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9780804820936

Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts

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  • ISBN13:

    9780804820936

  • ISBN10:

    0804820937

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-06-15
  • Publisher: Tuttle Pub
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Summary

This is a collection of documents written by & about Okinawa's most famous karate & kobudo masters.

Author Biography

Patrick McCarthy is, at 7th dan, hanshi, the highest ranking Westerner in the Dai Nippon Butokukai, Japan's elite traditional martial arts organization. A well-known historical researcher, instructor, and former tournament champion, McCarthy has written several books, including Tuttle's best-selling (10,423 copies) Bible of Karate: Bubishi. His writing has appeared in The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Inside Kung Fu, Black Belt, Karate International, Australasian Martial Arts, Fighting Arts International, and Budo Dojo.

Table of Contents

Part 1: RYUKYU KOBUDO TAIKAN: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT RYUKYUAN MARTIAL ARTS 1(102)
Taira Shinken
Translator's Foreword
1(1)
Preface
2(1)
Acknowledgements
3(1)
About the Author
4(1)
The Board of Directors for the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai
5(2)
Supporting Members
7(1)
Introduction
8(1)
An Outline of Ryukyu Kobudo
8(3)
Items of Kobudo
11(1)
Bo-jutsu Fundamentals
12(18)
How to Make a Bo
12(1)
How to Hold the Bo
13(1)
The Bo-jutsu Makiwara
14(4)
The Bo-jutsu of Shushi (Dai)
18(12)
The Sai-jutsu of Hamahiga
30(21)
The Tuifa-jutsu of Hamahiga
51(24)
The Bo-jutsu of Sueyoshi
75(19)
The Basic Kata of Nunchaku-jutsu
94(6)
Editor's Postscript
100(1)
Translator's Afterthoughts
101(2)
Part 2: TAIRA SHINKEN: THE FATHER OF MODERN KOBUDU 103(12)
Patrick McCarthy
Introduction
103(2)
Taira the Innovator
105(1)
Jigen no Sai-jutsu
106(1)
The Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai
107(3)
A Capsule History of Taira's Kata Syllabus
110(1)
The Lineage of Taira Shinken
111(1)
Akamine Eisuke
111(4)
Translator's Notes 115

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