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    Shoto-Kan Karate: The Ultimate in Self-Defense
    Shoto-Kan Karate: The Ultimate in Self-Defense
    Shoto-Kan Karate: The Ultimate in Self-Defense
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    Shoto-Kan Karate: The Ultimate in Self-Defense

    By Peter Ventresca

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    This martial arts guide is an introduction to Shoto-Kan Karate, a unique Japanese style of karate.

    Shoto-Kan Karate is the popular ancient art of 'empty-hand' self-defense. This karate book explains and illustrates two of the major kata, or forms, in which all karate techniques are contained.

    The first few chapters are devoted to warm up exercises, stances, and blocking and kicking techniques that prepare the student for the study and practice of the two kata Bassai No. 1 and Tekki No. 1. The presentation of the two kata is ideal for the home practitioner: the sequence of the movements appears on one page and their application against an opponent is shown on the facing page. Thus, the student can see at a glance the proper execution and application of each technique.

    Shoto-Kan Karate is designed to lead the student up to the rank of black belt.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTuttle Publishing
    Release dateJan 31, 2012
    ISBN9781462904211
    Shoto-Kan Karate: The Ultimate in Self-Defense

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      Shoto-Kan Karate - Peter Ventresca

      Shoto-Kan Karate

      The Ultimate in Self-Defense

      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

      with editorial offices at

      Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      © 1970 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

      All rights reserved

      LCC Card No. 71-104205

      ISBN: 978-1-4629-0421-1 (ebook)

      First edition, 1970

      First paperback edition, 1990

      Fifth printing, 1995

      PRINTED IN SINGAPORE

      To the memory of all Karate Masters:

      who, through their patience, wisdom,

      and understanding in the teaching of

      Karate, have made it possible for the

      art to continue to the present day.

      explanation of the emblem

      Pure white background with the red circle

      SYMBOL

      : The Japanese Flag

      The gate

      SYMBOL

      : Serenity

      The black belt on the white background

      SYMBOL

      : A reminder of the beginning of the study of Karate to the stage of black belt. The end is the beginning and the study has just begun.

      He who claims to know all is a fool,

      for his learning has ceased.

      He who knows naught and knows he knows

      naught is the enlightened one,

      for his wisdom will be great.

                                                   CONFUCIUS

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      There are many books on karate today, and what they generally contain is a maze of pictures showing dramatic and spectacular techniques. Where the techniques come from is very rarely explained. All techniques in karate are contained in the kata, or forms.

      This book is, I feel, unique, for there has never been one written on such advanced kata as those contained here and, more important, their proper application. In understanding this book, it is essential for the reader to bear in mind that the kata is on the left-hand page executed by one model. The actual application of the same technique is on the opposite page executed by two models. Thus a person wishing to study this book in earnest will be able to see at a glance the techniques of the kata and their proper application.

      The purpose of this is to show the effectiveness of karate through the study of the various forms and their application as they were intended. The book specializes primarily on two kata, the presentations of which, it is hoped, will enable the average person to see and understand what actually takes place in an attack.

      The kata, Bassai No. 1 and Tekki No. 1, contain advanced movements which, with enough practice, anyone can learn and properly apply. I wish to show that the study of karate can be a very satisfying and rewarding experience without fear of injury to one's self or his partner, by the control of every physical movement made by either party.

      I wish to acknowledge my thanks to Frank Cronin for posing for the photographs; to Ralph Moxcey for his skill and patience in taking the pictures, and to Anne Ventresca for the tremendous amount of typing performed to complete this book.

      Ralph Moxcey

      Peter Ventresca

      CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

      Shoto-Kan Karate Association of Massachusetts

      Headquarters—Ventresca Studio of Japanese Karate,

      Boston, Mass.

      Introduction

      Karate is the defense of one's self from an attack without the aid of any weapon, such as a club, knife, or gun. It is the use of one's own body in a perfectly controlled and precise manner performing highly skilled and intricate movements in a moment of an attack by one or more persons.

      The literal meaning of the word karate is empty hand or open hand. A person extending a hand in a clenched fist signifies violence (or the past or present performance of a violent act). A person extending the same hand, open, signifies a definite sign of friendliness (as in the shaking of hands). If the need arises, the same open hand can become a violent and devastating instrument of self-defense.

      Karate originated in India, and was introduced into China 3,000 years ago. Through a period of time, as it was taught to the people, karate spread north, south, east, and west. Techniques depended upon the locality of its study—if the people studying karate were tall, they specialized in leg techniques; if on the other hand they were short, the specialization was in hand techniques. Thus there are many theories as to the correct movements in karate.

      The techniques of karate are called kata in Japanese. A kata consists of a number of offensive and defensive techniques with a minimum of twenty movements, with each kata more advanced than the last. Generally these kata are in a form of a style named after the person who perfected them. The thinking of one person created friction among the various karate masters.

      In Shoto-Kan Karate these questions or conflicts of thought are eliminated, for the knowledge is not of

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