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Karate My Life
Karate My Life KANAZAWA Hirokazu's biography, translated by Alex BENNETT. One of the most influential karate masters Japan has seen, he has devoted himself to the study and promotion of karate for more than 50 years. "The more I know, the more I climb, yet the mountain just gets higher. The more I try, the more I focus, the depth is limitless. There is no end in sight. That is karate, my life."
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Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite (Hardcover)
Karate Fighting Techniques: The Complete Kumite (Hardcover) 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.
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Black Belt Karate: The Intensive Course (Hardcover)
Black Belt Karate: The Intensive Course (Hardcover) In Black Belt Karate, Hirokazu Kanazawa, the most respected figure in the karate world, offers a systematic approach to basic karate, and provides an intensive training course. Karate is a martial art that can be practiced by anyone, regardless of age or gender, and can be undertaken at any time during a persons life.
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Kanazawa Mastering Karate Box Set
Kanazawa Mastering Karate Box Set All 9 DVD will be included in this special box set; TE WAZA, ASHI WAZA, KIHON IDO, KYU KATA, DAN KATA, NI JU HACHI HO, KUMITE, INTERVIEW WITH KANCHO, A MASTER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD. The regular cost is $29.95 x 9= $269.55 but as a set they will cost only $249.95 and will come in a specially designed sleeve with terrific graphics on them.
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Shotokan Karate International Kata (Volume 1) (Paperback)
Shotokan Karate International Kata (Volume 1) (Paperback) A must - have shotokan book featuring kata and kumite by the world famous shotokan master Hirokazu Kanazawa, chief instructor of SKIF (Shotokan Karate International Federation or Kokusai Shotokan Karate-do Renmei in Japanese). Excellent photographic images showing detailed sequences of kata provide an excellent reference for shotokan karate students and instructors alike.
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Shotokan Karate International Kata (vol. 2) (Paperback)
Shotokan Karate International Kata (vol. 2) (Paperback) A must - have shotokan book featuring kata and kumite by the world famous shotokan master Hirokazu Kanazawa, chief instructor of SKIF (Shotokan Karate International Federation or Kokusai Shotokan Karate-do Renmei in Japanese). Excellent photographic images showing detailed sequences of kata provide an excellent reference for shotokan karate students and instructors alike.
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Shotokan Karate International Kumite Kyohan (Paperback)
Shotokan Karate International Kumite Kyohan (Paperback) Kanazawa is widely recognized as one of the truly great Shotokan practioners to emerge since as far back as the 1950s. In this book he produces a clear, comprehensive exposition of basic, and indeed not so basic, kumite. The drills are varied and encourge practioners to develop a full range of attacks, blocks and counters including a wide range of hip evasion techniques.
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Karate: The Complete Kata (Hardcover)
Karate: The Complete Kata (Hardcover) The Complete Kata, Kancho Kanazawa explains all the kata in great detail; and his text is accompanied by thousands of photographs. He also goes into some of the other more difficult aspects of karate, including steps, breathing techniques, and pressure points.
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Nunchaku: Dynamic Training
Nunchaku: Dynamic Training Drawing from the methods of the ancient Okinawan weapons experts, his own long and distinguished career in the Shotokan style of karate and techniques chosen from certain of the old schools of Japanese swordsmanship, the author presents his own unique and dynamic method of nunchaku training.
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The Essence of Karate (Hardback)
The Essence of Karate (Hardback) The preface has been contributed by Hirokazu Kanazawa, President of the Shotokan Karate-do International Federation (and Funakoshi's disciple). He fondly writes of his memories of Gichin Funakoshi during his youth and what he learned from the master.
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Lessons with the Master (Paperback)
Lessons with the Master (Paperback) A detailed and unique training resource, Lessons with the Master is a meticulous account of the teaching methods and lesson strategies of world-famous karate master Hirokazu Kanazawa, chief instructor and president of the Shotokan Karate International Federation of Japan.
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Dynamic Power of Karate [Paperback]
Dynamic Power of Karate [Paperback] Kanazawa’s Karate or ‘Dynamic Power of Karate’ by H. Kanazawa is a textbook that covers all of the basic karate techniques and stances, with Kanazawa Sensei as the demonstrator for all of the techniques. In many ways, ‘Black Belt Karate – The Intensive Course’ by H. Kanazawa is a more in depth version of these books, but for the collector or Kanazawa fan, these books are a real treasure.
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Hirokazu Kanazawa Karate DVD
Hirokazu Kanazawa Karate DVD With complete English narration, this DVD presents the techniques and personality of Kanazawa sensei more completely than other other video.
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Karate Legend DVD by Hirokazu Kanazawa
Karate Legend DVD by Hirokazu Kanazawa Selection of Interviews with Kancho Kanazawa and Kata Demonstrations.
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26 Shotokan Kata DVD by Hirokazu Kanazawa
26 Shotokan Kata DVD by Hirokazu Kanazawa This DVD contains all 26 SHOT?KAN karate kata (dynamic forms) by the world-renowned MASTER Hirokazu KANAZAWA, Chief Instructor of SHOT?KAN KARATE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION. His profound ability to demonstrate kata is reflected in this work and is not to be missed.
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