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OverviewThis volume is one of a series presenting all karate and kumite' practiced by the Japan Karate Association. Each chapter contains photographs of an instructor of the Association executing a certain technique. All the basic points of karate arranged systematically for effective learning, step by step--the parts of the body used as natural weapons, the stances, how to block, how to attack, introduction to the kata and to kumite. The fundamentals as presented in this volume, briefly but accurately, are the distillation of the author's forty-six years' experience in this' Full Product DetailsAuthor: Masatoshi NakayamaPublisher: Kodansha America, Inc Imprint: Kodansha America, Inc Volume: Vol 1 Dimensions: Width: 1.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780870113178ISBN 10: 0870113178 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 23 February 1978 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9781568364636 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsRecommended for the person who wants to find out what it's all about. -- The Japan Times Author InformationMASATOSHI NAKAYAMA carries on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshl, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987. A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate along scientific lines. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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