Patrick McCarthy (2)

In Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi the Western reader has ready access, for the first time, to an extensive collection of the most important documnents written by and about Okinawa's most famous karate and kobudo masters and their arts, as well as to photographs of kobujutsu katas of historical significance. This two-volume anthology includes previously untranslated texts by Chojun Miyagi (founder of Goju Ryu karate), Kenwa Mabuni (founder of shito ryu karate), Shinken Taira (founder of ryukyu kobudo), Choshin Chibana (founder of kobayashi shorin ryu karate), and Choki Motobu (the notorious scrapper who in his maturity went on to teach many who became great masters in their own right). Patrick McCarthy-with the able assistance of his wife, Yuriko McCarthy-prvides expert translation and commentary based on his extensive research into these masters and the systems they founded, as well as into the establishment of the Okinawan karate tradition in the main islands of Japan.

Volume Two features Kenwa Mabuni, Chojun Miyagi, and the role of the seminal martial arts organizations in preserving and modernizing the ancient art for posterity. Included are:

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Mabuni Kenwa story by Patrick McCarthy

The Dai Nippon Butokukai by Partick McCarthy

Karatedo: Development, Essence, and Aims by Patrick McCarthy

Karatedo Gaisetsu: An Outline of Karatedo by Chujun Miyagi

1936 Meeting of Okinawan Karate Masters-a transcription of the historic meeting that determined the course of modern karatedo

Patrick McCarthy is, at 7th dan, kyoshi, one of the highest ranking Westerners in the Dai Nippon Butokukai, Japan's prestigious traditional martial arts organization. A well-known historical researcher, instructor, and former tournament champion, McCarthy is also the author of Tuttle's The Bible of Karate: Bubishi. HIs writing has appeared in The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Bugeishi, Inside Kung Fu, Black Belt, Karate International, Fighting Arts International, and Budo Dojo. After a decade in Japan, McCarthy is now the director of Australia's first nationally accredited college-level martial arts training program. He lectures on martial arts history and conducts karate and kobujutsu seminars throughout the world.

Contents

Foreword
Part 1 by Patrick McCarthy
Standing on the shoulders of giants: The Mabuni Kenwa story
Introduction
Mabuni the man
Ochayagoten celebration
The martial arts program
Qinna
Toudi-jutsu on mainland Japan
Itosu's ten lessons
Mabuin goes to the mainland
Understanding the name 'Shito'
Kobudo
Opposition
The Dai Nippon Butoku-kai
Mabuin the author
Transcending the boundaries of physical training
Conclusion
Mabuni Kenwa's karate-do genealogy
Shitoryo karate-do kata
Note of appreciation
Part 2 by Miyagi Chojun
Karate-do Gaisetsu: An outine of karate-do
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface by Miyagi Ken
Foreword by Konishi Takehiro
Introduction
Profile of Konishi Yasuhiro
Profile of Miyagi Chojun
The kara of karate-do
The outline of ryukyu karate-do
The origin of karate-do
The three hypotheses
Karate-do in the past
Translator's note
Karatedo in the school system
The curent state of karate-do instructin
About the styles of karate-do
The special merits of karate-do
The future of karate-do
The methods of teaching karate-do
Summary
Postscript
Part 3 transcribed by Patrick McCarthy
The 1936 meeting of Okinawan karate masters
Introduction
Minutes of the meeting
Part 4 by Patrick McCarthy
The Dai Nippon Butoku-kai
Introductin
Bugei and bushido
Titles and ranks
Modern history
Cultural forces
Why?
Butoku-kai inflkuence
Thke criteria
Still a vibrant force
The Butoku-kai insignia
References
Part 5 by Patrick McCarthy
Karate-do: Development, Essence, and Aims
Introduction
The IRKRS
Background
A capsule history of karate-do
Kata
Tke Hsing-I of Chinese Quanfa
Prehistoric hypothesis
The effect of spirituality on self-defense
Grapping
Qinna
Physical aims of kata
nonphysical aims of kata
Shuhari (Obedience, separatin, diergence)
More on kata
Karate-do's roots
The magnitude of kata
The value of karate-do in modern times
Japanese culture and ritual
Exercising the mind
The technique
Conclusion
Notes and references… (mehr)

In Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi the Western reader has ready access, for the first time, to an extensive collection of the most important documnents written by and about Okinawa's most famous karate and kobudo masters and their arts, as well as to photographs of kobujutsu katas of historical significance. This two-volume anthology includes previously untranslated texts by Chojun Miyagi (founder of Goju Ryu karate), Kenwa Mabuni (founder of shito ryu karate), Shinken Taira (founder of ryukyu kobudo), Choshin Chibana (founder of kobayashi shorin ryu karate), and Choki Motobu (the notorious scrapper who in his maturity went on to teach many who became great masters in their own right). Patrick McCarthy-with the able assistance of his wife, Yuriko McCarthy-prvides expert translation and commentary based on his extensive research into these masters and the systems they founded, as well as into the establishment of the Okinawan karate tradition in the main islands of Japan.

Volume One, featuring the work and technque of Shinken Taira, includes:

Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ryukyuan Martial Arts by Shinken Taira, with photographs by Patrick McCarthy

Taira Shinken: The Father of Modrn Kobudo by Patrick McCarthy

Patrick McCarthy is, at 7th dan, kyoshi, one of the highest ranking Westerners in the Dai Nippon Butokukai, Japan's prestigious traditional martial arts organization. A well-known historical researcher, instructor, and former tournament champion, McCarthy is also the author of Tuttle's The Bible of Karate: Bubishi. HIs writing has appeared in The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Bugeishi, Inside Kung Fu, Black Belt, Karate International, Fighting Arts International, and Budo Dojo. After a decade in Japan, McCarthy is now the director of Australia's first nationally accredited college-level martial arts training program. He lectures on martial arts history and conducts karate and kobujutsu seminars throughout the world.

Contents

Part 1 by Taira Shinken
Ryukyu kobudo taikan: An encyclopedia of ancient ryukyuan martial arts
Tanslator's foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
The board of diectors for the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai
Supporting members
Introduction
An outline of Ryukyu Kobudo
Items of Kobudo
Bo-jutsu fundamentals
How to make a bo; How to hold the bo; The bo-jutsu makiwara; The bo-jutsu of shushi (Dai)
The Sai-jutsu of Hamahiga
The Tuifa-jutsu of Hamahiga
The Bo-jutsu of Sueyoshi
The basic kata of nunchaku-jutsu
Editor's postscript
Translator's afterhoughts
Part 2 by Patrick McCarthy
Taira Shinken: The father of modern kobudo
Introduction
Taira the innovator
Jigen no sai-jutsu
The Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai
A capsule history of taira's kata syllabus
The lineage of Taira Shinken
Akamine Eisuke
Translator's notes… (mehr)