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
