Shin Gi Tai: Karate Training for Body, Mind, and Spirit - Softcover

Clarke, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159439217X ISBN 13: 9781594392177

Publisher: YMAA Publication Center, 2011

Synopsis

Shin Gi Tai's core message is taking personal responsibility for your own karate progress and your life. Discover how to make real progess as a student of a karate dojo. Shin (Spirit) explains the 'self' in karate; Gi (Technique) examines fighting strategies, applications, and kata of karate; Tai (Body) teaches how to strenghten the body for the rigours of karate training. Learn why people spend a lifetime fighting themselves, so they don't have to fight anyone else.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Clarke, Kyoshi 7th dan, Okinawan Goju-ryu, has trained in karate since 1974. He has written over three hundred articles for international martial arts magazines and authored four books. A young 'street fighter' in England who became a disciplined student of budo in Okinawa, Clarke enthusiastically teaches traditional Goju-ryu Karate in his dojo in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Review

"The spirit of karate is alive and well in Shin Gi Tai" (Dr. Damon Young, from his forward)

"Aim high and train hard, go to the source of your karate, and seek its essence." (Stan Schmidt, 8th dan, from his foreword)

"Michael Clarke re-introduces the traditional approach to karate training in a way that can be well understood." (John Porta, Hanshi, 9th dan, from his forward)

Edition details

• Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 159439217X
• ISBN 13: 9781594392177
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296