nyumon is an introduction to Goju-Ryu Karate, one of the major styles of Karate in the world. It focuses on the Seiko Higa-Kanki Izumikawa lineage of Goju-Ryu. Many important topics are covered including: history of the art, biographies of key individuals, training methods, the bubishi and overviews of the kata. Other related styles such as Tou'on-Ryu, Ryuei-Ryu and Kojo-Ryu are discussed as well. The author introduces much new information which was not previously available to a wider audience. Several essays written by Chojun Miyagi along with other pieces of oral history are included at the back. The book is packed with historical photographs from the author's personal collection, some of which have never been made public before. This book is sure to be enjoyed by all enthusiasts of Karate.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781387293957
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Goju-Ryu Toudi Jutsu Nyumon is an introduction to Goju-Ryu Karate, one of the major styles of Karate in the world. It focuses on the Seiko Higa-Kanki Izumikawa lineage of Goju-Ryu. Many important topics are covered including: history of the art, biographies of key individuals, training methods, the bubishi and overviews of the kata. Other related styles such as Tou'on-Ryu, Ryuei-Ryu and Kojo-Ryu are discussed as well. The author introduces much new information which was not previously available to a wider audience. Several essays written by Chojun Miyagi along with other pieces of oral history are included at the back. The book is packed with historical photographs from the author's personal collection, some of which have never been made public before. This book is sure to be enjoyed by all enthusiasts of Karate.
Karate-Do Nyumon
Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Vertical Inc
ISBN: 1568365004
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Karate-do Nyumon literally means a passage through the gates of the Karate way--in other words, an introduction to the world of Karate. Karate-do Nyumon is the result of Master Funakoshi's wish to clarify Karate thought and practice for those who know nothing about it. It comprises unpublished writings from the years before his death in 1957, together with simplified kata--sequences of movements--synthesized by Funakoshi from the traditional Okinawa Karate-do kata, for beginners. Master Funakoshi begins by exploding some of the myths of Karate: "Karate-do is a noble martial art, and the reader can rest assured that those who take pride in breaking boards or smashing tiles, or who boast of being able to perform outlandish feats like stripping flesh or plucking out ribs, really know nothing about karate. They are playing around in the leaves and branches of a great tree, without the slightest concept of the trunk." In his description of what Karate is, the Master describes the history of Karate--its origins in the ancient methods of unarmed combat in China, and its growth as a fighting method in Okinawa, a country where arms were banned in a succession of decrees from the Japanese mainland. In order to prevent it being subjected to control, or more importantly, to prevent the Japanese overlords from knowing and using the techniques, the practice of Karate was kept a secret. To preserve this secrecy, the habit persisted until very recent times of keeping no records. Master Funakoshi, however, recognized in this book and others the need to formulate the kata precisely, so as to establish a standard of true Okinawan Karate. The kata in this book are not traditional kata, but they serve to establish the correct habits of stance, thought and action, and to facilitate the eventual mastery of the true Karate-do kata. All these special kata are clearly explained and illustrated by photos. Lastly, Master Funakoshi recalls stories of men who were living legends when he was a youth in Okinawa, men whose reputations overcame even the secrecy that clung to Karate until the middle of this century.
Publisher: Vertical Inc
ISBN: 1568365004
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Karate-do Nyumon literally means a passage through the gates of the Karate way--in other words, an introduction to the world of Karate. Karate-do Nyumon is the result of Master Funakoshi's wish to clarify Karate thought and practice for those who know nothing about it. It comprises unpublished writings from the years before his death in 1957, together with simplified kata--sequences of movements--synthesized by Funakoshi from the traditional Okinawa Karate-do kata, for beginners. Master Funakoshi begins by exploding some of the myths of Karate: "Karate-do is a noble martial art, and the reader can rest assured that those who take pride in breaking boards or smashing tiles, or who boast of being able to perform outlandish feats like stripping flesh or plucking out ribs, really know nothing about karate. They are playing around in the leaves and branches of a great tree, without the slightest concept of the trunk." In his description of what Karate is, the Master describes the history of Karate--its origins in the ancient methods of unarmed combat in China, and its growth as a fighting method in Okinawa, a country where arms were banned in a succession of decrees from the Japanese mainland. In order to prevent it being subjected to control, or more importantly, to prevent the Japanese overlords from knowing and using the techniques, the practice of Karate was kept a secret. To preserve this secrecy, the habit persisted until very recent times of keeping no records. Master Funakoshi, however, recognized in this book and others the need to formulate the kata precisely, so as to establish a standard of true Okinawan Karate. The kata in this book are not traditional kata, but they serve to establish the correct habits of stance, thought and action, and to facilitate the eventual mastery of the true Karate-do kata. All these special kata are clearly explained and illustrated by photos. Lastly, Master Funakoshi recalls stories of men who were living legends when he was a youth in Okinawa, men whose reputations overcame even the secrecy that clung to Karate until the middle of this century.
The Essence of Karate
Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN: 9784770031181
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
A following book of 'The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate'. It is presented in the same size, and the same format. This book is the following book of 'The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate'. The same size, and the same format.
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN: 9784770031181
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
A following book of 'The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate'. It is presented in the same size, and the same format. This book is the following book of 'The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate'. The same size, and the same format.
Karate Jutsu
Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
ISBN: 9784770026811
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Ginchin Funakoshi was the founding father of the principles and techniques ofarate in Japan. This is the original text of Master Funakoshi's firstxposition of Okinawan karate. The text elucidates his teaching and trainingethods, while the photographs show Funakoshi demonstrating kata.
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
ISBN: 9784770026811
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Ginchin Funakoshi was the founding father of the principles and techniques ofarate in Japan. This is the original text of Master Funakoshi's firstxposition of Okinawan karate. The text elucidates his teaching and trainingethods, while the photographs show Funakoshi demonstrating kata.
Karate: The Art of Empty Hand Fighting
Author: Hidetaka Nishiyama
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146292073X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"The first complete and most authoritative book on the technique of unarmed self-defense…A fully illustrated manual giving step-by-step explanations of all the fundamentals of karate. --Robert Klaverkamp, UPI"
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146292073X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"The first complete and most authoritative book on the technique of unarmed self-defense…A fully illustrated manual giving step-by-step explanations of all the fundamentals of karate. --Robert Klaverkamp, UPI"