A sound textbook for dojo practice

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	• Okinawan Goju-Ryu: Fundamentals of Shorei-Kan Karate (Japanese Arts) Seikichi Toguchi Black Belt Communications, 1976 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Outstanding!

Invaluable for newer Goju Ryu practitioners, this outstanding book covers the basic stances, punches, kicks and blocks required learn hookiyu kata and gekisai kata (including how to formally begin and end the forms). While you cannot learn any martial art solely from a book, the kata, bunkai oyo, and basic kumite are clearly illustrated and adequately described for beginners. For more advanced students the sanchin kata write-up is excellent, integrating movement, breathing and technique in a way that illuminates some of the more difficult aspects of that essential form. There is also an interesting yet brief history of Goju Ryu, including biographical information about Kanryo Higashionna (the founder of Naha Te) and Chojun Miyagi (the founder of Goju Ryu karate). Seikichi Toguchi, a direct student of Miyagi's, was an inspirational leader of the Goju community whose teaching will be sorely missed. Both his books are essential reading for Goju Ryu practitioners.

Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction

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Okinawan Goju-Ryu

The seller was very prompt and I received the book in excellent condition! The book is very instructive and with clear photos thruoughout. It did not have some of the Kata's I am familiar with, but did have great instruction in other Kata's and Bunkai.

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Good Basic Techniques

This is a good book for basic Goju techniques. If could have had more on kata.

A sound textbook for dojo practice

I found very useful to complement my karate training from the master himself. Since karate is transfered from master to student, each one adds their own variation and over the years diverts from the source. Having a book true to it is very useful to understand many things we practice over and over.

The book is very clear and easy to follow, helping to correct style and stances.

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Goju Ryu at its best

This is one of the first books to deal with Goju Ryu published in the United States. ALthough it is not a volume that deals in depth with Okinawan Karates history it does provide the reader with a lot of information on the subject. It's real wealth is the pictures showing how the kata are executed, particularly Sanchin. This alone will give the karate-ka who does not practice Goju-ryu an educated view from which they can make a comparison between their execution of Karate kata and the Goju ryu way. Like Richard Kims Weaponless Warriors this is an older book one still of value for today's karate-ka.

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An instructive text on the etiquette, kata, stances and powerful techniques of the renowned goju-ryu system as practiced in Okinawa. Includes a detailed section on sanchin breathing and step-by-step photos with foot patterns. Fully illustrated. 192 pgs

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