Black Belt Karate

Chris Thompson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2008
New Holland Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84773-005-3 (ISBN)

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Since the 1950s, karate has exploded in popularity the world over. There is a generally accepted progression of learning - stance, balance, co-ordination, form, speed, power and reflex. This book looks at these aspects and shows the practitioner how to hone their skills and make their training more effective.

Since the 1950s, karate has exploded in popularity the world over. Initially developed for self-defence, karate is now practised for many other reasons - fitness, discipline and general wellbeing amongst them.This book is for people who have mastered the basics, but want to develop and improve their skills and techniques so that they can progress to a higher level. There is a generally accepted progression of learning - stance, balance, co-ordination, form, speed, power and reflex. This book looks at these aspects and shows the practitioner how to hone their skills and make their training and sparring more effective. There is also a section on competition karate.

Chris Thompson is extremely well-connected in the martial arts world and is the Technical Chairman of all karate in the UK, as well as Technical Director of the karate governing body, the British Traditional Karate Association. He is chief instructor for the UK, Norway, Spain, Ireland and the US and has written several books about martial arts, on karate in particular.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.4.2008
Reihe/Serie	Martial Arts
Zusatzinfo	400 colour images
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 280 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-84773-005-1 / 1847730051
ISBN-13	978-1-84773-005-3 / 9781847730053
Zustand	Neuware