Black Belt Karate. Chris Thompson

      Contents

       Part One

       Introduction to karate

       1 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLUB

       2 A SHORT HISTORY OF KARATE

       The origins, growth and enormous popularity of the sport today

       3 STYLES OF KARATE

       Shotokan, Wado-ryu, Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu and Kyokushinkai karate

       4 THE KARATE BASICS

       Kihon, kata and ji-yu kumite

       5 WHAT IS A BLACK BELT?

       Criteria for getting a black belt and what it means

       6 COMPETITION KARATE

       Shobu Ippon, the World Karate Federation and the importance of a gasshuku

       Part Two

       Karate fundamentals

       7 REI

       The etiquette of the dojo

       8 JUNBI UNDO

       Limbering up and stretches

       9 KIHON WAZA

       Basic techniques – punches, strikes, kicks, stances and blocks

       10 MAKIWARA TRAINING

       Impact training for the body, and a demonstration of the power of the technique

       11 BASIC DRILLS

       Punches and blocks, striking techniques, escaping techniques, blocking and countering

       12 OHYO GUMITE/YAKUSOKU GUMITE

       Examples of prearranged pairwork

       13 KATA TRAINING

       An explanation of kata and a demonstration of jion kata

       14 NAGE WAZA

       Throwing techniques

       15 JI YU KUMITE

       Freestyle sparring

       16 KARATE WAZA USED IN SELF-DEFENCE

       Part Three

       Competition karate

       17 KARATE-KA ATTIRE

       18 COMPETITION KUMITE

       Categories, WKF competition rules, prohibited behaviour, tournaments, jissen training and referees’ commands and signals

       19 COMPETITION KATA

       WKF rules, judges, how a match works and the criteria used for a decision

       20 KARATE TITLES

       Japanese ranking terms and belt colours

       APPENDICES

       Correct tying of the obi