Knife Fighting Techniques

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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 Federation in 1979. This association now has branches in more than 90 countries throughout the world.This book is Kanazawa's first complete guide to kumite, or sparring. The karate training process comprises four areas: basics, kata (forms; prearranged movements and techniques), kumite, and competition. Kumite-"the art of grappling with opponents," as it might be called-is the application of kata, and is the key to success in karate tournaments.Karate Fighting Techniques teaches all the various kumite techniques, and presents a systematic approach to applied kumite that is designed to provide essnetial information for match-style kumite and tournament kumite. The author also writes with great affection of his experiences with Master Gichin Funakoshi, and offers some insight into the true spirit and teachings of Shotokan karate.With 700 photos of the author, his students, and some rare photos of the late Gichin Funakoshi and his famous disciple Masatoshi Nakayama (author of the popular Best Karate series), Karate Fighting Techniques is the first book of its kind to provide such a comprehensive guide to kumite and its role in Shotokan karate. It will be an indispensable resource for all karate practitioners.

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• ISBN13: 9784770028723
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Excellent book for new and experienced karate students

by Joseph J. Truncale from Chicago, Il on 2009-06-23
This is a book for new and experienced karate students. However, without a background in some karate basics, a new student will not get much out of this text. The drills and variations of different approaches to sparring will be of value for both students and instructors. This is a comprehensive book on the formal aspects of karate and the drills will help if you are entering karate contest. I question the value of many of the drills for learning how to actually defend yourself on the street. Nevertheless, it is a good text to use in combination with actual hands-on training under a competent Japanese karate style instructor. Rating: 4 stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Godan: Shotokan Karate)

Beautiful book, great information; for training, not primarily for fighting

by Joseph C. McDaniel from Phoenix, Arizona on 2008-10-30
This is a beautiful, well-produced book with art museum quality photos.The author, Kanazawa, is a living legend in Shotokan Karate circles, and has also produced some nifty dvds (the most cost effective kata dvd in the Shotokan Karate arena is by Sensei Kanazawa, and has all of the Shotokan katas on one dvd! It's on Amazon and it's cheap!).This book is useful to Shotokan Karate students, and it has limitations, as all books do.It will not teach you Shotokan Karate, and it will not teach you to fight.This book is primarily a beautiful road map of techniques you'll pick up along the way with a traditional Shotokan Karate instructor who has survived the Japan Karate Association Instructor's Course.This particular instructor was also the winner of the first All-Japan Karate Tournament, and his technique leaves nothing to be desired.But this won't teach you to fight. This is not a book for a no-holds-barred environment, nor a barfighting or streetfighting book.It's a book with the exercises that are taught to a Shotokan Karate student to prepare them for tournaments, which are not the same as real fights, although there is overlap between the skills used in tournaments and in real fights.So if you're a current or prospective Shotokan student, buy this book. You need it for your library, to supplement the information in the "Best Karate" series by Nakayama about sparring and tournament fighting.But this is the wrong book if you want a quick introduction into self defense or cage fighting. Those are different categories.Shotokan Karate can provide a basis for very effective self defense techniques, but it does so over a period of years, not weeks or months. So this would be the wrong book for somebody going into a front-line environment (for that sort of thing, see the books by Fairbairn, which set out short, nasty and brutal fighting techniques).And if you want a general overview of self defense techniques applicable to civilian environments, check out the Tegner books. They're cheap, and highly underrated by martial artists, who tend to misunderstand their target audience.This book has a specialized audience; but frankly, it should probably be in the reference library of all Shotokan karate students, because Kanazawa is that good.There's a concession to practicality in this book. Sensei Kanazawa devotes a section to striking a belt that's being held by a training partner. He points out that for practical (that is, self defense) uses, you need to practice focussing about four inches into your target, rather than stopping short of the target.I thought that insight was useful, so I'm about to have a fight with my wife about exactly where in the house I'm going to hang up a spare obi (karate belt) so I can kick and punch it!

Definitive reference for Shotokan stylists

by Mr. M. A. Bowles from Glasgow, Scotland on 2007-01-10
This is the definitive book for Kanzawa ryu stylists, you should need no urging to buy it immediately.If you have not trained with Kanazawa much of the detail will be invisible - this is a reference book for those who have been taught the details of the movements. But it may encourage other Shotokan stylists to find out more, and that is a good thing; this man has got something useful to offer; believe me, he really does.

A+++++

by A. Rollolazo from on 2006-03-13
Exactly what I was looking for. Arrived in a couple of days. New condition.

Pretty Good book

by Terry Smalls from Nevada on 2006-01-04
I found this to be a pretty good book for a traditionalist and a person who doesn't know much about the martial arts. The technical stuff was well-presented.

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Master Ajari again teaches advanced kata and the much awaited sword defences famous to the Way of Harmony. These sword techniques are rarely taught and usually only to senior students but here they are for all to learn. These give Wado a uniqueness that make it one of the most widely practised styles of karate in the world today. You will learn katas Jion, Jitte, Rohai, Nseishi, Unsu, plus several of the bunkai that go with each of these katas. Master Ajari also teachesYakusoko Kumite whiuch is agin one of the most important parts of Wado.

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KENPO SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES Working in conjunction with his last series "When Kenpo Strikes", Master Larry Tatum now completes your Kenpo video training with his new series "Kenpo Self Defense Techniques". Master Tatum personally demonstrates and instructs each and every Kenpo technique from yellow belt through 3rd degree black belt. His mastery of speed and power translates each technique into its fullest potential.

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• larry tatum
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These manuals cover all techniques, self defense sets, all forms, all weapon forms, all natural weapons, all stances, blocks, strikes, parries, kicks All Self Defense techniques for each Belt level with extensions, and optional techniques from Yellow up to 1st Black Belt. Great references and study guideFORMS Short 1 Long 1 Short 2 Long 2 Long 3 Long 4 Long 5 Long 6 Long 7 (double escrima stick)SETS Book Set Two Man Form Nunchaku Set Blocking Set I (Star Block) Blocking Set II Finger Set I Finger Set II Stance Set I Stance Set II Kicking Set I Kicking Set II Moving Set I Staff Set 1 Staff Set 2 Coordination Set Striking SetTECHNIQUES White Yellow Orange Purple Blue Green 3rd Brown 2nd Brown 1st Brown 1st Black

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• CD with manuals from yellow to black belt.
• American Kenpo Karate Manual These manuals cover all techniques, self defense sets, all forms, all weapon forms, all natural weapons, all stances, blocks, strikes, parries, kicks All Self Defense techniques for each Belt level with extensions, and optional techniques from Yellow up to 1st Black Belt. Great references and study guide

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Train in the dojo with George Alexander, USA & World Karate Champion and Learn Sparring techniques that really work! This DVD will show you techniques and strategies that will make you a better fighter. If winning in competition is your thing then this DVD is for you. Train along with competitors, as they get ready to compete. Learn Five Techniques that absolutely always win and the then follow competitors as they put these techniques to the test in actual competition. YOU will learn to be the best fighter you can be and fully develop your sparring ability and techniques.

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• Running time - 50 min
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