Ebook: The art of hojo undo: power training for traditional karate

Front Cover; Front Cover; contents; contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1 Introduction; 2 Preparation Exercises; 2 Preparation Exercises; 3 Lifting Tools; 3 Lifting Tools; 4 Impact Tools; 4 Impact Tools; 5 Body Conditioning Exercises; 5 Body Conditioning Exercises; 6 Auxiliary Exercises; 6 Auxiliary Exercises; 7 Other Tools and Methods; 7 Other Tools and Methods; 8 Comments on Hojo Undo from Okinawan Karate Masters; 8 Comments on Hojo Undo from Okinawan Karate Masters; A Last Word; A Last Word; Endnotes; Endnotes; Glossary.;Hojo undo means 'supplemental training equipment' for traditional martial artists. This book comprehensively details how to construct and use the most popular martial arts training tools of Okinawa. The value of hojo undo is that the strength building exercises are linked to the motion of the fighting techniques of karate; this is the kind of information many practitioners need to have in order to make sense of where karate's devastating power comes from.