Karate's Grappling Methods
by Iain Abernethy
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Author: Iain AbernethyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-26
ISBN: 0953893200
Number of pages: 172
Publisher: Snowbooks
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Book Review: A real karate student
Summary: 4 Stars
I am currently studying for my black belt in shotokan. As someone who has been in and out of karate for the last 15 years, I have always known I am a good puncher and a good kicker, but I have always felt I was unprepared by karate as it is currently taught, to go to the ground. I personally was a wrestler so I have some firsthand experience but many of my peers have had no real ground or grappling training whatsoever. This book has helped to answer the persistant question I have asked myself for years "Why is there no grappling in Karate?" The answer is that it is here and it always has been here. This book (and others) are helping to open my awareness to a new understanding of karate. This is not the karate that has been taught in America the last 5 decades, it is the karate of a person who literally may have to call upon it to defend their own life. I am looking at all of my kata with a new spirit of discovery, looking for secrets that have been hidden in plain sight for years. I also very highly recommend Shotokans Secret by Bruce Clayton. These two books have helped to start me on a path to discover and determine what I believe karate should be. It is not the point-sparring sport that is popular in America. It is a serious, spiritual and potentially deadly state of being that one hopes they never have need to call upon. Myself, my fellow students, and even my sensai, are opening ourselves up to this realisation and our club is beginning to evolve. Oddly, we are moving ahead by reaching backwards and this book is a good place to start.
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