With information that has never appeared anywhere before, the author brings to life Volume 3 of the acclaimed "Karate Masters" series, including twenty-three exclusive interviews with legendary masters, such as Gogen "The Cat" Yamaguchi, Teruo Chinen, Jiro Ohtsuka, Shojiro Koyama, Ryusho Sakagami, Anthony Mirakian, and other karate giants. This volume contains intriguing thoughts, fascinating personal details, hidden histories, and inspiring philosophies, as each master reveals his true love for the art and a deep understanding of every facet associated with the practice and spirit of the...

Drawing from his personal experience with legendary karate masters, the author presents for the first time in martial arts literature a single volume providing hundreds of quotations from the greatest Karate masters in history. Divided into eight chapters for easier comprehension, this work will give you many insightful words of help and wisdom for your martial arts journey. A classic collection of inspiring knowledge in philosophy, tradition, training, combat, kata, and weaponry as taught and developed by masters like Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Mas Oyama, Kenwa Mabuni, Masatoshi...

This introduction to sport competition teaches you in detail how to use your potential and your technical skills to defeat your opponents in Karate competition. Master Miyake shows hundred of basic, intermediate, and advanced sparring combinations used by the great karate champions in the sport. This is the perfect guide to understand offensive and defensive tactics as used in elite competition, making it the most authoritative handbook of its kind about the subject of Kumite. This book is for all students attempting to bridge the gap between Karate basics and winning tournament competition....

This insightful volume features legendary Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Sambo, and Wrestling masters presented for the first time in a single volume, and providing references and hundreds of quotations from the greatest grappling masters in history. Laid out in a clear and comprehensive format, this work offers many inspirational words of help and wisdom for grapplers and martial artists alike. It is a classic collection of knowledge in philosophy, tradition, and training as developed and revealed by masters like Helio Gracie, Gene LeBell, Randy Couture, Rickson Gracie, Oleg Taktarov, and many other...

A rare and definitive book featuring the Japanese masters of the most popular style of Karate in the world. This outstanding compilation gathers the best Japanese Shotokan masters in one comprehensive volume; in their own words, they explain the philosophy, training and spirit of the art. Legendary masters of the teachings of Grandmaster and founder Gichin Funakoshi, like Tsutomu Ohshima, Masatoshi Nakayama, Taiji Kase, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Teruyuki Okazaki, Takayuki Mikami, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Keinosuke Enoeda and others contemporaries, openly talk about their struggles and training in the art...

What exactly is Jeet Kune Do? Is it simply a fighter's personal expression in combat? Is it a style? Is it a process? Is it a product? Can it be taught? Can it be learned? While the founder felt there should be no such thing as a "fixed" system or method of fighting, he did believe there is definitely a progressive approach to training. Let Asian boxing champion Dan Lee, leading instructors Bob Bremer, Ted Wong, and Dan Inosanto, and legendary scriptwriter Sterling Silliphant explain the many concepts and principles of the art in a clear manner that everyone can understand. Packed with...

After the acclaimed success of the first volume of Karate Masters, the author proudly presents "Karate Masters 2," with a new repertoire of historical figures, such as Mas Oyama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Richard Kim, Shinpo Matayoshi, Tsutomu Ohshima, Yoshiaki Ajari, Goshi Yamaguchi, and other world-recognized professional martial artists. In this second volume, new interviews with the world's top karate masters have been gathered to present an integrated and complete view of the empty-handed art of fighting, philosophy, and self-defense. Its a detailed reference work, and a "must have" addition to...

Through conversations with many historical figures such as Osamu Ozawa, Teruo Hayashi, Kenzo Mabuni, Masatoshi Nakayama, and numerous current world-class masters such as Hirokazu Kanazawa, Fumio Demura, Takayuki Mikami, Teruyuki Okazaki, Morio Higaonna, Hidetaka Nishiyama, James Yabe, Tak Kubota, Bill Dometrich, Dan Ivan, and Stan Schmidt, the many threads of karate learning, lore, and legend are woven together to present an integrated and complete view of the empty-handed art of fighting, philosophy, and self-defense. Containing information that has not appeared anywhere else, the interviews...

Kung Fu is one of the most popular yet mysterious martial arts in the world. Now for the first time, interviews with the world's top Kung Fu masters have been gathered together in one master series. Through conversations with historical figures such as Wong Shun Leung, Brendan Lai and Ark Y. Wong, and numerous current wolrd-class masters such as Buck Sam Kong, William Cheung, Doc Fai Wong, Adam Hsu and Yang Jwing Ming, the many threads of Kung Fu learning, legend and lore are woven together to present a complete and integrated view of this eclectic art of fighting, philosophy, and...

Grappling took the wolrd of martial arts by storm in the early 1990s with the advent of the UFC and other no-holds-barred events, and quickly became one of the most popular figthing methods in the world. In Grappling Masters, through conversations with historical figures such as Helio Gracie, Gene LeBell and Wally Jay, and numerous current wolrd-class masters such as Rorion Gracie, Gokor Chivichyan, Oleg Taktarov, Rickson Gracie and Mike Swain, the many threads of grappling learning, legend and lore are woven together to present a complete and integrated view of this eclectic art of fighting,...