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Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite Hardcover – June 7, 2013

by Hirokazu Kanazawa (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 132 ratings
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Hirokazu Kanazawa is the renowned karate master in the world today, and a close disciple of Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate and founder of the Shotokan School. Having earned his impressive reputation in Hawaii, the mainland United States, and Europe as an official trainer for the Japan Karate Association, Kanazawa founded Shotokan Karate-do International Federation in 1979. This association now has branches in more than 90 countries throughout the world.

This book is Kanazawa's first complete guide to kumite, or sparring. The karate training process comprises four areas: basics, kata (forms; prearranged movements and techniques), kumite, and competition. Kumite — "the art of grappling with opponents," as it might be called — is the application of kata, and is the key to success in karate tournaments.

Karate Fighting Techniques teaches all the various kumite techniques, and presents a systematic approach to applied kumite that is designed to provide essnetial information for match-style kumite and tournament kumite. The author also writes with great affection of his experiences with Master Gichin Funakoshi, and offers some insight into the true spirit and teachings of Shotokan karate.

With 700 photos of the author, his students, and some rare photos of the late Gichin Funakoshi and his famous disciple Masatoshi Nakayama (author of the popular Best Karate series), Karate Fighting Techniques is the first book of its kind to provide such a comprehensive guide to kumite and its role in Shotokan karate. It will be an indispensable resource for all karate practitioners.
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    June 7, 2013
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  6. ISBN-10
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The first complete guide to kumite by this renowned karate master

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HIROKAZU KANAZAWA, president of Shotokan Karate-do International Federation, carries on the spirit and techniques of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshi. Born in 1931 in Iwate prefecture, Japan, Mr. Kanazawa began practicing karate as a student at Takushoku University and, after graduation, became an instructor for the Japan Karate Association. He has earned many titles in competition, winning first place in kumite at the first Japan Karate Championship in 1957, and taking top honors in both kumite and kata the following year at the second Japan Karate Championship. His long career as a chief instructor dates back to 1960, when he was invited to teach in Hawaii. He has also taught elsewhere in the United States and throughout Europe. In 1979, he founded Shotokan Karate-do International Federation, which now has branches in over 90 countries. Mr. Kanazawa is the author of Karate—My Life and several books in Japanese on karate.

RICHARD BERGER was born in Rochester, New York, in 1963 and began training in Shotokan karate in 1982 while attending university in Southern California. He moved to Tokyo in 1990 and has been training at SKIF headquarters since 1993.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kodansha International; Reprint edition (June 7, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568365160
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568365169
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.92 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.86 x 0.9 x 10.5 inches
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K.H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Tradition and Kumite ! Oss!
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2004
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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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Russ
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Accurate
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2012
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The book is obviously great for reviewing that you are doing the kumite correctly and adjust accordingly. However rather than just look at the pictures read the story at the start. The story goes into Sensei Kanazawa's life as a boy, and as a student. It gives a great insight to the respect Sensei Kanazawa had for his mentor Master Gichin Funakoshi. One story in particular as a young student Kanazawa was riding in the back seat behind his mentor Master Funakoshi.... Kanazawa tells you his thoughts, and the pivotal point in Kanazawa's life when Master Funakoshi said "What are you thinking right now?". There are also some great pictures of a young Kanazawa. and if you have ever wanted to know things like where the word "OSS" came from, there is two pages on that as well as many other snippets of information about things you have always wanted to know. I am only 1/3rd of the way through the book, and I am impressed at what I have read so far. This is a great "Keep Sake" book for any budding Shotokan Karate student through to expert, always on our way to Master.
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mbanq.
5.0 out of 5 stars About the technic
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019
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You can get a lot a knowledge from this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very comprehensive and a great addition to my karate library
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2016
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It's Kanazawa Senior. One of the legends of Karate. Very comprehensive and a great addition to my karate library.
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Deepak Ram
4.0 out of 5 stars A very relevant book for the SKIF trainee!
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2013
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This book is a primer, nothing short of it - it provides excellent detail about Kihon-Ippon kumite, Sanbon kumite, Jiyu-ippon kumite, etc - all standard parts of the SKI training program! Additionally, there's a lot of guidance about how to prepare yourself for tournament or match kumite, via several examples of actual attacks and defence/counter-attack steps. The best book on the subject, IMO!
One drawback I found was - I regularly study Soke Kanazawa's Kata book in detail, and I found that that book was much more rigourous about naming each step (the stance, the attack/block, etc) - in this book, some of the steps remain un-named, so you wonder, for example, in Sanbon Kumite 3, whether the stance is a Kokutsu or a Zenkutsu, and need to rely on the photograph to draw your conclusion. However, the book is very detailed in its photographs of each and every step, with several supplementary photographs to show different angles of the same step - so no complaints!
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David Padgett
5.0 out of 5 stars Clear concise step by step explanation Witt outstanding photography.
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2015
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Clear concise step by step explanation Witt outstanding photography. A must have for any student or instructor of Shotokan
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EChat
5.0 out of 5 stars A good companion to any karteka who's working with a competent ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2015
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A must have by Kanazawa.

A good companion to any karteka who's working with a competent instructor.
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3.0 out of 5 stars I would like to put a great comment on the book but ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2014
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I would like to put a great comment on the book but I had never actually received it when purchasing it. However based on his other books I am sure it is equally as good.
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K. Elsworth
5.0 out of 5 stars i enjoyed reading it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2024
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used this book to increase my knowledge on shotokan karate and improve my basics kata and kumite in shotokan
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Michel Morin
5.0 out of 5 stars karate
Reviewed in Canada on February 13, 2021
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anthraco
5.0 out of 5 stars Un référence !
Reviewed in France on September 27, 2022
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Un livre très bien fait, clair, avec des photos explicites et des bons commentaires. Kanazawa, connu pour avoir été un excellent tacticien et combattant, nous explique en détails les différents types de kumite et expose de façon simple et détaillée une foule de techniques de blocages et de contre-attaques qui sont bien utiles pour être appliquées en entraînement ou même pour un passage de grade. On est parfois même étonné de la variété des techniques et de leurs combinaisons qui peuvent être utilisées, et qui ne sont pas toujours toutes abordées en cours.
J'ai acheté ce livre d'occasion en anglais pour 13 euros, car il était impossible de le trouver neuf, et la qualité est quasi-parfaite. Je prends plaisir à le consulter régulièrement et j'y trouve toujours des informations nouvelles ou des précisions pour telle ou telle technique.
Un livre qui complète merveilleusement les ouvrages de Funakoshi "Karate-do Kyohan" et "My way of life" que tout karateka sérieux devrait posséder et surtout avoir lu.
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SatoC
4.0 out of 5 stars Recomendable
Reviewed in Mexico on June 1, 2020
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Libro que se pude utilizar como guía para enriquecer el entrenamiento del kumite deportivo y mas si se dedican a dar clases. De la calidad de uno de los Maestros Pilares y difusores a nivel mundial del Karate Deportivo (Jka-Nakayama), y posteriormente del SKIF.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on September 29, 2017
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Good deal
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