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Do you feel self-confident enough to handle any situation that might arise? If not, prepare for a radical change in our life. Here, on these pages, the world-renowned karate Master, Mas Oyama, shares with you his own philsophy and techniques that he has developed over a period of many years.
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When you have reached this pinnacle, you will have achieved Mas Oyama's own life goals through karate-serenity, extremely good health, and the inner and external strength that will enable you to be gentle and courteous to anyone because you know you can afford to be.
Contents
Foreword
1 Fundamentals of karate
The hand and arm as weapons
1 Seiken (normal fist)
2 Uraken (back fist)
3 Tegatana (handsword)
4 Segatana (reverse handsword)
5 Nukite (piercing hand)
6 Variation of nukite
7 Ippon-nukite (one-finger piercing hand)
8 Nihn-nukite (two-finger piercing hand)
9 Keiko (chicken beak fist)
10 Oyayubi-ippon-ken (thumb fist)
11 Hitosashiyubii-ippon-ken (forefinger fist)
12 Nakayubi-ippon-ken (middle-finger fist)
13 Tettsui (iron hammer fist)
14 Shotei (palm heel thrust)
15 Toho (sword peak hand)
16 Heiken (flat fist)
17 Koken (arc fist)
18 Hiji (elbow)
19 Kote (forearm)
20 Additional upper body weapons
The leg as a weapon
1 Ashigatana (footsword)
2 Naka-ashi (ball of the foot)
3 Seashi (instep)
4 Soko-ashi (arch)
5 Kakato (heel)
6 Hiza-geri (knee kick)
Preliminary exercises
1 Wrist exercises
2 Exercise for teh aachilles tendon
3 Knee exercise
4 Heel and ankel exercise
5 Toe exercise
6 Hip exercise
7 Side exercise for roundhouse block
8 back exercise for roundhouse block
9 Push-ups
10 Leg-stetching exercise
11 Neck exercise
12 Back stretching exercise
13 Knee-bend exercise
14 Flexibility exercise
16 Chest-to-feet exercise
17 Shotei-zuke (hip exercise)
Stances
1 Heisoku-tachi (blocked foot stance)
2 Musubi-tachi (open foot stance
3 Heiko-tachi (parallel foot stance)
4 Zenkutsu-tachi (forward stance)
5 Kokutsu-tachi (back stance)
6 Fudo-tachi (ready stance)
7 Shiko-tachi (Sumo stance)
8 Kiba-tachi (horse stance)
9 Sansen-tachi (fighting stance)
10 Tsuru-ashi-tachi (crane stance)
11 Naka-hachiji-tachi (inner figure 8 stance)
12 Soto-hachiji-tachi (outer figure 8 stance)
13 Kake-ashi-tachi (hooked foot stance)
14 Futa-ashi-tachi (two-legged stance)
15 Neko-ashi-tachi (cat stance)
16 Shumoku-tachi or Tokboku-tachi (T-shaped stance)
Uke (Defense)
1 Defense against hand attacks
2 Defense against leg attacks
3 Applkying blockking techniques
2 Applications of fkundamental techniques
Oi-tsuki (Lunge punch)
1 Chudan-oi-tsuki (middle body lunge punch)
2 Turn after Chudan-oi-tsuki (middle body lunge punch)
3 Chudan-gyaku-oi-tsuki (middle body lunge punch from the reverse position)
4 Jodan-oi-gyaku-tsuki (upper body lunge punch from the reverse position)
5 Chudan-soto-uke (middle body block from the outside)
6 Chudan-gyaku-soto-uke (middle body block from the outside from teh revrse position)
7 Jodan-uke (upper body block)
8 Jodan-gyaku-uke (upper body block from teh reverse position)
9 Zenkutsu-hiji-age-uchi (forward elbow upper thrust)
10 Zenkutsu-gyaku-hiji-age-uchi (forward elbow upper thrust from the reverse position)
11 Hiji-soto-uchi (elbow thrust from the outside)
12 Hiji-gyaku-soto-uchi (elbow thrust from the outside from the reverse position)
13 Sansen-tsuki (fighting blow)
14 Sansen-gyaku-tsuki (fighting blow from the reverse position)
15 Turn afer Sansen-tsuki (fighting blow)
16 Tegatana-uke (handsword block)
17 Turn after Tegatana-uke (handsword block)
18 Shotei-uke (palm heel block)
19 Sotei-gyaku-uke (palm heel block from the reverse position)
20 Segatana-uke (reverse handsword block)
21 Koken-uke (arc fist block)
22 Kaiten-jun-tsuki (turn and thrust)
Oi-geri (Lunge kick)
1 Oi-mai-geri (front lunge kick)
2 Oi-mai-geri-age (front lunge upper kick)
3 Oi-yoko-geri-age (side lunge upper lick)
4 Oi-mawashi-geri (roundhouse lunge kick)
5 Oi-ashigatana (lnge footsword)
Breathing
1Ibuki
2 Front breathing
3 Back breathing
The point and circle
Mawashi-uke (Roundhouse block)
1 MIgi-mawashi-uke (right roundhouse block)
2 Hidari-mawashi-uke (left roundhouse block)
Enkei-gyaku-tsuki (Reverse thrust in a circular motion)
1 Hidari-enkei-gyaku-tsuki (left reverse thrust in a circular motion)
2 Migi-enkei-gyaku-tsuki (right reverse thrust in a circular motion)
Tegatana-uke (Handssword block)
1 Migi-tagatana-uke (right handsword block)
2 Hidari-tagatana-uke (left handsword block)
Rhythm in karate
3. Kata
Taikyoku 1
Taikyoku 3
Heian 4
Heian 5
Saiha
4 Kumite (Sparring)
Preparatory techniques for Jiyu-kumite (Free sparring)
1 Preparatory stance using Morote (both hands)
2 Preparatory stance using Enshin (center of the circle or pinwheel)
3 Preparatory stance using Ryuhen (moving dragon stance)
4 Preparatory stance using Maeba (front part iof the wing)
5 Praparatory stance using Birin (tail of dragon stance)
Ma-ai (Time and space relationship)
So-ou-ma-ai (one step)
Yudo-ma-ai (one and a half steps)
Gendo-ma-ai (two steps)
Sanbon-kumite (three form sparring)
1 Sanbon-kumite using only the arms and hands
2 Sanbon-kumite using legs as attacking weapons
Ippon-kumite (One form sparring)
Jiyu-kumite (Free sparring)
5 Tamishiwari
The dynamics of tameshiwari
1 Materials used
2 Body contact areas
3 Power and striking angle
4 Speed
5 Methods
Practicing tameshiwari
1 Tameshiwari using wood boards
2 Tameshiwari using tiles
3 Tameshiwari using bricks
4 Tameshiwari using stones
5 Tameshiwari using cinder blocks
6 Special applications of karate techniques
Everday techniques for self-defense
1 While shaking hands
2 While walking
3 While sitting
4 Self-defense technques for a woman walking
5 Self-defense techniques using umbrellas
6 Knife vs. karate
7 Practicing everyday self-defense techniques wearing Gi (traditional karate costume)
Fitness exercises
Importance of a proper diet
Daily physical and mental health care
1 Basic exercises
2 Exercises using chairs
3 Exercises using a towel
Special training exercises
1 Exercises using makiwara (karate striking board)
2 Exercises using the sandbag
3 Exercises using baseball mitts
4 Booshi-geri (kicking off a hat) and tabacco-geri
5 exercise using the Shishaku-bo (1.2-metre-long (4-foot long) rod)
6 Exercises using barbells
7 Exercises using Sashi (stone weights)
8 Exercises using Tetsugeta (iron sandals)
9 The bridge
10 Exercises for the handstand
11 The mysterious and amazing body
12 Tumbling
7 The new karate: Modernizing shiai (Competition karate)
Tameshiwari scoring
Glossary
Index
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means of diagrammatic photos (over 1300 of them!), the Master describes every important aspect of karate, starting with the basic elements-the hand, the foot, the elbow-and leading up through their use in actual training and combat situations, such as the kata (forms), kumite (sparring) and tameshiwari. The two photographs here illustrate this incredible feat, the ultimate test of your ability.When you have reached this pinnacle, you will have achieved Mas Oyama's own life goals through karate-serenity, extremely good health, and the inner and external strength that will enable you to be gentle and courteous to anyone because you know you can afford to be.
Contents
Foreword
1 Fundamentals of karate
The hand and arm as weapons
1 Seiken (normal fist)
2 Uraken (back fist)
3 Tegatana (handsword)
4 Segatana (reverse handsword)
5 Nukite (piercing hand)
6 Variation of nukite
7 Ippon-nukite (one-finger piercing hand)
8 Nihn-nukite (two-finger piercing hand)
9 Keiko (chicken beak fist)
10 Oyayubi-ippon-ken (thumb fist)
11 Hitosashiyubii-ippon-ken (forefinger fist)
12 Nakayubi-ippon-ken (middle-finger fist)
13 Tettsui (iron hammer fist)
14 Shotei (palm heel thrust)
15 Toho (sword peak hand)
16 Heiken (flat fist)
17 Koken (arc fist)
18 Hiji (elbow)
19 Kote (forearm)
20 Additional upper body weapons
The leg as a weapon
1 Ashigatana (footsword)
2 Naka-ashi (ball of the foot)
3 Seashi (instep)
4 Soko-ashi (arch)
5 Kakato (heel)
6 Hiza-geri (knee kick)
Preliminary exercises
1 Wrist exercises
2 Exercise for teh aachilles tendon
3 Knee exercise
4 Heel and ankel exercise
5 Toe exercise
6 Hip exercise
7 Side exercise for roundhouse block
8 back exercise for roundhouse block
9 Push-ups
10 Leg-stetching exercise
11 Neck exercise
12 Back stretching exercise
13 Knee-bend exercise
14 Flexibility exercise
16 Chest-to-feet exercise
17 Shotei-zuke (hip exercise)
Stances
1 Heisoku-tachi (blocked foot stance)
2 Musubi-tachi (open foot stance
3 Heiko-tachi (parallel foot stance)
4 Zenkutsu-tachi (forward stance)
5 Kokutsu-tachi (back stance)
6 Fudo-tachi (ready stance)
7 Shiko-tachi (Sumo stance)
8 Kiba-tachi (horse stance)
9 Sansen-tachi (fighting stance)
10 Tsuru-ashi-tachi (crane stance)
11 Naka-hachiji-tachi (inner figure 8 stance)
12 Soto-hachiji-tachi (outer figure 8 stance)
13 Kake-ashi-tachi (hooked foot stance)
14 Futa-ashi-tachi (two-legged stance)
15 Neko-ashi-tachi (cat stance)
16 Shumoku-tachi or Tokboku-tachi (T-shaped stance)
Uke (Defense)
1 Defense against hand attacks
2 Defense against leg attacks
3 Applkying blockking techniques
2 Applications of fkundamental techniques
Oi-tsuki (Lunge punch)
1 Chudan-oi-tsuki (middle body lunge punch)
2 Turn after Chudan-oi-tsuki (middle body lunge punch)
3 Chudan-gyaku-oi-tsuki (middle body lunge punch from the reverse position)
4 Jodan-oi-gyaku-tsuki (upper body lunge punch from the reverse position)
5 Chudan-soto-uke (middle body block from the outside)
6 Chudan-gyaku-soto-uke (middle body block from the outside from teh revrse position)
7 Jodan-uke (upper body block)
8 Jodan-gyaku-uke (upper body block from teh reverse position)
9 Zenkutsu-hiji-age-uchi (forward elbow upper thrust)
10 Zenkutsu-gyaku-hiji-age-uchi (forward elbow upper thrust from the reverse position)
11 Hiji-soto-uchi (elbow thrust from the outside)
12 Hiji-gyaku-soto-uchi (elbow thrust from the outside from the reverse position)
13 Sansen-tsuki (fighting blow)
14 Sansen-gyaku-tsuki (fighting blow from the reverse position)
15 Turn afer Sansen-tsuki (fighting blow)
16 Tegatana-uke (handsword block)
17 Turn after Tegatana-uke (handsword block)
18 Shotei-uke (palm heel block)
19 Sotei-gyaku-uke (palm heel block from the reverse position)
20 Segatana-uke (reverse handsword block)
21 Koken-uke (arc fist block)
22 Kaiten-jun-tsuki (turn and thrust)
Oi-geri (Lunge kick)
1 Oi-mai-geri (front lunge kick)
2 Oi-mai-geri-age (front lunge upper kick)
3 Oi-yoko-geri-age (side lunge upper lick)
4 Oi-mawashi-geri (roundhouse lunge kick)
5 Oi-ashigatana (lnge footsword)
Breathing
1Ibuki
2 Front breathing
3 Back breathing
The point and circle
Mawashi-uke (Roundhouse block)
1 MIgi-mawashi-uke (right roundhouse block)
2 Hidari-mawashi-uke (left roundhouse block)
Enkei-gyaku-tsuki (Reverse thrust in a circular motion)
1 Hidari-enkei-gyaku-tsuki (left reverse thrust in a circular motion)
2 Migi-enkei-gyaku-tsuki (right reverse thrust in a circular motion)
Tegatana-uke (Handssword block)
1 Migi-tagatana-uke (right handsword block)
2 Hidari-tagatana-uke (left handsword block)
Rhythm in karate
3. Kata
Taikyoku 1
Taikyoku 3
Heian 4
Heian 5
Saiha
4 Kumite (Sparring)
Preparatory techniques for Jiyu-kumite (Free sparring)
1 Preparatory stance using Morote (both hands)
2 Preparatory stance using Enshin (center of the circle or pinwheel)
3 Preparatory stance using Ryuhen (moving dragon stance)
4 Preparatory stance using Maeba (front part iof the wing)
5 Praparatory stance using Birin (tail of dragon stance)
Ma-ai (Time and space relationship)
So-ou-ma-ai (one step)
Yudo-ma-ai (one and a half steps)
Gendo-ma-ai (two steps)
Sanbon-kumite (three form sparring)
1 Sanbon-kumite using only the arms and hands
2 Sanbon-kumite using legs as attacking weapons
Ippon-kumite (One form sparring)
Jiyu-kumite (Free sparring)
5 Tamishiwari
The dynamics of tameshiwari
1 Materials used
2 Body contact areas
3 Power and striking angle
4 Speed
5 Methods
Practicing tameshiwari
1 Tameshiwari using wood boards
2 Tameshiwari using tiles
3 Tameshiwari using bricks
4 Tameshiwari using stones
5 Tameshiwari using cinder blocks
6 Special applications of karate techniques
Everday techniques for self-defense
1 While shaking hands
2 While walking
3 While sitting
4 Self-defense technques for a woman walking
5 Self-defense techniques using umbrellas
6 Knife vs. karate
7 Practicing everyday self-defense techniques wearing Gi (traditional karate costume)
Fitness exercises
Importance of a proper diet
Daily physical and mental health care
1 Basic exercises
2 Exercises using chairs
3 Exercises using a towel
Special training exercises
1 Exercises using makiwara (karate striking board)
2 Exercises using the sandbag
3 Exercises using baseball mitts
4 Booshi-geri (kicking off a hat) and tabacco-geri
5 exercise using the Shishaku-bo (1.2-metre-long (4-foot long) rod)
6 Exercises using barbells
7 Exercises using Sashi (stone weights)
8 Exercises using Tetsugeta (iron sandals)
9 The bridge
10 Exercises for the handstand
11 The mysterious and amazing body
12 Tumbling
7 The new karate: Modernizing shiai (Competition karate)
Tameshiwari scoring
Glossary
Index
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ISBN
806988444
Publication
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York