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Karate: The Art of Empty Hand Fighting
The Groundbreaking Work on Karate
Hidetaka Nishiyama , Richard C. Brown
Nishiyama began his training under the instruction of Gichin Funakoshi, the legendary founder of Shotokan Karate. He helped establish the Japan Karate Association and, as head of the JKA's instructors training program, was instrumental in bringing Karate to the U.S. and other Western countries. When he arrived, he proceeded to train the first great generation of Karate instructors spawning a whole new generation of martial artists.
Highly accessible and richly illustrated with over 1,000 photographs, this book is a comprehensive manual with step-by-step instructions to all the basic movements and techniques of Karate.
Topics covered include:
- A brief history of Karate
- Theories and principles of the martial art
- Effective training and exercise methods
- Karate techniques including stances, blocks and attacks
- Defenses against weapons
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