Vital Karate

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• JUDO IN ACTION;
throwing techniques
• JUDO IN action:
grappling techniques by Kazuzo Kudo
Kazuzo Kudo, the only living pupil of judo founder Jigoro Kano, revolutionizes judo instruction by using time-lapse photography to develop a complete analytical study of all judo techniques from the simplest to the most advanced. Paper cover, 128 pp each, 6-114x8-112 in.
• WHAT IS SHORINJI KEMPO?
by Doshin So
This book contains a thorough photographic treatment of the techniques used in this martial art as well as a fascinating account of its profound philosophical and spiritual aspects.
Paper cover, 128 pp, 6-1/4 X 8-112 in.
• BOYS'KARATE
by Masutatsu Oyama
The author has created special training methods for young people that let them have a wonderful time while making the all-important first step on the road to true karate progress.
Paper cover, 88 pp, 8-1/2 X 12 in.
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Top Sports Books in Popular Editions
• JUDO IN ACTION;
throwing techniques
• JUDO IN action:
grappling techniques by Kazuzo Kudo
Kazuzo Kudo, the only living pupil of judo founder Jigoro Kano, revolutionizes judo instruction by using time-lapse photography to develop a complete analytical study of all judo techniques from the simplest to the most advanced. Paper cover, 128 pp each, 6-114x8-112 in.
• WHAT IS SHORINJI KEMPO?
by Doshin So
This book contains a thorough photographic treatment of the techniques used in this martial art as well as a fascinating account of its profound philosophical and spiritual aspects.
Paper cover, 128 pp, 6-1/4 X 8-112 in.
• BOYS'KARATE
by Masutatsu Oyama
The author has created special training methods for young people that let them have a wonderful time while making the all-important first step on the road to true karate progress.
Paper cover, 88 pp, 8-1/2 X 12 in.
''„.iHUKidii'

• ' . r ^ ¦ (

Karate, the fountainhead of the Japanese warrior code and today a subject of worldwide interest, is one of Mankind's most priceless pieces of wisdom. Everyone prizes the sort of incredible strength the karate master uses to smash wood and stone with his bare hands, because it is a sort of magic that brings the impossible into the realm of possibility. Though the history of karate is long, its power and techniques are forever new. Karate extends back to Man's origins and continues in usefulness to the present.
As a means of defense, karate has a vigour and power that other martial arts lack. Conceived from the wisdom and strength that made life possible for Man's ancestors, karate has fused with modern rationality to become a truly miraculous art of self-defense.
Karate has been the last stronghold of defense for tens of thousands of people; it can be yours too.
In this book, Masutatsu Oyama, a karate master standing at the very pinnacle of today's karate world, makes available to everyone the essence of his thirty years of karate study and training. Mr. Oyama poured his whole being into writing this book and has included a large number of special techniques.
Oyama karate begins and ends with points and circles, in which lie the miraculous strength and the life of the system. Through these points and circles, a sense of flowing motion calls forth dynamic waves and creates great billows of strength. Mr. Oyama, whose psychology is based on Zen Buddhism and Shinto, has developed a karate that is serene in movement, and refined and stable in form.
In the cover photogragh author, Masutatsu Oyama uses a karate thrust to extinguish a candle.
About the Author: Masutatsu Oyama, born in Korea in 1923, began studying Korean kempo at the age of nine. He came to Japan to study at an aviation school, in 1938. He first undertook to master Kodokan judo, but later switched to karate, in which he made such amazing progress that at 17 he was second dan (grade) and at 22, fourth dan.
In 1947, Oyama won the All-Japan Karate Championship.
In 1952, he travelled to America to represent the karate world of Japan. While there, he proved to thousands of people in over 200 exhibitions how astounding the power of karate is. He also set a new record for undefeated contests with some of America's most noted boxers and wrestlers. When he returned to Japan, in 1953, he engaged in unarmed battle with a bull sporting horns four inches in diameter. After a fierce struggle, Oyama snapped one of the bull's horns off at the root. This feat of strength amazed the entire world, but it was only the beginning of a long series of such thrilling contests for Oyama. In his lifetime, he has battled 52 bulls. He has dealt sudden death to 3 of them and has broken the horns off of 48. No other man has ever surpassed his record for smashing a stack of 30 roofing tiles or two bricks with a single blow.
Through writing books on the subject Masutatsu Oyama has introduced this exciting martial art to over 350 thousand people in 180 training halls in 43 nations.
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