Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite

Description

Hirokazu Kanazawa is the renowned karate master on the planet today, and a close disciple of Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate and founder of the Shotokan School. Having earned his impressive reputation in Hawaii, the mainland United States, and Europe as an official trainer for the Japan Karate Association, Kanazawa founded Shotokan Karate-do International Federation in 1979. This association now has branches in more than 90 countries during the world.

This book is Kanazawa’s first complete guide to kumite, or sparring. The karate training process comprises four areas: basics, kata (forms; prearranged movements and techniques), kumite, and competition. Kumite — “the art of grappling with opponents,” as it might be known as — is the application of kata, and is the key to success in karate tournaments.

Karate Fighting Techniques teaches the entire quite a lot of kumite techniques, and presents a systematic approach to applied kumite that may be designed to provide essnetial information for match-style kumite and tournament kumite. The writer also writes with great affection of his experiences with Master Gichin Funakoshi, and offers some insight into the true spirit and teachings of Shotokan karate.

With 700 photos of the writer, his students, and some rare photos of the late Gichin Funakoshi and his famous disciple Masatoshi Nakayama (writer of the preferred Best Karate series), Karate Fighting Techniques is the first book of its kind to provide this kind of comprehensive guide to kumite and its role in Shotokan karate. It’ll be an indispensable resource for all karate practitioners.