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From Black Belt to Master – Book for Dan Grades

A practical textbook for the technical and mental deepening of your karate – with clear symbols, precise illustrations and systematic exercises.

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This book is aimed at advanced karateka who have confidently mastered the basic techniques and want to refine their karate. It shows you how to consciously train principles such as hip engagement, center of gravity, rhythm, core strength, and the unification of forces, and implement them in the flow of movement.

With nearly 700 graphics, symbols, and intermediate movements, each technique is easy to follow. You'll learn how to recognize small but crucial subtleties and systematically internalize them – in harmony with mind and body. Mental development is also addressed, rounding off the work holistically.

Topics covered:
- The black belt
- Physical effort
- Rotational force
- The withdrawing hand
- hip insert
- Start staggered
- Rhythms
- core
- The union of forces
- The path to mastery

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Technische Daten

Language: German
Format: 17 x 24 cm
Size: 112 pages
Material: Refined paperback
Publisher: Spectra Design and Publishing
Author: Fiore Tartaglia
Article number: VSM12
Year of publication: November 2014 (1st edition)
ISBN: 978-3-945583-01-2
Other information: Almost 700 graphics, original edition 2000

Additional information

Two fold-out flaps in the cover serve as a key to the symbols used and a list of Japanese terms. This makes the book a valuable and practical companion, even during training.

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