Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do
Title | Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do PDF eBook |
Author | Shoshin Nagamine |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2011-12-20 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1462902480 |
The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do presents the teachings of legendary martial arts master Shoshin Nagamine, founder of the Matsubayashi school of Shorin-ryu karate-do. Used for generations as a practical and pictorial guide, it contains over 1,000 photographs to document eighteen classic karate kata (preset forms) and seven yakusoku kumite (prearranged partner exercises), as well as basic techniques. This book is a precise and easily accessible pictorial guide to performance and perfection of traditional karate. The only book in English with photos of one of the great prewar masters demonstrating the proper execution of Okinawan karate, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do is a bridge between karate's legendary past and the practitioners of today. This ingenious and imaginative text explains the historical landmarks in the development of style, vividly outlines its leading forms and techniques, and recalls noted Okinawan karate men of the past, including the author's teachers Ankichi Arakaki, Choki Motobu, and Chotoku Kyan.
Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters
Title | Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters PDF eBook |
Author | Shosh Nagamine |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2015-12-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1462918190 |
Now available for the first time in English, Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters, the late Shoshin Nagamine's groundbreaking work, recounts the legacy and life histories of Okinawa's greatest martial artists. In addition to profiles of the legendary tegumi wrestlers, Nagamine-sensei features many of the world's great karate masters, including the founder of the core styles from which modern karate sprang. Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters corrects historical inaccuracies surrounding Okinawan martial arts and brings alive the greatest of the great masters. In this seminal martial arts history and biography, Nagamine-sensei presents the martial legacy of the Okinawan people and, to complement and emphasize what is of greatest importance in these tales and life histories, concludes with detailed instructions for the practice of zazen (sitting meditation). Already a classic in the Japanese edition, Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters is a must-read for all karate and tegumi enthusiasts, practitioners and researchers alike.
The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do (Shorin-ryu)
Title | The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do (Shorin-ryu) PDF eBook |
Author | Shoshin Nagamine |
Publisher | Tuttle Pub |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780804811637 |
Sequential photographs illustrate in detail the forms, stances, and techniques of the Matsubayashi School of the Okinawan martial art of self-defense
Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles & Secret Techniques, Revised & Expanded Second Edition: Master Version
Title | Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles & Secret Techniques, Revised & Expanded Second Edition: Master Version PDF eBook |
Author | Mark D Bishop |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2019-02-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0244145954 |
Progression is a positive trait, as long as one keeps in touch with the past and has a staple backdrop to focus or fall back on. Although the Revised Expanded Third Edition contains all the wording and photographs that are reproduced in both the first edition, as well as this Revised and Expanded Second Edition, it comparatively represents a step into what was, for these latter two books, the future. The year 2019, in which I am writing this foreword, represents respectively 30 years and 20 years into the future since the publication of these two books, so I think this faithful reproduction of the Master Version by Q&I Publications is well timed. For some readers it might bring about nostalgia, for others it might be an eye-opener into a world that is not always truthfully represented, due to commercial or other reasons. For the teachers who I interviewed and have been embodied herein, I hope this Master Version will remain a testament into how they wished to be represented for time immemorial.
The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do (Shorin-ryu)
Title | The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do (Shorin-ryu) PDF eBook |
Author | Shōshin Nagamine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Karate |
ISBN |
Okinawan Goju-Ryu
Title | Okinawan Goju-Ryu PDF eBook |
Author | Seikichi Toguchi |
Publisher | Black Belt Communications |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780897500180 |
An instructive text on the etiquette, kata, stances and powerful techniques of the renowned goju-ryu system as practiced in Okinawa. Includes a detailed section on sanchin breathing and step-by-step photos with foot patterns.
The Essence of Karate
Title | The Essence of Karate PDF eBook |
Author | Gichin Funakoshi |
Publisher | Kodansha |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9784770031181 |
A following book of 'The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate'. It is presented in the same size, and the same format. This book is the following book of 'The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate'. The same size, and the same format.