'Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata Volume 1: The Tekki Series - Softcover

Schmeisser, Elmar T.

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9780911921366: 'Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata Volume 1: The Tekki Series

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ISBN 10: 0911921362 ISBN 13: 9780911921366

Publisher: Damashi Pubns, 2000

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Utilizing over 330 photographs, Bunkai, for the first time in publishing history, allows a continuous visualization of an opponent during an enitre kata, without missing OR overlapping motions in the kata sequence. This volume covers all three traditional karate Tekki kata: Tekki Shodan, Tekki Nidan, and Tekki Sandan. In this book, Dr. Schmeisser brings the Tekki kata of the Shotokan style to life as they have never been seen before! The author, a 7th degree black belt and Kyoshi of the International Society of Okinawan/Japanese Karate-do, is a renowned pioneer in the analysis and application of karate kata. His first book, Advanced Karate-do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods, a bestseller in the martial arts community, has just been completely revised and re-issued.

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About the Author:

Elmar T. Schmeisser, Ph.D., a renowned pioneer in the analysis and application of karate kata, is a Master Instructor certified by the American Teachers Association of the Martial Arts who began karate training in 1968 under such luminaries as Hidetaka Nishiyama. In addition to studying Shotokan karate-do, Dr. Schmeisser has years of experience in the Shukokai, Renshinkai, and Shorinji-ryu styles of karate as well as training in judo and two styles of aikido. He is a 7th degree black belt and Kyoshi of the International Society of Okinawan/Japanese Karate-do and holds the rank of Shodan in Aikido. After studying at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Massachusetts, Schmeisser earned his doctorate degree in Medical Physiology: Visual Electrophysiology and Psychophysics from the University of Florida. He currently resides and teaches karate in North Carolina. Schmeisser's most recent book is the newly revised, expanded, and illustrated edition of his bestseller Advanced Karate-Do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods. He is also the author of Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata - The Tekki Series.

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Carefully organized, coherent, and firmly rooted in a sense of reality. Dr. Schmeisser has done what many instructors have not yet been able to demonstrate, a cohesive and articulate interpretation of the techniques of the Tekki kata. --Taniguchi Takao, 5th Dan, JKA, Terai-machi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

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