Black Belt Karate

This document was uploaded by one of our users. The uploader already confirmed that they had the permission to publish it. If you are author/publisher or own the copyright of this documents, please report to us by using this DMCA report form.

Simply click on the Download Book button.

Yes, Book downloads on Ebookily are 100% Free.

Sometimes the book is free on Amazon As well, so go ahead and hit "Search on Amazon"

Since the 1950s, karate has exploded in popularity the world over. Initially developed for self-defence, karate is now practised for many other reasons - fitness, discipline and general wellbeing amongst them. This book is for people who have mastered the basics, but want to develop and improve their skills and techniques so that they can progress to a higher level. There is a generally accepted progression of learning - stance, balance, co-ordination, form, speed, power and reflex. This book looks at these aspects and shows the practitioner how to hone their skills and make their training and sparring more effective. There is also a section on competition karate.

Author(s): Thompson, Chris
Year: 2017

Language: English
Commentary: Karate book to develop the practitioner skills, make training and sparring more effective
Pages: 276
Tags: Karate book to develop the practitioner skills, make training and sparring more effective

Contents
 
Part One
 
 
Introduction to karate
 
1    WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLUB
 
2    A SHORT HISTORY OF KARATE
 
The origins, growth and enormous popularity of the sport today
 
3    STYLES OF KARATE
 
Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu and Kyokushinkai karate
 
4    THE KARATE BASICS
 
kata and ji-yu kumite
 
5    WHAT IS A BLACK BELT?
 
Criteria for getting a black belt and what it means
 
6    COMPETITION KARATE
 
Shobu Ippon, the World Karate Federation and the importance of a gasshuku
 
Part Two
 
 
Karate fundamentals
 
 
The etiquette of the dojo
 
UNDO
 
Limbering up and stretches
 
WAZA
 
Basic techniques – punches, strikes, kicks, stances and blocks
 
TRAINING
 
Impact training for the body, and a demonstration of the power of the technique
 
11  BASIC DRILLS
 
Punches and blocks, striking techniques, escaping techniques, blocking and countering
 
GUMITE
 
Examples of prearranged pairwork
 
TRAINING
 
An explanation of kata and a demonstration of jion kata
 
WAZA
 
Throwing techniques
 
YU KUMITE
 
Freestyle sparring
 
16  KARATE WAZA USED IN SELF-DEFENCE
 
Part Three
 
 
Competition karate
 
ATTIRE
 
18  COMPETITION KUMITE
 
Categories, WKF competition rules, prohibited behaviour, tournaments, jissen training and referees’ commands and signals
 
19  COMPETITION KATA
 
WKF rules, judges, how a match works and the criteria used for a decision
 
20  KARATE TITLES
 
Japanese ranking terms and belt colours
 
APPENDICES
 
Correct tying of the obi
 
Glossary of terms
 
Glossary of Japanese terminology
 
WKF major kata allowed in competition Fighting flag signals
 
INDEX
 
CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS