Karate School

by Mas Oyama

2002

Description

It's still the classic text on karate, newly reissued. The world's greatest karate master reveals his philosophy and technique for practicing one of the world's greatest martial arts. With over 1,300 photos that break down each movement and exercise, the master describes every aspect of karate, starting with the basic elements and leading up through set combinations, sparring, and competition. Build strength, control, precision, and agility from hand to foot. Make several different types of fists, as well as hand swords. Add the elbow, forearm, and the entire upper body. Try out preliminary exercises for the wrist, Achilles tendon, knees, and hips; preparations for the roundhouse block; and 16 stances. Master defensive moves, variations on fundamental techniques, and the Kata, karate's all-important set and leveled combinations. At this point you're ready to think about free sparring, or Kumite, with five preparatory stances. Plus: guidance on doing Tameshiwari--breaking wood and other materials with your fist--and reaching your pinnacle of strength!… (more)

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The world's greatest karate master reveals his philosophy and techniques for practicing one of the world's greatest martial arts!

Over 1,300 photos break down each movement and exercise, and the Mas Oyama himself describes every important aspect of karate-from the basic elements up through set
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combinations and sparring.

There's a technique to build strength, control, precision, and agility in every part of your body...

Make different types of fists, as well as hand-swords.
Try out preliminary exercises for the wrist, Achilles tendon, knees, and hips: get preparations for the roundhouse block and lunge kick; and perfect 16 different stances.
Master defensive moves and vary the fundamental techniques-lunges, thrusts, blocks, and fighting blows-by altering your position.
Become expert at the kata, karate's set combinations.
Get ready to do free sparring, or kumite, with five preparatory stances.
Sharpen your combat skills.
Train yourself on the discipline, focus,and force to do tameshiwari, the art of breaking wood and other matreials with your fist.

Advice n everyday techniques for fitness, special training exercises, and competiton karate will help you reach your pinnacle of strength!

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 stratching 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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LibraryThing member istoria
A general training manual complete with diagrams of different strikes and blocks, kata and kumite. A great section at the end shows how a student can improve their overall fitness with weight training.

ISBN

806988975

Publication

Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York
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