The Great Karate Myth
Author | : Nathan J. Johnson |
Publisher | : The Wykeham Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2006-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780954960933 |
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Author | : Nathan J. Johnson |
Publisher | : The Wykeham Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2006-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780954960933 |
Author | : Nathan J Johnson |
Publisher | : The Wykeham Press |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 095496098X |
Author | : Sulaiman Sharif |
Publisher | : new media entertainment ltd |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2009-11-25 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0967754623 |
Presents and refutes various myths about the martial arts and gives detailed information about the various disciplines for martial arts teachers, students, and enthusiasts.
Author | : Peter Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Folk tales |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mark I. Cramer |
Publisher | : Blue Snake Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1623172403 |
A concise yet comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate, with biographies of the great karate masters This concise-yet-comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate includes authoritative biographies of the great karate masters of the past and the philosophical issues they faced as karate changed and evolved. Bringing a fresh understanding to the study of the martial arts, Mark I. Cramer dispels many of the often-repeated martial-arts myths as he details the lineages of the modern styles of karate and describes the social, cultural, and political events that influenced them. While most books focus on a single style of karate or the biography of just one of the great teachers, this book offers a well-researched and detailed overview. By bringing all of this knowledge together in one volume, Cramer—an award-winning inductee into the USA Karate Federation’s Hall of Fame—fills a crucial gap.
Author | : Kousaku Yokota |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2020-04-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780998223643 |
This is the third edition of this work. Although there has been a lot of history and information published and written about Shotokan karate, in many cases, it is incomplete and sometimes inaccurate. It is the author's belief that valuable information should be passed down accurately and compiled in one place for easy reference.In this book, Shotokan Myths, the author has extensively assembled a plethora of information relating to the historical, philosophical, technical, and fundamental aspects of Shotokan karate. He gives straightforward answers to questions that anyone interested in the Japanese martial arts would like to know as well as more thoughtful and thought-provoking answers to questions that are more insightful. The material covered in this book is simple and straightforward enough for beginners to understand yet diverse and comprehensive enough for experienced martial artists to enjoy. The covered topics provoke all martial artists to think about what they know and challenge them to further rethink or explore their understanding to increase their knowledge.The author has trained with many Shotokan karate masters of old. They had a profound impact on his karate training, and he brings with him this living history. By sharing his thoughts and opinions in this book, he hopes to pass on an accurate history, his own experience, and the knowledge that he gained through his many years of training and teaching to the next generation of karate/martial arts practitioners.The author believes that to study karate is not to merely practice its physical movements but also to understand and respect its history and philosophy as well as to continuously challenge oneself mentally and intellectually. He does not expect you to agree with everything he says but to have an open mind and not accept everything at face value. He expects you to look at things from an informed point of view and make your own decisions.
Author | : Craig P. Doucette (M.A. candidate at the University of Hartford) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Gender identity in motion pictures |
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Author | : Colin Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2019-04-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781798442470 |
There is a global assertion that karate training develops good character. Shotokan founder Gichin Funakoshi is credited with this aphorism: "The ultimate aim of the art of karate lies not in victory or defeat but in the perfection of the character of its participants." But he lived in another era and never witnessed the extent to which his karate ideal has been mauled worldwide. Inspiring as such rhetoric may seem, it establishes no fact or even a probability. Other factors shape our character, like our upbringing, our environment, or the pure-and-simple luck of the gene-pool draw. But not karate. Funakoshi's claim is a fiction because nobody can provide empirical evidence that karate training improves morality. This personal account nicely illustrates that the purported link between karate training and the improvement of morality and character is a myth that deserves to be buried in concrete along with the other fabrications so prevalent in the Shotokan about living and dead instructors.
Author | : Creative Juices Publishing |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781717329295 |
Inspirational Martial Arts Dads Gift Notebook. 6x9 lined journal
Author | : Hayashi Tomio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-10-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780979269752 |
This book throws down a gauntlet with a bold challenge to Okinawan karate practitioners, and particularly Isshinryu karateka to wake up to the amazing wisdom of Asian Esoteric Teachings embedded in all of Okinawan karate. Learn the secrets behind Isshinryu's unique fist formation, the Kihon, the Kiai, the Crescent Step, Sanchin kata, the reason for Isshinryu's eight Forms, how the blocks aren't blocks, how the Cat stance manipulates the human energy field, and more... Long held and taught only to select initiates, the Esoteric Teachings represent the source of authentic martial alchemy, Ki cultivation, and powerful, internal mind/body strength methods. Karate's next evolutionary step is provocatively outlined through its Kiko or internal practices. Shifu Hayashi, author of The Soul Polisher's Apprentice and Internal Karate: Mind Matter & The Seven Gates Of Power, Buddhist monk, and teacher of teachers with nearly fifty years martial experience, presents his personal rebellion in a series of 57 Challenges aimed to lift the ceiling of advanced Isshinryu and Okinawan karate training.