Best Karate: v.10

Masatoshi Nakayama (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2014
Kodansha America, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56836-554-1 (ISBN)

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This volume is one of a series presenting all karate and kumite' practiced by the Japan Karate Association. Each chapter contains photographs of an instructor of the Association executing a certain technique. The kata in this volume are at the advanced level and may be selected for examination above the grade of shodan. In Unsu, there are constant transformations, signified by the name meaning 'Cloud Hands.' All parts of the body are used as weapons, with feints and provocations leading to unique combination techniques and multi-directional kicks.'

MASATOSHI NAKAYAMA carries on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshl, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987. A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate along scientific lines.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.7.2014
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 225 mm
Gewicht	316 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-56836-554-3 / 1568365543
ISBN-13	978-1-56836-554-1 / 9781568365541
Zustand	Neuware