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Download the Fundamentals of Goju-Ryu Karate, N. Gosei Yamaguchi, Goju-Kai Karate-Do, USA National Headquarters, 1972 The Fundamentals of Goju-Ryu Karate, N. Gosei Yamaguchi, Goju-Kai Karate-Do, USA National Headquarters, 1972, 0967282101, 9780967282107, . DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/HM481y Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching , Carol A. Wiley, 1995, Sports & Recreation, 227 pages. Teaching is an art. Effective martial arts teachers must not only be competent practitioners but must also develop the communication and interpersonal skills of any good .... The Way of Sanchin Kata The Application of Power, Kris Wilder, 2007, Sports & Recreation, 181 pages. Simply put, once you read this book and test what you have learned, your Karate will never be the same.The Way of Sanchin Kata takes students to new depths of practice .... Get to Grips With Karate An Introduction to Competition Karate, Bryan Evans, Ronnie Christopher, 1995, , 80 pages. 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Containing more than 400 diagrams and photographs, this landmark volume introduces the concepts of the hard-soft system and show how to put them into practice. Gosei Yamaguchi is chief instructor of Goju-Kai Karate-Do, USA and the foremost authority on goju-ryu in the United States. He is son of the famed Cat Gogen Yamaguchi, founder of the International Goju-Kai. Norimi Gosei Yamaguchi is the eldest son of Gogen Yamaguchi, President of the International Karate-Do Goju-Kai. The elder Yamaguchi was teaching karate at Ritsumeikan, Kyoto, Japan when Gosei was born on June 29, 1935, and Gosei began his study of goju karate from his father before he was five years old. When Gosei entered Takushoku University to major in commerce and Russian, he decided to broaden his knowledge of karate by studying another style, and joined the Shotokan Karate Club and trained under Masataka Nakayama along with Hirokazu Kanazawa, Masataka Mori, Yutaka Yaguchi, and Tetsuhiko Asai. They are all now well known Shotokan Karate masters. After two years at Takushoku, Gosei Yamaguchi transfered to Meiji Gakuin University from which he received a B.A. degree in English Literature in 1956. After more than 60 years of studying goju karate he has achieved the level of ninth dan, with a teaching grade of Hanshi. When Gosei came to the United States in 1964, he assumed direction of the National Goju-Kai Karate-Do activity headquarters in San Francisco. He also has taught karate at San Francisco State University as a part of the Kinesiology curriculum since 1967. It includes a preface by the author and a brief history of the style, and also an outline of the instructional programs in Goju-Ryu. Its primary focus is on the underlying techniques which form the foundation of the Goju (hard-soft) system, the first major synthesized martial art of the 20th Century. It culls from various Chinese styles the flowing, circular, "soft" or "internal" techniques and couples them with the more direct, straight-line "hard" or "external" styles typical of the powerful Okinawan and Japanese martial forms. There is also an outline of Kihon #1, the first of the "basics in motion" which incorporate the most basic strikes, kicks, and blocks. Kihon are integral intermediate exercises which deliver the student of karate from static postures into practical stepping and turning motions. These later evolve into the kinetic maneuvers of "kata", the dance-like forms which symbolize defence against multiple attackers. The whole idea of practicing these forms repetitiously is to ingrain them into the body's repertoire of autonomous responses. Serviceable for any student of karate (empty hand), this book is indispensable for those who are actually studying this particular style. Goju-Ryu has a large following of karatekas (practitioners) worldwide and maintains a number of dojos (schools) in the United States. Master Yamaguchi is President of Goju-Kai Karate-Do USA, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more › Amid at the advanced beginner, this second volume in the goju-ryu series delivers a step-by-step preparation and execution of the taikyoku kata group. Over 1100 illustrations aid in the instruction of these preliminary steps to the intermediate level. Gosei Yamaguchi is chief instructor of Goju-Kai Karate-Do, U.S.A. and foremost authority in the United States. His father, the famed Gogen Cat Yamaguchi, is founder of the international Goju-Kai Founder of Goju-Kai Karate-Do, U.S.A.. Norimi Gosei Yamaguchi is the eldest son of Gogen Yamaguchi. Under his father's tutelage he studied Japanese goju-ryu, and he earned judo black belt from Kodokan. Yamaguchi came to the U.S. in 1964 to replace his younger brother, Gosen, as director of the Goju-Kai Karate Club at San Francisco State College. In 1967 he became one of the first martial arts instructor to serve on the faculty at an American College. In 1972, Yamaguchi was chosen to the Black Belt Hall of Fame; in 1975 he became a member of Who's Who in the Martial Arts. He is the author of two books: Fundamentals of Goju-Ryu Karate and Goju-Ryu Karate II. Yamaguchi promoted a number of tournament in the San Francisco area among them 1968 and 1970 National Goju-Kai Karate-Do Championships and 1972 AAU National Invitational Karate Championships. (Excerpted from Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People ,at page 396) THIS BOOK DEMONSTRATES THE PEDAGOGICAL THEORIES OF YAMAGUCHI, GOGEN SENSEI. IT CONTINUES FROM THE PREVIOUS VOLUME, WHICH INTRODUCED THE KIHON ICHI, AND NEKO ASHI IDO CONCEPTS, TOWARDS THE KATA IDO AND TAIKIOKU SERIES INCLUDING TAIKIOKU KAKE AND MAWASHI UKE SERIES. I HAVE ALWAYS USED IT AS A RFRESHER TEXT AND RECOMMEND IT TO ALL MY STUDENTS, AND FRIENDS WHO TEACH AND STUDY GOJU RYU. I HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS THAT STUDENTS WHO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS (YAMAGUCHI SENSEI'S) METHOD PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE CLASSICAL KAISHU KATAS DEVELOP AT A MORE POWERFUL LEVEL THAN THOSE THAT DO NOT. I FOUND IN IT, THE TEACHING GENIUS OF THE FATHER DEMONSTRATED AND DEVELOPED BY THE SON. The title says it all, this is one of the very few good Goju (or karate, for that matter) books available. This (and Yamaguchi's "Fundamentals") along with the now out-of print Higaonna series are the only books I have read on the topic of Goju which explain, in very simple clear terms, with good photos, the basics of the art. This book deals with Kihon Ido and Taikyoku kata. Yamaguchi has a tendency, in both his books, to leave a few blanks for the reader to fill in. This does not take away value of the information provided here.The original idea in 1974, when first published,was to produce a series of books on the subject, but for some reason, this did not happen.Definitely among the top books in my library. Every time I read it, I learn something more.A very good book in terms of information and illustrations and reasonably priced.A bargain. Recommended. The clenched fist design , the mark •gGoju-Kai•h, and ¢•„•_‰ï£(in kanji) as printed here on the top are legal service marks registered with the United States Patent Office by Norimi Gosei Yamaguchi. To duplicate these service marks by way of printing, embroidering and founding or to display them in public without authorization may constitute service mark infringements and may be subject to lixiviation . Please refer to •h About Goju-Kai Insignia" The President of Goju Kai Karate do in the USA~ Gosei Yamaguchi 9th Dan, was born Norimi Gosei Yamaguchi on June 29th, 1935 in Kyoto - Japan, and is the eldest son of Gogen Yamaguchi. He began his Karatedo training at age four with his father. He spent his early childhood (1939-1945) living in Manchuria China while his father was on duty serving in the Japanese military. Mr. Yamaguchi (as he prefers to be called by those who are not his students) earned the rank of Sho-Dan in Judo at the Kodokan nearby to the home of his father whilst in High School.
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