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This introduction to sport competition teaches you in detail how to use your potential and your technical skills to defeat your opponents in Karate competition. Master Miyake shows hundred of basic, intermediate, and advanced sparring combinations used by the great karate champions in the sport. This is the perfect guide to understand offensive and defensive tactics as used in elite competition, making it the most authoritative handbook of its kind about the subject of kumite. This book is for all students attempting to bridge the gap between Karate basics and winning tournament competition. It is heavily illustrated with sequential photographs of Miyake Sensei in action.

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Born in 1946, Miyake Sensei began teaching the martial arts in Japan. At the same time, he was teaching modern Japanese language and literature at the high school level. He moved to the United States in 1985 and-with permission from Shuko- kai Tani-ha Shito-Ryu and Soke Chojiro Tani-quickly established Shuko-Kai U.S.A. in Southern California. Founder of Shuko- kai International, Miyake Sensei currently holds an official U.S.A. National Karate-Do Federation 8th degree in karate-do and a 6th degree in shorinji aiki jiu-jitsu. The All-Japan Karate-do Federation and the World Shorinji Kempo Federation issued his instructor's licenses. Both associations require the highest caliber of karate and jiu-jitsu knowl- edge. In 1982, he was the All-Japan champion in Shito-Ryu Shuko-Kai and the 1988 U.S.A. Karate Federation National Champion. With many years of experience in the arts of Budo, Miyake Sensei is considered one of the most knowledgeable instructors in the kumite aspect of karate: ""Modern kumite does not show the characteristics of each style anymore because everything is extremely unified in movement and approach,"" he says. ""This is the result of sport competition. Back then, shotokan used zenkutsu-dachi and goju-ryu used nekoashi-dachi in kumite so you could tell the practitioner's style by just looking at the way he fought. Because karate now has a sport aspect, it has developed in a more mod- ern and scientific approach to combat. Nowadays, we have only two styles for kumite: Japanese and rest of the world. And even the Japanese are changing to better accommodate the sportive approach."" Miyake Sensei has earned a high level of respect by sharing karate-do with love, empathy and dedication. He strives for a life of tranquility and content- ment, refreshed by the satisfaction derived from pursuing the way of karate with discipline and commitment. Jose M. Fraguas is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities and writers in the Martial Arts. He began his Martial Arts training with judo, in grade school, at age 9 and studied Shito-ryu karate under Japanese master Masahiro Okada. Today, Fraguas still continues his ""Karate-do path"" under the guidance of Okada Sensei. He began his career as a writer at age 16 by serving as a regular contributor to Martial Arts magazines in Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Holland, and Australia. In 1980, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where his open-minded mentality helped him to develop a realistic approach to the Martial Arts. Seeking to supplement his previous training, he researched other disciplines under celebrated masters in order to better understand how other fighting methods apply the use of the human body in combat. Clearly, his physical training is always reflected in his works. ""Spirit before technique. Feeling before writing. Writing should be a reflection of what you develop through training. I believe that Martial Arts are not just a practice or a lifestyle, but a mindset and a tool to improve people's lives through their philosophy,"" Fraguas says. In the mid-1980s, Fraguas founded his own book and magazine company, authoring dozens of books and distributing his magazines to 35 countries in five different languages. His reputation and credibility as a martial artist and publisher became well known to the top masters around the world. Considering himself a martial artist first and a writer and publisher second, Fraguas feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview many legendary Martial Arts teachers. He recognizes that much of the information given in the interviews helped him to discover new dimensions in the Martial Arts. ""I was constantly absorbing knowledge from the great masters,"" he recalls. ""I only had the opportunity to train physically with a few of them, but intellectually and spiritually, all of them have made very important contributions to my growth as a complete martial artist."" After authoring more than 31 books about Martial Arts, he worked to inspire others to follow, but only a few around the world have successfully brought such drive and scholarship to their work. Fraguas has practiced, taught, and written about Martial Arts for more than four decades. One of his works, the book series KARATE MASTERS - translated into several languages - has become a ""classic"" around the world and is considered as one of the best all-time sources of information about Karate's philosophy and knowledge. In addition to his Martial Arts training, Fraguas is a Motivational Speaker and Sports ""Strength and Conditioning"" training specialist. In that area, his focus is on the improvement of athletic capabilities through functional training systems. Working both with athletes in sports conditioning and non-athletes in more general conditioning, Fraguas has developed unique training programs that integrate proven methods with body-mind-spirit performance enhancement, as well as programs aimed specifically at Martial Arts performance. He combines his personal experience, traditional Budo strategies and modern psychology to teach people how to act decisively, using cutting edge skills not only for physical training and sports but to effectively overcome any challenge in life. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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