The Great Lie of Karate: and 25 Other Riffs, Rants and Random Ideas about Karate - Softcover

Enkamp, Jesse

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9781470039264: The Great Lie of Karate: and 25 Other Riffs, Rants and Random Ideas about Karate

Synopsis

Straight from the world's most awesomest Karate blog in the universe, comes yet another long-awaited book from best-selling Karate author Jesse Enkamp; featuring some of the most popular hand-picked articles of KARATEbyJesse.com on the art, science, knowledge and culture of Karate online. WARNING! Strictly recommended for Karate Nerds™ only!

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About the Author

For a complete author biography on Jesse Enkamp, visit his popular blog at KARATEbyJesse.com - where you'll find his 'About' page along with much more useful info!

From the Back Cover

Contents

  • Billy & the Banana: Karate's #1 Rule
  • "Dear Kata Critic..."
  • The 3 Methods of Approach & Where Karate Fails
  • The Stances of Karate: Form, Function & Footprints
  • Sanchin & the 4 Secrets of the Skill of Strength
  • Muda, Muri, Mura - The 3 M's of Karate
  • Chinkuchi - Another Exotic Okinawan Karate Word
  • Understanding the Angles of Karate: 45
  • The Broken Dojo Theory
  • Doing Techniques the Smard Way. Yes, Smard.
  • Staying Motivated When Training Karate Alone? The Guide.
  • On Ko Chi Shin
  • The 5 Universal Feedback Steps
  • "Body Type Karate" and Why It Doesn't Exist
  • Be Like Edible Crystalline Carbohydrates
  • Koujiki: The Educational Karate Game
  • My System: Karate-jutsu (pt. 1)
  • My System: Karate-jutsu (pt. 2)
  • "What Should I Be Focusing On?" - Karate Dilemma.
  • Ground Fighting in Karate - When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong
  • The Scientific Secret of Reigi - Bowing
  • Become a Master Teacher: I Dare You
  • How To Learn Karate in 10 Years
  • The Great Lie of Karate
  • Karate Myth Busting: The Secret Truth about Peasants & Karate
  • 19 Foolproof Ways of Being a Completely Average and Unremarkable Karate-ka

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