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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

Glossary of terms

Glossary of Japanese terminology

WKF major kata allowed in competition Fighting flag signals

INDEX

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS