Best Karate Volume 9 by Masatoshi Nakayama - ISBN: 9781568364681
Paperback
Advanced karate kata secrets: sword hand, counter-attacks, self-defense techniques.

Best Karate Volume 9

Bassai Sho, Kanku, Sho, Chinte

$28.95

  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2017

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Summary

These advanced kata may be selected for testing above shodan level. The techniques in Bassai Sho, using sword hand, ridge hand and tiger mouth, make good defenses against stick attacks. In Kanko Sho are many counter-attacks to the upper level. Chinte has unique techniques, the rarely seen tateken, and is especially valuable for women’s self-defense.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781568364681
ISBN-10:1568364687
Author:Masatoshi Nakayama
Publisher:Kodansha America, Inc
Imprint:Kodansha America, Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 July 2017
Weight:314g
Dimensions:224mm x 150mm
Series:Best Karate
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About The Author

Masatoshi Nakayama

MASATOSHI NAKAYAMA carried on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshi, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987. A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate along scientific lines.

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