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KI and the Way of the Martial Arts

Autor Kenji Tokitsu
en Limba Engleză Paperback – aug 2003
While technical prowess and physical power are essential characteristics of a martial artist, true mastery of the art comes by cultivating one's inner strength. Here, Kenji Tokitsu—an authority on Japanese and Chinese combat arts and a respected karate teacher—shows how cultivating ki (life force) and understanding the principles of budo (the martial path of self-development) can make training in martial arts more meaningful, effective, and personally and spiritually rewarding.

Tokitsu emphasizes the mental aspects of martial arts practice including:

   •  The importance of ki development
   •  Seme, or capturing your opponent's mind
   •  Understanding ma, the spatial relationship in combat




Studying these concepts, he explains, gives martial artists the tools to train for a lifetime and at the very highest level. Tokitsu also gives a historical and cultural survey of budo, and explains how the Western view of budo training is different than the Japanese—a perspective rarely available to Western martial artists.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781570629983
ISBN-10: 1570629986
Pagini: 128
Ilustrații: 8 FULL-PAGE HALFTONES
Dimensiuni: 138 x 212 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Shambhala.
Editura: Shambhala Publications Inc

Notă biografică

Kenji Tokitsu was born in Japan and began studying martial arts when he was a child. He has taught karate in Paris since 1971. In 1984 he founded the Shaolin-mon school, where he teaches a synthesis of the original combat arts of Japan and China. In 2001 he established the Tokitsuryu Academy to teach and promote his method. For more information, visit www.tokitsu.com. Tokitsu also holds doctorates in sociology and in Japanese language and civilization. He is the author of numerous books.

Recenzii

"In this text the author explains how his unique style was developed, and in doing so, reveals the important workings and goals of the internal world of martial arts."— Journal of Asian Martial Arts

Descriere

Tokitsu--an authority on Japanese and Chinese combat arts and a respected karate teacher--shows how cultivating ki (or life force) and understanding the principles of budo (the martial path of self-development) can make training in martial arts more meaningful, effective, and personally rewarding. 8 illustrations.