Mas Oyama's Essential Karate

249 Pages·1978·44.94 MB·English

by  Mas Oyamas

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Eo you fee setconfident enough to handle any situation that might arise? i not, prepare for
a regical change in your I. Here, on these peges, tne world-renowned karate Master, Mas
Oyama, shares wth you his own philosophy and techniques that he has daveleped over @
Period otmary years.

By meane of dicgrammatio photos (over 1300 of thom, the Mastor desoribes every impor
tant aspect of karate, siarting wity the basic elements — the hand, the faot, the ebow — and
leading up thiough their wzein actual taining and combat ctuetione, auch athe kata ((orme),
kumite (sparring) end temeshiwarl. The two phologrephs here illustrate this incredile feet, the
lutimate test of your abit.

When you ave reached this rinnacie, vou will have achieved Mas Oyame's own lle goals
threugh karate — serenity, extremely good heat, and the inner and extornal strength trat will
tenable you to be genie and coureous to anyone because you know you can afford to be.

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Foreword

Karate ix entrentyensaying wide popularity
the worlé over, We enconnter it frequently in
Toke, lis, and on televsinn, There ae few people
‘who have not sen 2 demonstration of brick of
‘wocd breaking or a single bure-handed man defeat
‘host of armed opponents

at karate ss much more than this. LL wis
developed over a theusand years ago, not only 2s
4 form of unarmed combat, but as a vay 10
disepline the body in erder to improve the piri.
Tn this way. a unity of bedy and spirit could be

hived
this sounds f20 ubstruct, perhaps we ca tse
terms that ure esr (0 desl with, Besides com
<itionig the body and improving sped. tenet.
‘and coondinaion, Karate increases One's aerness
and rellasareaes, It also teaches. conidencs—
nol covkines ot brashress but a oop condones
in one's abilities to deal wich the word around
im. And ith confidence comes calmness and &
sense a inner peace.

This isthe true Kara, the karate thet one can
practice seats after Fe ean no longer bret rics
But everything must have a beginning and erat
things cannot be accomplishes in a kandfil of
ays. In arate, the beinning is the physical

ms—the punches, kicks, and blocks that we

all sen, These ure te techniques that enable
‘dept kareteka to perform the steminaly
ible fete that Be dos.
Not everyone who studies Karate schiees
socces, bt if you ure ale to master Ge techniques
sccite in this book, you coud be one of tem.
Sock with patience and perseverance and you are
find same measure of stisfacion. You
es alto Work with caution, always eering in
hat Karate is combat Form and enables one
desve blow of devastating power, Technique
sopted improperly or With inguicint care could
to you ar others
May your pursuit of karate bea rewarding one.

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Contents

Foreword
1. Fundamental of Karate
‘The Hand and Arm ar Weapons ‘
1. Seiken (nome fst) i
2. Urahen (bask st)
3. Tegutuna (hander)
4. Segutana (over handover)
5. Nulste (piering hand)
6. Vetltion of lite
{T. Ippon-nulite (oe Ser piercing hand)
8. Niton-nukie Owo-inger piecing hand)
9. Keiko (hicken bea ft)
10, Oyayubippon ken (chum Se)
1. Hitoeasisnbiippon-ien (forefinger fs)
12. Nakayubtippon-ken (midalo-Snger ft)
13, Tetsu Geom haramer Hist)
4. Shots (pal al crust) =
15. Teho (aword pee hand)
16. Helen (at ft).
17, Koken (ar fis). :
18. Hii (ttow)
19. Kote (forearm)
20. Acditonal upper body weupors
‘The Lepasa Weapon
1. Athigatena (ootwsre)
2. Neke-chi (all of the Foot)
5. Seashi Gnstep
| Soko-ashi (arch)
5. Kako (hel)
6. Hina-ger (ne Hck)
Ener fr the Achille tno
Kee exereise
4 Heel and ankle exerise
5 Toe exercise
ip exercise
‘Side exercise for roundhouse Boek
© Back exercise for endow bloke
9, Pusbsspe
10, Lepetretching execse
LH, Neck exercise
12, Boek stretching exercise
1 Kneebend execs
15, Pleiliycxerie forthe legs
15, Chestaorfeetexrobe
17, Shotsnzuke (hip exerci)
Seances
Ty Peisol tach (blockee feot stance)
2. Musnbisachi fopen Foor stance)
5. Fiike-tseh acl fot stance)
44 Zenkaa tachi (orward sano)
5. Rett thi (back stance)
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Fo tohi (ready stance)
Shiko-tchi (Sumo stance
Kibatwehi hers sane)
9. Soasen teh Cighting sence)
19, Tours ushitaoh rane stance) :
TL, Nak hacijitachi Gnrer figure # seine)
12, Sota hashltreh outer Siete & tence)
1B. Kakesshi-tachi (hooked "oot snes)
14, Fata achitach (e-leged wanes)
15, Neko-ashitahi (ca stance)
16. Shamoa-taobi oe Toboku-achi (Fshaped stance)
Uke (Defense)
1, Defers aginst hava stacks
2 Defence apni! leg acl
3. Apnlving blookirg teckoigues

2. Applctions of Fundamental Techniques

OPtiuki (Lange Purch) :
1, Cldnn--nuki mide body lunge punch)
2. Tum aier Chadan-ienc (middle Body lunge pun)
3 Chudan-gyakt-o-tei (idsle body lung pach from the reverie position)
4 odno-otgyaku-tuki (appoe body loage puch from the roterse position)
5. Chyden-soto-uke (middle bedy block ftom the eutsis)
5
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CChoan-ayakt-sotoke (idle body lock from the outside from the revere pation)
Todamse (upper body Boek)
Talbert Copp bly Sk far toe fences cute)

9. Zenkulsuijiage-vehi foram elhow upper thre)

10, Zenkutsu-gyabo-nisage-ichi (forwant elbow upper thru from the revere postion)

1, Hijaotoniehi (elbow thrust fea the cute

12, Hiegyaku-sor-uch! elbow thru! from the ouside fom the revere piton)

13, Sangenstauli Gghlire Mow)

14, Sonsemgpakntoki (Highting blow from the fevers posivon)

15, Tuen afer Stmsensu Opting Mow)

1, Tegatanasce (Ramone blk)

17, Tun efter Teestanake (handsband block)

18, Shots (palm Rol lec}
18, Shote-gyakuke (psn hee Bleck fom the reverse positon)
26, Septana-uke (reverse ands ord block)
21, Koken (are fst block)
22. Kaitenjun-babt (Guen cnd ehrust)
igi Ln Kick)
1. Otmae-er Frnt lunge Kick)
22 Obmuregeriane (Int lunge upper Kick)
2 Oistoko-periage fsice lunge upper kick)
4. Obmanathi-ged (‘oundhouse lunge ok)
5. Orashignana (aagefootsvard)
resting
1. bak
2, Froot breathing
4 Back brenhing
“The Point snd Cirle
[Mawashiske (Reoadheute Block)
1 Migemsashioke (ght coundhoue block) :
2. Hidari-mawast-uke (ft soundhouce bloc)
Enks-gyak-tanli (Reverse Theat in Cireolar Metion)
1, Higerionksi-gralv-tsuki def eves thrust iva eicular tion)
2. Migh-enkl-gyaar-ceuk (right reverse thrust in» circular metion)
‘Teqneane-uks (Handsvord Bll)
1. Migitegtane-oke (gt handswoed blk)
2. Hidaré-tegatana-uke (et handeword block?
Rhythm in Karte
Taikyokw 1
Taikyole 3
Helen 4

Helen §
Saha
‘unite (Sparina)
Preparitary Techniques foc Hywkuite (Fove Sprcing)
1 Presaiatory stance using Moeote (both hats)
1. Presaiatory stance using Enain (ener af the ciclo plastics)
2. Preparatory since wing Ryuhen (moving dragon stare)
44 Preparatory stance using Masba (eoat par of the wing)
§ Presaratory stance using Brin (ail of dragon stcncs)
Mavai Tine and Space Relaorshp)
Seta one sep)
‘Yode-macai (one anda bal tps)
Gendo-ma-al (two steps)
Snbor-komite (Taree Form Speeting)
1 Saaboo-Lomite using only the aems na hands
2. Senbon-Komite using legs as attacking wexpons
{ppon-umits (One Form Sper)
Sivw-kumite (Free Spring)
Tamestiwari
“The Donamiss of Tameshivach
©. Special Appietions of Ki

2. Body contact areas
3: Power ard striking angle

2 Speed

5. Methods

icing Tameshinari

1, Tameshivae using woed boards
2, Tameshiwari using tes

5 Tameshivasi using biecs

4 Tameshieari using stones

5. Tameshivar: using cinder blocks

2 Techniques
Everyday Techriques for Seitdeense

1, While shaking sands

2 While walking

3. While stsng

4 Selfdeensetechnigues for @ woman walking

5 Selflefense techniques asing umbreles

6 Knits karte

3, Practicing everday sefe‘ense techniques wearing Gi rational karse costs)

‘atness Exercises

Importance of » proper ciet
Daly physcal and menl health cae
1. Base exer
2. Exercises using chairs
5. Exercises using a tovel
Special Truning Exercises
‘Exercises using Makinara (karate siting board)
‘Gxeoies using the sancag
LExeries using baseball mits
‘Booshiger (Licking off « hat) and Tobacco esi
‘Exersie wing the Shishake-bo (1.2.-metr-fong (4f00t‘ons) sod)
-Exeres sng barbell
‘exercises using Sasi (stone weights)
xenses using Tetsugets (ron sandals)
‘he bridge
-Exerises fr the bunestand
‘Ibe mysterious and amazing body
12) Tumbling.

3. The New Karate: Modernizing Shiai (Competition Karate)

Tameshivaci Scoring

Glossary
Tex
1. Fundamentals of
Karate