(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364636
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364643
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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This book complements volume 3 of this series and, like the earlier volume, includes writings of masters of the martial arts to guide the student toward spiritual awareness and mental maturity. It places kumite in perspective, relating it to training as a whole.
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By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364728
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 31st January 2013
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Kata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today.Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan.
Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364667
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364674
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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The three kata in this volume are on the Japan Karate Association recommended list and are notable for the sticklike use of the arms--Jitte, the circular movements of hands and feet coordinated with breathing--Hangetsu, and easy, agile movements, combined into continuous techniques--Empi.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364681
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365367
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365343
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365350
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Fully described and illustrated in this volume are the widely practiced Bassal and Kanku kata from the JFA recommended group. The student learns fast and slow techniques, the dynamics of strength, how to turn weakness into strength, changing directions, jumping and going to ground.
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By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568365541
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Originally published: Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987.
(Paperback)
By: Masatoshi Nakayama
ISBN: 9781568364131
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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