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Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite
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Review by Jose E Muller for Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite
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This book details and organizes kumite from basic to advance practice. It includes what many karate books leave out: good photos, both in terms of the techniques themselves (as demonstrated by Kanazawa) and various poses.
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Review by K.H. for Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite
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Hirokazu Kanazawa, President of Shotokan Karate-do International Federation, has complied an outstanding book that balances history and tradition with the different forms of kumite. This book is not the normal primer. If one does not know at least the basic punches and kicks, do not get this book as a novice guide to learning karate. Kanazawa’s approach assumes the person has these basic techniques down. If you are one of those people, still buy the book only if you plan on learning karate in the future when the opportunity arises.
In addition, while this book is primarily a Shotokan text, he does review the major Okinawa/Japanese karate styles, goes over terminology, and a particularly nice paragraph on p. 19 on the “verbal greeting `Oss’” The photos are of high quality, which is important in a text that demonstrates many sparring steps via pictures. The explanations are thorough enough to get the point a cross, but not unnecessarily tiresome and too detailed to loose the reader or make the book overly cumbersome.
A nice companion martial texts to a martial artist’s library.
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Review by Mr. M. A. Bowles for Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite
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This is the definitive book for Kanzawa ryu stylists, you should need no urging to buy it immediately.
If you have not trained with Kanazawa much of the detail will be invisible – this is a reference book for those who have been taught the details of the movements. But it may encourage other Shotokan stylists to find out more, and that is a good thing; this man has got something useful to offer; believe me, he really does.
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Review by Dr. L. J. Irving for Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite
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This is a great book – if you train with SKI.
I used to train with SKI (GB), and i can happily say that this book would be a great help for young, developing Karateka, working through their kyu grades.
As the previous two reviewers noted, the book it beautifully photographed, in the traditional simple, but extremely effective style used by Nakayama in his ‘Best Karate’ series (by far the best karate series out there). Many of the scenarios are photographed from different angles so that you can see just what is happening to the obscured hand, or the position of a neck strike more easily.
Continuing in my positive vein, the book has some wonderful biographical information, and great accompanying photos. Also is a good section on the correct meaning of the word ‘Oss’ and the folding of a Dogi.
I now, however, train with JKA (NZ), which diminishes the books appeal. I understand the concept behind the SKI syllabus, the grading Kumite scenarios depicted have the objective of teaching the karateka both a variety of techniques and to teach them to move in ways that are hard to teach otherwise. It just seems a little inapplicable to JKA training, since this is not the focus of our gradings. Likewise, many of these scenario’s are unlikely to occur in Jiyu (free) kumite. Who of us has seen someone counter with Mae-tobigeri?! Don’t get me wrong, these techniques shown would (and do) make great training exercises in the dojo, but many of them aren’t gonna make it beyond that. I guess I was looking for a book more similar to Keinosuke Enoeda’s ‘Free fighting techniques’ although perhaps more advanced than Enoeda’s text (which was written to teach the first wave of UK and european karateka to fight in the 1960′s, but we’ve (hopefully) progressed since then!).
All in all, it’s a good book, filling a gap that has required filling for a good wee while, but it ain’t gonna help you win too many tournaments!
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Review by Joseph J. Truncale for Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite
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This is a book for new and experienced karate students. However, without a background in some karate basics, a new student will not get much out of this text. The drills and variations of different approaches to sparring will be of value for both students and instructors. This is a comprehensive book on the formal aspects of karate and the drills will help if you are entering karate contest. I question the value of many of the drills for learning how to actually defend yourself on the street. Nevertheless, it is a good text to use in combination with actual hands-on training under a competent Japanese karate style instructor. Rating: 4 stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Godan: Shotokan Karate)
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Review by P. R. Grant for Kyokushinkai Karate Complete!
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Very good display of Kata, including showing an above view, would recommend to anyone starting out.
My only reason for dropping a star would be the sound quality, the drumming was at sometimes quite annoying
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Review by E. Wei for Kyokushinkai Karate Complete!
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please NOTE: this is transferred from a very old vhs video and is entirely in japanese, with no english subtitles or language options, and the quality of the dvd is fragile and worn with fading colour and “jumpy” picture(understandable though having been transferred from vhs). the drumming in the background continues throughout the entire video too and can be abit annoying because the sound of the instructions are drowned out (not that i understand japanese language anyway) from the drumming. the sound quality is fairly poor as well with constant buzzing (like what you’d hear from a very old vhs video cassette).
other than these initial problems, i found the different angles of the views of karate demonstration to be helpful. and they slow it right down and break down the movements to show you what to do. there is a 3D character to show where some of the strikes are to be thrown, which is also helpful. i found that alot of what had been shown in the classroom during the dvd resembles a great deal what my own class teaches. its a genuine dvd but unless you speak fluent japanese and dont mind the slightly poor quality of the dvd (plus constant drumming), i would probably recommend that you continue your search for another kyokushin karate instruction dvd. although having said that, you would still get alot out of learning from this dvd.
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Review by Jusuf Hariman for Kyokushinkai Karate Complete!
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On this spectacular DVD you will learn Japan’s most rugged full contact Karate style! It includes the complete system of Kyokushinkai knock out karate, which means the style of Ultimate Truth. You will learn warm ups, basic, kata & Kumite-sparring. Includes the kata Taikyoku I, II, III, Unique KIcking kata, Yantau, Pinan IV, Seipai, Saiha, Tensho, Sanchin, Kanku and Seiunchin. Includes the complete system of sparring and how to knock your opponent out with one powerful blow & much more! 90 minutes.
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