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Okinawan Karate
Teachers, styles and secret techniques
£12.99
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A revised edition which includes historical
tables and vital striking point charts, as well as information
on the past and 20th century karate, kobudo and ti (or te) scene
in Okinawa. The author presents important elements of the fighting
arts as a whole, along with health-orientated training and the
secrets of developing intrinsic energy (ki) circulation. From
their roots in China, the historical development of each karate
and kobudo system can be traced, via the teachers who formulated
them, into the many fragmented styles practised today throughout
the world, from Shotokan to Goju-ryu -Okinawa's greatest cultural
export.
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Barefoot Zen
£19.99 |
The
legendary courage of the Shaolin (Chan / Zen) order was not developed
by fighting with enemies, but by not fighting! The Shaolin teaching
was designed to free us from fear, the only true enemy. Barefoot
Zen, a brave new approach to the martial arts, clearly demonstrates
that the traditional movements of both Kung Fu and Karate, contained
in the solo choreographed sequences of movements known as forms
or kata. Barefoot Zen bridges the gap between Kung Frate, and
reveals their common origin through the disclosure of vital research
material on three of the worlds most important Karate Kata. We
learn the original empty hand art was used as kinetic meditation
between pairs
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Zen Shaolin Karate
£21.99
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Kata,
the preset movements forming the backbone of all karate styles,
have been a source of endless confusion for the vast majority
of karate students. All students learn how to perform the kata,
but there has never been an effective explanation of how they
are applied. Until now!
Nathan Johnson, a third-degree black belt
in karate and a fourth-degree black belt in kung fu, has spent
two decades on his quest to find the true meaning of kata. In
Zen Shaolin Karate, Johnson explains and illustrates in precise
detail every subtle movement of two of karate’s most common
kata, and provides historical testimony for his explanations by
integrating his findings with Zen philosophy. The author’s
unique interpretations of the Nai Fuan Chin (Naihanchi) and Saam
Chin (Sanshin) kata will destroy the barriers separating karate,
kung fi, and aikido, and will revolutionize how kata are applied
in all karate styles.
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Katas of Wado Ryu
Shingo Ohgami
£15.99
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This book is one of a very few Wado Ryu
texts and ranks along side the best. It covers the "original"
9 katas in detail with excellent photographs and in my view represents
the ideal reference book for beginner and advanced student alike.
This is a must have book and in conjunction with his red book,
Introduction to Karate, is an essential reference for the beginner
and no doubt the experienced karate-ka.
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Introduction to Karate
£17.99
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Introduction
to Wado-Ryu Karate presents the art of Karate in a comprehensive
manner, from warming-up exercise, stretching, basic techniques,
to combinations and fighting techniques. Gives a thorough analysis
of karate techniques from a scientific and theoretical point of
view. Can be used by all, beginner or black belt. Explains and
answers the doubts and questions, the whys and hows of Karate.
Contains nearly 1,000 photos and illustrations. Introduction to
Karate is written by Ohgami who has been teaching karate more
than two decades. He uses his experience as a research worker
in chemistry to analyze the fundamentals of Karate.
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The Bible of Karate
Bubishi
£13.99
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Treasured
for centuries by Karate's top masters, the Budishi is a classic
chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique
as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as "the bible
of karate" by the famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds
of years the Budishi was a secret text passed from master to student
in China and later in Okinawa. All of Karate's legendary masters
have studied it, applied its techniques, or copied passages from
it. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the
shaping and development of Karate as the Bubishi |
Shotokan's Secret
£14.95
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Shotokan’s Secret:
Karate was invented by the world’s only unarmed bodyguards
to protect the world’s only unarmed king….against
Americans.
In 1853 before the American civil War, the king of Okinawa was
caught in a brink-of war confrontation between the Shoguns implacable
samurai and an invading force of U.S.Marines. Trapped between
katana and bayonets, the kings unarmed guards faced impossible
odds and narrowly avoided a costly bloodbath.
Karate masters Sokon Matsumura and Yasutsune Itosu spent decades
reliving that day in their imaginations. They designed a new martial
art for the royal bodyguards, making bare hands the equal of razor-sharp
steel. The was the first emergence of the hard-style karate that
became Shotokan, a full generation before master Gichin Funakoshi
took his first karate lesson.
The bodyguards taught Funakoshi their kata, but they didn’t
teach him their applications. They taught him their high-impact
techniques, but they didn’t explain why they needed them.
They handed him the most ruthless combat art ever seen, but they
didn’t explain what it was for.
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