Shoto-Kan Karate. Peter Ventresca
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Название: Shoto-Kan Karate

Автор: Peter Ventresca

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Спорт, фитнес

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isbn: 9781462904211

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      Shoto-Kan Karate

      The Ultimate in Self-Defense

      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

       of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

       with editorial offices at

       Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      © 1970 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

      All rights reserved

      LCC Card No. 71-104205

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-0421-1 (ebook)

      First edition, 1970

       First paperback edition, 1990

       Fifth printing, 1995

      PRINTED IN SINGAPORE

      To the memory of all Karate Masters:

      who, through their patience, wisdom,

       and understanding in the teaching of

       Karate, have made it possible for the

       art to continue to the present day.

      explanation of the emblem

      Pure white background with the red circle

       SYMBOL: The Japanese Flag

      The gate

       SYMBOL: Serenity

      The black belt on the white background

      SYMBOL : A reminder of the beginning of the study of Karate to the stage of black belt. The end is the beginning and the study has just begun.

      He who claims to know all is a fool,

       for his learning has ceased.

       He who knows naught and knows he knows

       naught is the enlightened one,

       for his wisdom will be great.

       CONFUCIUS

      Table of Contents

FOREWORD page 11
INTRODUCTION 13
DYNAMIC TENSION 18
Warm-up Exercises 20
STANCES 28
Forward-Leaning 29
Straddle-Leg 30
Back 31
BLOCKING TECHNIQUES 34
Low Block 35
Upper Block 37
Forearm Block 40
Knife-Hand Block 41
KICKING TECHNIQUES 44
Front-Snap Kick 45
Side-Kick 48
Back Kick 50
KATA
Bassai No. 1 55
Tekki No. 1 121
DEPTHS OF KARATE MOVEMENTS 151
CONCLUSION 155
INDEX 157

      Foreword

      There are many books on karate today, and what they generally contain is a maze of pictures showing dramatic and spectacular techniques. Where the techniques come from is very rarely explained. All techniques in karate are contained in the kata, or forms.

      This book is, I feel, unique, for there has never been one written on such advanced kata as those contained here and, more important, their proper application. In understanding this book, it is essential for the reader to bear in mind that the kata is on the left-hand page executed by one model. The actual application of the same technique is on the opposite page executed by two models. Thus a person wishing to study this book in earnest will be able to see at a glance the techniques of the kata and their proper application.

      The purpose of this is to show the effectiveness of karate through the study of the various forms and their application as they were intended. The book specializes primarily on two kata, the presentations of which, it is hoped, will enable the average person to see and understand what actually takes place in an attack.

      The kata, Bassai No. 1 and Tekki No. 1, contain advanced movements which, with enough practice, anyone can learn and properly apply. I wish to show that the study of karate can be a very satisfying and rewarding experience without fear of injury to one's self or his partner, by the control of every physical movement made by either party.

      I wish to acknowledge my thanks to Frank Cronin for posing for the photographs; to Ralph Moxcey for СКАЧАТЬ