Karate-Do Kyohan : The Master Text,9780870111907

Karate-Do Kyohan : The Master Text

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ISBN13: 9780870111907
ISBN10: 0870111906
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1973-05-15
Publisher(s): Kodansha USA
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Summary

In the tradition of oral instruction of karate technique and characterevelopment, this text explains formal kata exercises in detail.

Author Biography


GICHIN FUNAKOSHI is one of karate's great masters. Born in Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture, 1868, he studied Karate-do from childhood and organized the the first public demonstrations.
As president of the Okinawa Association for the Spirit of Martial Arts, he was chosen to demonstrate karate at the First National Athletic Exhibition in Tokyo in 1922. This led to the introduction of the ancient martial art to the rest of Japan and subsequently to the rest of the world.
At the urging of friends and officials, he remained in Tokyo, and the development of the way of karate owes much to his teaching, writings and introduction of new forms. In his later years, he was president of Shotokai, of which he was a founder. He emphasized always the spiritual aspects of Karate-do, and it is significant that through his influence the Chinese characters for karate were changed from "Chinese" hand to "empty" hand.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Posthumous Note to the Second Edition viii
Preface to the Second Edition viii
Introduction
1(14)
Karate and Karate-do, The Way from Techniques, The Development of Karate, Kata, Public Introduction of Karate, The Value of Karate
Fundamental Elements
15(12)
The Hand, Stances, Hand Techniques, Foot Techniques
Basic Training
27(6)
The Kata
33(176)
Names of the Kata, Advice on Training, Line of Movement, The Kata
Engagement Matches
209(28)
Significance of Matching, Basic Sparring, Iai, Throwing Techniques, Weapons and Karate-do, Self-defense for Women
Vital Points of the Human Body
237(8)
Definition, The Vital Points
Maxims for the Trainee
245(8)
Appendix
How to Make a Makiwara
251(2)
Glossary 253

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