Best Karate, Vol.1: Comprehensive (Best Karate)
Best Karate, Vol.1: Comprehensive (Best Karate)
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Masatoshi Nakayama
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  • Author: Masatoshi Nakayama
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  • Binding: Paperback
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  • Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8153
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  • EAN: 9780870113178
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  • ISBN: 0870113178
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  • Label: Kodansha International
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  • Language: English
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  • Manufacturer: Kodansha International
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  • Number of Items: 1
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  • Number of Pages: 144
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  • Product Group: Book
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  • Publication Date: 1977-10-15
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  • Publisher: Kodansha International
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  • Studio: Kodansha International
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  • Title: Best Karate, Vol.1: Comprehensive (Best Karate)
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Avg Customer Rating: 5 stars

Product Description: All the basic points of karate arranged systematically for effective learning, step by step--the parts of the body used as natural weapons, the stances, how to block, how to attack, introduction to the kata and to kumite.
The fundamentals as presented in this volume, briefly but accurately, are the distillation of the author's forty-six years' experience in this art of self-defense. As well as setting forth the basic rules that must be put into practice when performing kata or applying techniques in kumite, this volume pinpoints the underlying physical and physiological principles of karate: source and concentration of power; stance, form, stability and technique; movement in all directions; basic and comprehensive aspects of training.
Customer Reviews

5 stars Best karate book I've read
I studied from this book's spanish version. The precision with which Nakayama Sensei explained each technique is the closest thing to having a karate master teaching you the art. Even when nothing replaces the dojo experience, this series of books are the finest. Totally recommended


5 stars Excellent intro in Karate
The book is well illustrated, and gives an excellent introduction into the different stances and strikes found in Karate. More importantly, it is probably the only book that illustrates the "flow" of the moves, instead of just showing the ends of the move. Overall, the book is great for a Karate-ka who want to refine certain things in Karate. Finally, the price that Amazon sells it at is really hard to beat! Ron Przygodzki