Uechiryu Karate Do (Classical Chinese Okinawan Self Defense) [Paperback]

George E. Mattson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 492 pages
• Publisher: Peabody Publishing Co.; 4th Printing edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0686105699
• ISBN-13: 978-0686105695
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,209,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Everything you ever wanted to know about me (that I was able to publish) :) can be found in my last book, "The Way of Uechi-ryu Karate".

I've been teaching karate since 1958 and am now enjoying a busy life shoveling acorns off my driveway here in Florida, instead of snow in Boston!

I play golf five times a week and teach classes for the Mount Dora Recreation Department in addition to consulting with 25 "distant learning" martial art students from around the world using many modern computer tools and a video camera.

I remember life before television and still enjoy writing physical letters and especially pleased when I receive one.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A superb example of a karate text, March 15, 2000

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Travis Cottreau (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uechi-ryu Karate Do (Paperback)

Mr. Mattson has created a well organized, very complete karate book for the Uechi-ryu style. I am not a Uechi-ryu practitioner, but I recognize quality when I see it.

If others spent half the time organizing and thinking about the material that they should include in their texts and how they should display it, the quality of karate texts out there would improve ten fold.

One thing that I've always admired about all of Mr. Mattson's material is his temperance. In the 60's, when everyone was talking about the amazing feats performed by karate masters, George Mattson was describing real karate, as it really is, no embellishment and no unnecessary flamboyance.

The writing style is clear and concise and all of the information is relevant to developing solid karate form and basics.

If there is a failing to the book, it's the exclusion of the Sanseiru kata, which I thought should be included for completeness if nothing else. I find that the photo seqences are good, but not intuitive and it takes some effort on the part of the reader to understand how the sequences are layed out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for all Uechi-Ryu practitioners!, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Uechi-ryu Karate Do (Paperback)

This is the definitive book on Uechi-Ryu Karate-do. Sensei Mattson has combined history, exercise, kata, techniques and more into a thorough guide to training in this style. Clear photos assist both the beginnerand advanced student in understanding the techniques. If you're serious about training, this book will prove to be extremely valuable.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very G00000d book for all kind of karateka's !!!!, August 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Uechi-ryu Karate Do (Paperback)

This is a great book for those who wish to learn more about Okinawan karate do. Takes you through alot of things step by step and the pictures make it alot easier to learn?