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The first time in one volume all of the martial or Asian fighting arts are explained and illlustrated for the Western reader. Whether you desire to learn the arts for self-defense, for inner peace, or simply for exercise, this profusely illustrated volume will provide a clear and concise
Chapters cover in detail each of the follwing basic martial arts:
T'ai chi ch'uan, the 'softest' or least aggressive of the marital arts. More a system of exercise than defense, t'ai chi ch'uan is referred to as 'the great circle' because of its fluidity of motion.
Aikido, 'harder' than t'ai chi ch'uan, teaches the student to turn his competitior's force against him by anticipating his opponents's moves and adjusting his own to flow with them.
Judo, even 'harder' than the previous two arts, has to do primarily with throwing techniques. Through its development of balance and timing in a player, an opponent of much greater size and stature can be easily defeated.
Karate, the most spectacular of the martial arts due to its punching and kicking techniques. The foot and hand are the prime weapons as the opponents throw their hardened extremities at one another in lightning-fast succession.
Kung-fu, emphasizing strength and power, differs from the other arts in its clawing and stabbing hand blows. The hard style of kung fu is the most attack-oriented of the arts, while the soft style points to speed and agility over power, hand over foot blows, and shots at the opponent's most vulnerable body stations.
Two special chapters, 'Antimugging defense' and 'self defense for women,' show how these martial arts can be adapted to specific cases, 'antimugging defense' describes highly effecive techniques for warding off potential attacks, whether they involve one or two assailants armed with a gun or a knife, 'self-defense for women' reveals its obvious usefulness in illustrating technques for avoiding an attack of rape or robbery or for simply getting rid of an obnoxious masher.
William Logan has long been a student of the Eastern world with a particuar interest in the teaching and application of the martial arts. Herman Petras is an editor and contributor to the magazine Official Karate and also writes for Action Black World and Masters of Self Defense.
Discover the world of the martial arts.
Contents
Introduction
T'ai chi ch'uan
Aikido
Judo
Karate
Kung fu
Antimugging defense
Self-defense for women
The Zen macrobiotic diet
Appendix A: Belt rankings
Appendix B: For further reading
Appendix C: National Directory to schools and equipment
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introduction. Authors Wililam Logan and Herman Petras describe each art-its history, its underlying philosophy, its application to daily life, and, through the use of over four hundred photographs, its individual movements.Chapters cover in detail each of the follwing basic martial arts:
T'ai chi ch'uan, the 'softest' or least aggressive of the marital arts. More a system of exercise than defense, t'ai chi ch'uan is referred to as 'the great circle' because of its fluidity of motion.
Aikido, 'harder' than t'ai chi ch'uan, teaches the student to turn his competitior's force against him by anticipating his opponents's moves and adjusting his own to flow with them.
Judo, even 'harder' than the previous two arts, has to do primarily with throwing techniques. Through its development of balance and timing in a player, an opponent of much greater size and stature can be easily defeated.
Karate, the most spectacular of the martial arts due to its punching and kicking techniques. The foot and hand are the prime weapons as the opponents throw their hardened extremities at one another in lightning-fast succession.
Kung-fu, emphasizing strength and power, differs from the other arts in its clawing and stabbing hand blows. The hard style of kung fu is the most attack-oriented of the arts, while the soft style points to speed and agility over power, hand over foot blows, and shots at the opponent's most vulnerable body stations.
Two special chapters, 'Antimugging defense' and 'self defense for women,' show how these martial arts can be adapted to specific cases, 'antimugging defense' describes highly effecive techniques for warding off potential attacks, whether they involve one or two assailants armed with a gun or a knife, 'self-defense for women' reveals its obvious usefulness in illustrating technques for avoiding an attack of rape or robbery or for simply getting rid of an obnoxious masher.
William Logan has long been a student of the Eastern world with a particuar interest in the teaching and application of the martial arts. Herman Petras is an editor and contributor to the magazine Official Karate and also writes for Action Black World and Masters of Self Defense.
Discover the world of the martial arts.
Contents
Introduction
T'ai chi ch'uan
Aikido
Judo
Karate
Kung fu
Antimugging defense
Self-defense for women
The Zen macrobiotic diet
Appendix A: Belt rankings
Appendix B: For further reading
Appendix C: National Directory to schools and equipment
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ISBN
308101049
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