In this classic text, martial arts icon Fumio Demura demonstrates with hundreds of detailed photographs and illustrations the fluid striking, blocking, twisting, and pinching techniques of this simple but versatile weapon. He delves into the nunchaku's history, explores its complex relationship with karate, and explains how to care for the weapon. ...
Written by Fumio Demura, one of the world's leading authorities on Japanese weapons, this guide to advanced nunchaku covers variations of twirling and swinging, with two separate training kata.
The basics of sai anatomy, history, and technique are presented in this critically acclaimed vintage text that demonstrates a variety of warm-up, gripping, handling, flipping, striking, blocking, and sparring techniques - as well as footwork, stances, and combinations - through detailed photographic sequences and illustrations. The author's clear ...
Though neither as flashy nor as glamorous as the nunchaku, the tonfa is an essential tool in the kobudo tradition of self-defense. When wielded properly, this deceptively simple weapon becomes a graceful and poetic extension of the martial artist's open-hand techniques. By following the detailed photos and instructions in this classic text, one ...
Striking points, target areas, stances, hand, elbow, and foot techniques, and methods of blocking are covered in this fully illustrated book on shito-ryu, one of the four major styles of Japanese karate.
"Volume 1" includes striking points; target areas; standing positions and hand, elbow, kicking, and blocking techniques; and basic sparring and self-defence. The approximate running time is 90 minutes.
Volume 3 covers senior and black-belt-level kata and self-defence techniques; judo throws; punches, elbows, chops, kicks, and other techniques; and kata (naifanchin shodan, matsumura rohai, sanchin, jitte, bassai dai and jiin). Approximate running time: 60 minutes.
"Volume 5" includes how to develop bigger, better, and more powerful kicking techniques; black-belt-level drills; self-defence techniques; and kata (naifanchin san dan, seienshin, aoyagi [men's version], aoyagi [women's version], seipai and juroku). The approximate running time is 60 minutes.
In this video, Fumio Demura sensei teaches proper grips, stances, swings, strikes, and blocks of the nunchaku. The DVD also includes a basic beginner's kata. Its approximate running time is 52 minutes.
"Volume 4" reveals special breathing exercises; sparring drills; unsoku, bunkai, and oyo; and black-belt-level kata (naifanchin nidan, jion, niseishi [nijushi ho], wanshu [empi], kusankui dai [kosukun dai] and wankan). The approximate running time is 60 minutes.
"Volume 2" features body dynamics, flexibility training, self-defence training, blocks, stances, striking, leg techniques, sparring, and five kata. The approximate running time is 60 minutes.
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