This book covers traditional Okinawan katas from the original Chinese, White Crane, Long Fist and Tiger Crane self defense application. The book covers: history and further development of Tuite, training tools, analisys of the construction of the kata, and the self defense application of the movements in several traditional Okinawan katas.
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This is for those who wish to understand and incorporate joint locking and throwing techniques into their style. -- Caribbean Martial Arts Association, October 22, 2001
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Javier Martinez is currently an Okinawan Karate instructor with over thirty years of experience and many books published including Seiunchin, Naihanchi, Kusanku, Chinto and many others. He teaches Okinawan Tuite and Isshinryu.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Traditional Okinawan Tuite/Karate,
By David Nielsen "Founder of Nahashu Ryu Karate Do" (Cabot, Ar United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Okinawan Karate, The Secret Art of Tuite (Paperback)
I highly recommend this book to all who study any Traditional Okinawan style or faithful non-style specific Okinawan style. The author is extremely knowledgeable on the Martial Arts in general and specifically on the Okinawan Ryu Kyu Kenpo. He treats the subject matter in a historically correct way and introduces the "bunkai" (applications) from traditional kata of Okinawa in an easy to understand (even though many years of practice are needed)system of written descriptions and line drawings. A reader would be hard pressed not to follow his theories and techniques. Obviously the book should be for serious traditional Karate practitioners, but it is also of use for the average layman interested in the historical significance or to whet the appetite to begin their training. Researchers have been hard at work to uncover the history of traditional karate and have found it to be anything but primitive. Unfortunately it has become watered down in the sense that it was introduced to Japan in a way that would "suit" their culture. This was an intelligent decision as a way of promoting the art of Tote even down to changing the name to Karate. In Japan it is still more sport oriented than the much more difficult aspects of the true Okinawan fighting arts. It is now time to get this message out and many in the karate world are doing just that. The author of this book is one of those practioners. If you study a Japanese style of Karate think about reading this book and trying a traditional Okinawan style for a while. You'll be extremely impressed (if not really worn out) with the two to three hour training session! Traditional Karate is not found on every street corner like the ATA (which is "fast food Taekwondo). You have to search for it. It is evident from this reviewer that the author of "Okinawan Karate The Secret Art of Tuite" is highly trained and skilled in the traditional style of Okinawan Isshinryu. Bravo Mr. Martinez! Buy this book. You will not be disappointed.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the most comprehensive books on Okinawan Tuite,
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This review is from: Okinawan Karate, The Secret Art of Tuite (Paperback)
This is an excellent book for Okinawan Karate-do practitioners. One of the most comprehensive books on Okinawan Tuite available today. A must read if you are interested in Okinawan self-defense techniques. No pressure points, just pure simple, efficient, and effective self-defense, (although it gives you good tips on the use of pressure point to enhance seizing techniques). This book provides a good foundation into the Principles of Okinawan Tuite to those practitioners who are already acquainted with joint locking and its concepts, for the novice it is somewhat more difficult to comprehend specially in some advance techniques. If you believe that there is more in Okinawan Karate than just strikes, kicks and blocks, then you should own this book. This is the fifth book in Mr. Javier Martinez series on Secrets of Okinawan Karate, and the first book directed to the Okinawan martial community in general. This book covers significantly more material than any other "technical book", and makes better use of illustrations, although some of the drawings lack of detail, especially when dealing with finger locks. As such, they are of varying degrees of usefulness. The book covers many traditional katas from two main Okinawan systems, Shuri-te and Naha-te. Tuite Applications are based both on physical and anatomic principles and have infinite possibilities in combat applications. It really leads you to understand how the traditional Okinawan kata really works. The author introduces some interesting concepts on technique classification. I particularly enjoyed the chapter about "Kata Structure" very interesting. You should try to apply this theory to your style and experiment. If you practice traditional katas, no matter if you are new to joint locking and seizing, or experienced, this book must be part of your martial library. This book well worth your time and money.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Practical, Detailed Heart of Kata Application,
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This review is from: Okinawan Karate, The Secret Art of Tuite (Paperback)
Yes, there are some gramatical errors in this book. Of course, it is an instructional manual and not a literary offering. The author's verbage did not inhibit my ability to understand what he was explaining. Martinez is a native of Puerto Rico whose karate background is Isshin-ryu. Isshin-ryu includes 8 empty-hand kata: Seisan, Seiunchin, Naihanchi, Wanso, Chinto, Kusanku, Sanchin, and the kata designed by the style's founder, Tatsuo Shimabuku, Sunsu. The first six kata mentioned in the last sentence are covered in this book (Sanchin and Sunsu are not), with complete demonstrations of each application offered in clearly understandable line drawings. Martinez's approach is instructional. He offers some information on Okinawan karate history, and offers a hypothesis on how tuite ("grappling") lies at the heart of what many of us thought, until recently, were striking arts. Kata is the main teaching tool, and Martinez unravels what for all intents and purposes may have been encoded kata. His theory is convincing, his methodology logical. Martinez has also written four other books (booklets really--about 50-60 pages each, nicely printed and covered) on kata bunkai (form applications), covering kata Naihanchi, Chinto, Kusanku, and Seiunchin. The difference between this volume and the others is that the four kata booklets demonstrate with photographs instead of drawings, and include the demonstration of the kata by the author, and then the section on bunkai (application). This volume on tuite does not show the one-man kata sequences. While the booklets are more thorough in their treatment of technical details (not so markedly so that you'd "have" to buy them if you already know the kata), the visual detail of the line drawings in this book are easier to discern, especially with relation to hand placement. In this book, Martinez also deals in great detail with different methods of punching, twisting, and body movement before he begins to deal with the 6 kata of the book (pages 1-78). The rest deals with a breakdown of the applications for the six kata: Seisan, Seiunchin, Naihanchi, Wanso, Chinto, Kusanku (pages 79-200). This is a terrific book, and does a lot to dispell the myth that Okinawan arts are primative and limited to striking alone. Then again I suppose primative vs. technologically advanced has more to do with how much study a person is willing to put into studying their chosen discipline.
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