Author: Shoshin Nagamine
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462902480
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do presents the teachings of legendary martial arts master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of the Matsubayashi school of Shorin-ryu karate-do. Used for generations as a practical and pictorial guide, it contains over 1,000 photographs to document eighteen classic karate kata (preset forms) and seven yakusoku kumite (prearranged partner exercises), as well as basic techniques. This book is a precise and easily accessible pictorial guide to performance and perfection of traditional karate. The only book in English with photos of one of the great prewar masters demonstrating the proper execution of Okinawan karate, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do is a bridge between karate's legendary past and the practitioners of today. This ingenious and imaginative text explains the historical landmarks in the development of style, vividly outlines its leading forms and techniques, and recalls noted Okinawan karate men of the past, including the author's teachers Ankichi Arakaki, Choki Motobu, and Chotoku Kyan.
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.
Introduction to Karate-Do
Author: Michael Mantz
Publisher: Pine Winds Press
ISBN: 9780937663301
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction for the beginning student of Karate.
Publisher: Pine Winds Press
ISBN: 9780937663301
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction for the beginning student of Karate.
Karate-Do
Author: A.O. Mercado
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475910363
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
In KARATE-DO The Art of Defense, Mercado covers a plurality of the karate fundamentals. In addition, this book has two chapters he considers very unique. Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) informs the practitioner of the combative and safety points. Chapter X (Nutrition Produces Performance) deals with the benefits of nutrition to the karate practitioner and also to the person interested in the value of nutrition. Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) It is imperative that all serious practitioners should familiarize themselves with the locations of these vital points. - Dr. Steven C. Hannah, M.D. The practicing beginner or advanced karateka will find the foundation provided in this book an invaluable source to obtain a first degree black belt or higher. - Austin Box Founder, Hana-Dai Ichi Karate Association Foreword by Austin Box, inducted member of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Native American Grandmaster of the year).
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475910363
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
In KARATE-DO The Art of Defense, Mercado covers a plurality of the karate fundamentals. In addition, this book has two chapters he considers very unique. Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) informs the practitioner of the combative and safety points. Chapter X (Nutrition Produces Performance) deals with the benefits of nutrition to the karate practitioner and also to the person interested in the value of nutrition. Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) It is imperative that all serious practitioners should familiarize themselves with the locations of these vital points. - Dr. Steven C. Hannah, M.D. The practicing beginner or advanced karateka will find the foundation provided in this book an invaluable source to obtain a first degree black belt or higher. - Austin Box Founder, Hana-Dai Ichi Karate Association Foreword by Austin Box, inducted member of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Native American Grandmaster of the year).
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
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.
Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do
Author: Shoshin Nagamine
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462902480
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do presents the teachings of legendary martial arts master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of the Matsubayashi school of Shorin-ryu karate-do. Used for generations as a practical and pictorial guide, it contains over 1,000 photographs to document eighteen classic karate kata (preset forms) and seven yakusoku kumite (prearranged partner exercises), as well as basic techniques. This book is a precise and easily accessible pictorial guide to performance and perfection of traditional karate. The only book in English with photos of one of the great prewar masters demonstrating the proper execution of Okinawan karate, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do is a bridge between karate's legendary past and the practitioners of today. This ingenious and imaginative text explains the historical landmarks in the development of style, vividly outlines its leading forms and techniques, and recalls noted Okinawan karate men of the past, including the author's teachers Ankichi Arakaki, Choki Motobu, and Chotoku Kyan.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462902480
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do presents the teachings of legendary martial arts master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of the Matsubayashi school of Shorin-ryu karate-do. Used for generations as a practical and pictorial guide, it contains over 1,000 photographs to document eighteen classic karate kata (preset forms) and seven yakusoku kumite (prearranged partner exercises), as well as basic techniques. This book is a precise and easily accessible pictorial guide to performance and perfection of traditional karate. The only book in English with photos of one of the great prewar masters demonstrating the proper execution of Okinawan karate, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do is a bridge between karate's legendary past and the practitioners of today. This ingenious and imaginative text explains the historical landmarks in the development of style, vividly outlines its leading forms and techniques, and recalls noted Okinawan karate men of the past, including the author's teachers Ankichi Arakaki, Choki Motobu, and Chotoku Kyan.
Scientific Karate Do
Author: Masayuki Kukan Hisataka
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462904173
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A truly exhaustive text on the myriad disciplines that make up karate, Scientific Karatedo is the ultimate guide to this popular martial art. First written in 1976, Scientific Karatedo continues to stand as one of the best books ever written on karate. This classic work is a complete guide to all facets of karate training, describing not only strikes, kicks, blocks, and stances, but also: Warm–Ups Forms Sparring techniques Multiple combinations Throws Chokes Joint locks Weapons Use Meditation Examples Self–defense techniques against weapons Self–defense for women. No other karate guide covers such a wide range of subjects. Illustrated with over 1,900 photographs, Scientific Karatedo is an easy to understand guide written with the beginner in mind, but contains enough advanced techniques to satisfy veteran practitioners. The author also describes the theories, ethics, etiquette, history, and spirituality of karate, and has added new information on the Koshiki Karatedo competition system and Supersafe protective equipment.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462904173
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
A truly exhaustive text on the myriad disciplines that make up karate, Scientific Karatedo is the ultimate guide to this popular martial art. First written in 1976, Scientific Karatedo continues to stand as one of the best books ever written on karate. This classic work is a complete guide to all facets of karate training, describing not only strikes, kicks, blocks, and stances, but also: Warm–Ups Forms Sparring techniques Multiple combinations Throws Chokes Joint locks Weapons Use Meditation Examples Self–defense techniques against weapons Self–defense for women. No other karate guide covers such a wide range of subjects. Illustrated with over 1,900 photographs, Scientific Karatedo is an easy to understand guide written with the beginner in mind, but contains enough advanced techniques to satisfy veteran practitioners. The author also describes the theories, ethics, etiquette, history, and spirituality of karate, and has added new information on the Koshiki Karatedo competition system and Supersafe protective equipment.
Karate-do
Author: Kevin L. Seiler
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0979010802
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Karate-Do evolved as a martial art in Okinawa, where it was nurtured by centuries of Okinawan culture and innovation. What inspired the ancient masters to develop these martial techniques and practices was the human instinct for self-preservation, not a desire for entertainment or sporting competition. Traditional karate-do should be practiced with this in mind. Here you will find a complete personal training handbook to supplement training in any karate-do system or other martial art style. The authors have systematically organized their experiences and research into easily digestible segments and have included numerous photographs throughout the text. This book will inspire you to train even more diligently, and the experiences and research shared here will be useful on the journey of any traditional martial artist.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0979010802
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Karate-Do evolved as a martial art in Okinawa, where it was nurtured by centuries of Okinawan culture and innovation. What inspired the ancient masters to develop these martial techniques and practices was the human instinct for self-preservation, not a desire for entertainment or sporting competition. Traditional karate-do should be practiced with this in mind. Here you will find a complete personal training handbook to supplement training in any karate-do system or other martial art style. The authors have systematically organized their experiences and research into easily digestible segments and have included numerous photographs throughout the text. This book will inspire you to train even more diligently, and the experiences and research shared here will be useful on the journey of any traditional martial artist.
KARATE-DO: Traditional Training for All Styles, 2Ed
Author: Kevin Seiler
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557024196
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Karate-do evolved as a martial art in Okinawa, where it was nurtured bycenturies of Okinawan culture and innovation. What inspired the ancientmasters to develop these martial techniques and practices was the humaninstinct for self-preservation, not a desire for entertainment or sportingcompetition. Traditional Karate-do should be practiced with this in mind.Here you will find a complete personal training handbook to supplementtraining in any Karate-do system or other martial art style. This 2nd Edition is fully revised and greatly expanded. Featuresinclude martial philosophy, theory and practice; optimizing nutrition;physical training; and strategic studies. Bruce Lee advised all martialartists to âAbsorb what is usefulâ and every martial artist will findsomething of value here. The authors sincerely hope this book will inspireyou to train even more diligently, and that the experiences and researchshared here will be useful on your lifelong journey as a martial artist.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557024196
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Karate-do evolved as a martial art in Okinawa, where it was nurtured bycenturies of Okinawan culture and innovation. What inspired the ancientmasters to develop these martial techniques and practices was the humaninstinct for self-preservation, not a desire for entertainment or sportingcompetition. Traditional Karate-do should be practiced with this in mind.Here you will find a complete personal training handbook to supplementtraining in any Karate-do system or other martial art style. This 2nd Edition is fully revised and greatly expanded. Featuresinclude martial philosophy, theory and practice; optimizing nutrition;physical training; and strategic studies. Bruce Lee advised all martialartists to âAbsorb what is usefulâ and every martial artist will findsomething of value here. The authors sincerely hope this book will inspireyou to train even more diligently, and that the experiences and researchshared here will be useful on your lifelong journey as a martial artist.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Karate
Author: Randall G. Hassell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028638324
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A beginner's guide to the martial art offers advice on choosing a karate school, mastering elementary stances and punches, and preventing injuries.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028638324
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A beginner's guide to the martial art offers advice on choosing a karate school, mastering elementary stances and punches, and preventing injuries.