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Karate is not just a sport or a hobby-it's a lifetime study towerd perfection of character. Here, Dave Lowry, one of hte best-known writers on the Japanese martial arts, illuminates the complete path of karate including the practice, philosophy, and culture. He covers myriad subjects of interest to
The relationship between students and teachers.
How to cultivate the correct attitude during practice.
The differences between karate in the East and West
Whether a karate student really needs to study in Japane to perfect the art.
The meaning of rank and the black belt.
Detailed descriptions of kicks, punches, evasions, and techniques and the philosophical concepts that they manifest.
What practice means and looks like as one ages.
How the practice of karate aims toward cultivating character and spiritual development.
After forty years studying karate and the budo arts, Lowery is an informative and reliable guide, highlighting aspects of the karate path that will surprise, entertain,a nd enlighten.
Dave Lowry is an accomplished martial artist, calligrapher, and writer. He is the restaurant critic for St. Louis Magazine and writes regularly for a number of magazines on a wide variety of subjects, many of them related to Japan and the Japanese martial arts. He is the author of numerous books including In the Dojo, Autumn Lightening: The Education of an American Samurai, Sword and Brush: The Spirit of the Martial Arts, Clouds in the West: Lessons from the Martial Arts of Japan, and The Connoisseur's Guide to Sushi.
Contents
Introduction
1 Traditional karate
2 Keeping it in gear
3 What do think about a good bad teacher?
4 Connections
5 Do you need to go to Japan?
6 Rank, or lack thereof
7 Find out for yourself
8 Pace
9 Buji Kore Kaere Meiba
10 The front thrust kick
11 Better than your Sensei
12 What's in a name?
13 You have to hit stuff
14 What does a black belt mean?
15 Victory is in the scabbard
16 Kyan Chotoku's legacy
17 Being uncomfortable
18 Finding the model
19 Mikiri
20 Hard training in the old days
21 The art and he way
22 Some side notes on the side kick
23 Competition as a battlefield
24 Spontaneity
25 What the kata really mean
26 Stance
27 Tenkai
28 So you want to quit?
29 Polishing emptiness
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practitioners of all ages and levels, including:The relationship between students and teachers.
How to cultivate the correct attitude during practice.
The differences between karate in the East and West
Whether a karate student really needs to study in Japane to perfect the art.
The meaning of rank and the black belt.
Detailed descriptions of kicks, punches, evasions, and techniques and the philosophical concepts that they manifest.
What practice means and looks like as one ages.
How the practice of karate aims toward cultivating character and spiritual development.
After forty years studying karate and the budo arts, Lowery is an informative and reliable guide, highlighting aspects of the karate path that will surprise, entertain,a nd enlighten.
Dave Lowry is an accomplished martial artist, calligrapher, and writer. He is the restaurant critic for St. Louis Magazine and writes regularly for a number of magazines on a wide variety of subjects, many of them related to Japan and the Japanese martial arts. He is the author of numerous books including In the Dojo, Autumn Lightening: The Education of an American Samurai, Sword and Brush: The Spirit of the Martial Arts, Clouds in the West: Lessons from the Martial Arts of Japan, and The Connoisseur's Guide to Sushi.
Contents
Introduction
1 Traditional karate
2 Keeping it in gear
3 What do think about a good bad teacher?
4 Connections
5 Do you need to go to Japan?
6 Rank, or lack thereof
7 Find out for yourself
8 Pace
9 Buji Kore Kaere Meiba
10 The front thrust kick
11 Better than your Sensei
12 What's in a name?
13 You have to hit stuff
14 What does a black belt mean?
15 Victory is in the scabbard
16 Kyan Chotoku's legacy
17 Being uncomfortable
18 Finding the model
19 Mikiri
20 Hard training in the old days
21 The art and he way
22 Some side notes on the side kick
23 Competition as a battlefield
24 Spontaneity
25 What the kata really mean
26 Stance
27 Tenkai
28 So you want to quit?
29 Polishing emptiness
Glossary
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ISBN
9781590306475
Publication
Shambhala Boston & London