Advanced Karate-Do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods [Paperback]

Elmar T. Schmeisser (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1994

Conversation with The Master is a terrific read as it is all about a conversation with Master Masatoshi Nakayama a direct student of Gichin Funakoshi written by world reknown author Randall G. Hassell and forwraded by Teruyuki Okazaki. 108 pages filled with rare photos of the JKA leader and his responses to great questions posed by Hassell. If you want the story on the JKA and Japanese Karate this is the right book as the author Hassell hoplds back nothing and neither does the Master.

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Dr. Schmeisser breaks new ground...I highly recommend this book.

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This book is a classic in it's own right! --Risingsunproductions.net

A wonderful book and a must have for any collector. --Fightingspirit.com

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Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: Focus Publications; 1st edition (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911921168
• ISBN-13: 978-0911921168
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,100,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting indeed, December 14, 1999

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Stephan Eberhard - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced Karate-Do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods (Paperback)

I purchased this book without knowing anything about Elmar Schmeisser, guided by the excellent reviews this book got all over the Internet, and to be honest, it deserves it. It is NOT for beginners but more for advanced studnets (brown belt and up) and instructors. It covers in depth the in-breathing forms of kata and some interesting philosophical aspectes of fighting, mental and other martial arts (not specially karate) related stuff. It's great to read too, well written. Why not 5 stars ? The text is very dense and the illustrations are sometimes difficult to understand. And even if it's not a book for beginners I think it could have been nice and helpful to have a greater work on the figures and illustrations.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare karate book--it's worth your money, April 18, 2000

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Kevin B. Smith "kavein" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Karate-Do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods (Paperback)

Generally speaking, I have found karate books to be of pretty limited use, but this is a rare and much appreciated exception. As the author makes clear, this is not a book for the beginner, but anyone who practices shotokan karate even semi-seriously should have this in their library as soon as they make black belt (and maybe even a bit before that). What makes this book different is its in-depth treatment of the technical aspects of karate. No pages and pages of staged or stilted photographs substituting for explanation, no retreats to mysticism (the trite stuff someone I know generally refers to as "glasshoppah chronicles"). What we have here is someone who has obviously put some serious thought into the technical aspects of karate and how they are linked together, and then put forward a detailed exposition of his findings. While I think five star reviews are given all too frequently in these reviews, this book actually deserves it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true reference book for the serious karateist., June 3, 2000

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Christopher Parsons (Marblehead, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced Karate-Do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods (Paperback)

At the time of this writing, I have had Dr. Schmeisser's book for about 8 months, and it becomes more valuable all the time. Both for my own understanding, and for use in planning and teaching karate to others, Advanced Karate-Do is in a class by itself. Every important karate principle is touched upon and explained. Students of martial arts other than Shotokan will still find much of value here. Any serious Shotokan practitioner who has not read this book is missing an extremely valuable resource.