Bible of Karate Bubishi

Author:
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462916406
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
This comprehensive translation of the Bubishi--the ancient manual of karate--is the most complete available. Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The English translation of this remarkable tome includes numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it a goldmine for researchers and practitioners alike. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi.

Bubishi

Author: Patrick McCarthy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788479023072
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : es
Pages : 224

Book Description
Un minucioso estudio realizado tras una concienzuda investigación cuya aparición en el mercado español ha sido felizmente acogida por los expertos. El texto es fácilmente comprensible para el lector moderno, sin perder un ápice de la ancestral sabiduría de esta antigua obra.

Bubishi

Author:
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462918530
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts. Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishiwas a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied it, applied its teachings, or copied passages from it. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi. Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. The first English translation of this remarkable martial arts manual includes numerous explanations and notes. McCarthy's work also includes groundbreaking research on Okinawan and Chinese history, as well as the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it a gold mine for researchers and practitioners alike. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. This karate book is one of the best karate training supplements available.

Bubishi. La bibbia del karate

Author: Patrick McCarthy
Publisher: Edizioni Mediterranee
ISBN: 9788827213506
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : it
Pages : 188

Book Description

The Living Bubishi

Author: Sumarac J & Kay R
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646988573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
This unique and comprehensive text continues on from the widely selling Karate texts, Winds of Tradition Volumes 1-3. It was written as a tribute to Ohtsuka Tadahiko Sensei in dedication to a lifetime pursuit in the study and perfection of martial arts. The book is designed as a reference for martial artists who are serious about researching and studying the deeper aspects of Budo tradition. It covers extensive technical and anecdotal wisdom of authentic Karate.

Bubishi

Author: Mark Bishop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781008909670
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
A well-informed book giving detailed how-to-do descriptions to aid the many technical diagrams of the Keiho Watanabe Bubishi that are reproduced therein. This was one of the earliest martial-arts textbooks on Chinese boxing to arrive on the shores of Okinawa (the 'Island of Karate') and explores the advent and introduction of Chinese boxing there. As a codex for karate and its related kobudo weapon training, the work explains how the fundamentals of Chinese boxing form-and-function are a necessary aid in understanding the foundations of these martial arts.

Bubishi: Karate Kenpo

Author: Fujita Seiko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950959495
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Oldman's Bubishi

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985375409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Oldman's Bubishi, is a richly illustrated introduction to the Bunkai of Karate Kata. The book by Mark "Oldman" Cook focuses on the most widely practiced kata series, the Pinan / Heian / Pyung Ahn series. If you have learned this kata series, let Oldman introduce you to the bone breaking beauty of the kata. Dance class is over. It's time to put the function back into your forms.

Karate Kicking

Author: Keith Vitali
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
ISBN: 9780809254941
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Demonstrates warmup stretches, basic kicking techniques, double kicks, kicks used in conjunction with punches, and special training drills

Karate-dō Nyūmon

Author: Gichin Funakoshi
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770018915
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
This introduction to karate teaches both the physical training and the mentalhilosophy necessary for karate mastery. The book also provides the completeistory of karate.