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Contents
Preface
1 The basics
Stances
Targets and techniques: strike at vital spots-select the most effective techniques
2 Punches:Put the weight of the entire body behind the punch.
Straight: Aim from along the center line of the body.
Hook & upper: Slip around the opponent's guard and stike!!
Roundhuyse
Elbow strike: Thrust, pivot, strike down-your elbow is a weapon.
3 Kicks: Kick with both legs, use the whole body.
Roundhouse kick: Lead with the knee, strike like a whip.
Roundhouse kick: Spring and bend in the kicking leg.
Impact!
Front kick: Kick with both legs, bore straight through!
Side kick (+ back kick): Pull in, and lash out!
Back roundhuse kick: First master the roundhouse kick!
Knee-strike: Attack and defense all in one.
4 Distance
Judging distance: Read your opponent's moves!
Footwork: Step in to close distance-step out to evade attack: move your feet!
Defensive footwork: a punch can't hurt if it doesn't reach.
Offensive footwork: 'dance like a butterfly, sting like a bee'
5 Blocking: In-fighting.
Blocks: Blocks can also be attacks.
Outside block: Fending off attacks from the right.
Lower arm parry: Defending against attacks from the left.
Roundhouse block: Sweep and shatter.
High block: Aim for the follow-through.
6 Real fight techniques
Combinations: What do we mean by combination?
Stopping: Blocking in the combination.
Stopping: Stop your opponent's kick before it starts!
Leg-hook: Draw him in -and dump him!
Combined attack and defense: Use the pendulum principle.
Variations: Speed and timing can only be learned through practice.
More about combinations: Attack and defense in one.
Close combinations: Outside block against a punch into a knee-strike.
Close combinations: Low parry, then punch, low kick.
Close combinations: From a double block.
Middle combinations: From a stopping kick to a right roundhouse kick.
Middle combinations: From a leg-hook to round-house kick, elbow-stirke, or knee-strike.
Middle combinations: From a high block or low kick parry.
Middle combinations: Combnations for use in real fights.
Long combinations: From the step back.
Throws/finish-offs/coups de grace.
Ashihara's karate adages: Sure ways to overcome a slump.
7 Fight control
What is "fight control"? Don't punch it out-control!
Punch-conrol technique 1 How to handle a straight right.
Punch-control technique 2: How to handle a high lift.
Sequential punches-control technique 3: How to handle a one-two.
Right front kick-control technique 4: Stepping away from the kick-I
Right front kick-control technique 5: Stepping away from the kick-II
Right front kick-control technique 6: Side-stepping the kick.
Left front kick-control technique 7: Parrying the kick.
Roundhouse kick-control technique 8: Use footwork to evade a right high kick.
Roundhouse kick-left high kick; control technique 9: With a left high kick, use a high block.
Roundhouse kick-switch-kick: control technique 10: Against a switch-over from front kick to roundhouse kick.
Roundhouse kick-right middle kick: Control technique 11: Meeting a right middle kick; from the knee-block.
Roundhouse kick-right low kick: control technique 12: Against a right low kick (triangle or front kick).
Roundhouse kick-right low kick; control technique 13: Using a knee-block against a right low kick.
Roundhouse kick-right low kick; control technique 14: Using a stopping kick against a kright low kick.
Roundhouse kick-right low kick; control technique 15: Using a stopping kick or hook against a low left kick.
Back roundhouse kick-control techniques 16: Using footwork against a back roundhouse kick.
The southpaw stance-conrol technique 17.
Comebacks-control technique 18, 19, 20: What to do when your oppinent counters-I, II, III
Common mistakes: fighting checklist.
Ashihara's karate kata for rael fighting.
Basic kata: punches/kicks.
Kata variation: punches/kicks.
Self-protection.
Street fighting-3 opponents.
Stretching.
Power build-up.
Afterword
Preface
1 The basics
Stances
Targets and techniques: strike at vital spots-select the most effective techniques
2 Punches:Put the weight of the entire body behind the punch.
Straight: Aim from along the center line of the body.
Hook & upper: Slip around the opponent's guard and stike!!
Roundhuyse
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punch: Swing around wide to strike from the side.Elbow strike: Thrust, pivot, strike down-your elbow is a weapon.
3 Kicks: Kick with both legs, use the whole body.
Roundhouse kick: Lead with the knee, strike like a whip.
Roundhouse kick: Spring and bend in the kicking leg.
Impact!
Front kick: Kick with both legs, bore straight through!
Side kick (+ back kick): Pull in, and lash out!
Back roundhuse kick: First master the roundhouse kick!
Knee-strike: Attack and defense all in one.
4 Distance
Judging distance: Read your opponent's moves!
Footwork: Step in to close distance-step out to evade attack: move your feet!
Defensive footwork: a punch can't hurt if it doesn't reach.
Offensive footwork: 'dance like a butterfly, sting like a bee'
5 Blocking: In-fighting.
Blocks: Blocks can also be attacks.
Outside block: Fending off attacks from the right.
Lower arm parry: Defending against attacks from the left.
Roundhouse block: Sweep and shatter.
High block: Aim for the follow-through.
6 Real fight techniques
Combinations: What do we mean by combination?
Stopping: Blocking in the combination.
Stopping: Stop your opponent's kick before it starts!
Leg-hook: Draw him in -and dump him!
Combined attack and defense: Use the pendulum principle.
Variations: Speed and timing can only be learned through practice.
More about combinations: Attack and defense in one.
Close combinations: Outside block against a punch into a knee-strike.
Close combinations: Low parry, then punch, low kick.
Close combinations: From a double block.
Middle combinations: From a stopping kick to a right roundhouse kick.
Middle combinations: From a leg-hook to round-house kick, elbow-stirke, or knee-strike.
Middle combinations: From a high block or low kick parry.
Middle combinations: Combnations for use in real fights.
Long combinations: From the step back.
Throws/finish-offs/coups de grace.
Ashihara's karate adages: Sure ways to overcome a slump.
7 Fight control
What is "fight control"? Don't punch it out-control!
Punch-conrol technique 1 How to handle a straight right.
Punch-control technique 2: How to handle a high lift.
Sequential punches-control technique 3: How to handle a one-two.
Right front kick-control technique 4: Stepping away from the kick-I
Right front kick-control technique 5: Stepping away from the kick-II
Right front kick-control technique 6: Side-stepping the kick.
Left front kick-control technique 7: Parrying the kick.
Roundhouse kick-control technique 8: Use footwork to evade a right high kick.
Roundhouse kick-left high kick; control technique 9: With a left high kick, use a high block.
Roundhouse kick-switch-kick: control technique 10: Against a switch-over from front kick to roundhouse kick.
Roundhouse kick-right middle kick: Control technique 11: Meeting a right middle kick; from the knee-block.
Roundhouse kick-right low kick: control technique 12: Against a right low kick (triangle or front kick).
Roundhouse kick-right low kick; control technique 13: Using a knee-block against a right low kick.
Roundhouse kick-right low kick; control technique 14: Using a stopping kick against a kright low kick.
Roundhouse kick-right low kick; control technique 15: Using a stopping kick or hook against a low left kick.
Back roundhouse kick-control techniques 16: Using footwork against a back roundhouse kick.
The southpaw stance-conrol technique 17.
Comebacks-control technique 18, 19, 20: What to do when your oppinent counters-I, II, III
Common mistakes: fighting checklist.
Ashihara's karate kata for rael fighting.
Basic kata: punches/kicks.
Kata variation: punches/kicks.
Self-protection.
Street fighting-3 opponents.
Stretching.
Power build-up.
Afterword
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ISBN
870117424
Publication
Kodansha Ltd. Through Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.