Masatoshi Nakayama (1913–1987)

First let it be make clear that this series makes no ridiculious claims. It does not assure you that you can become a karate expert in a matter of weeks, nor does it try to convince you that you can learn to break boards in a few easy lessons.

This is the third book in the Practical Karate series. All methods described here and in Book II are based on actual, workable karate self-defense reasponses for facing unarmed attackers. If you have studied and practiced the necessary karate fundamentals found in Book I, Practical Karate: Fundamentals, the situations and responses in Books II and III will be easy to learn.

Mastery of the responses in this text will not make the reader invincible in personal encounters, but it will cerrtainly better prepare him should defense of his life or that of others become necessary. But only practice will bring results.

Masatoshi Nakayama, Chief Instructor of the Japanese Karate Association, and Donn F. Draeger , a well-known instructor of combative arts, have authored this book to provide a system of self-defense for the busy individual.

'This book makes it possible for you to actually study, and learn, correct uses of authentic Karate techniques. This is accomplished by showing you that various movements in clear, uncomplicated, step-by-step photographs.'-Kanto Plainsman

'(The text is) simple, easy to understand and contributing to everyone's self-defense.'-Shippng and Trade News

'For the person who has already mastered the fundamentals, the present volume, profuse with diagrams and photographs, will serve as a handy guide to expanding his store of karate tricks.'-The Yomiuri Shimbun

'If armed with the necessary karate fundamentals, the lessons taught here will turn an unexpected attack by two or three assailants into something like a fair fight.'-The Straits Times

Nakayama: We select here several techniques you will be able to master with comparative ease.
Draeger: the few minutes a day you must spend in practice will never be wasted.
-quotes by the authors from Practical Karate: Fundamentals

Contents

Author's foreword
Praface
Essential points
Chapter One: Attacks against standing positions
Frontal wrist seizures (level ground); Frontal wrist seizures (elevated position); Rear collar and wrist seizures; Full nelson and search; Rear bear hug and frontal striking; Rear hammerlock and striking ; Rear tackle and striking; Scaling and striking; Front and rear free threat; Frontal free threat; Frontal lapel seizure and striking; Frontal free threat, striking, and kicking; Rear collar seazure and frontal striking; Side holding and frontal kicking
Chapter Two: Attacks against sitting positons
Seated frontal lapel seizure and striking; Seated frontal free threat and striking; Rear chair holding and frontal threat; Pull out of chair and frontal striking
Chapter Three: Attacks against lying positions
Frontal lapel seizure and foot trip; Frontal push down against wall and attack; Ground choking and kicking attack… (mehr)

First let it be make clear that this series makes no ridiculious claims. It does not assure you that you can become a karate expert in a matter of weeks, nor does it try to convince you that you can learn to break boards in a few easy lessons.

This is the fourth book in the Practical Karate series. Like its precedecessors, it is a categorized collection of self-defense situations and recommended karate responses. All methods desscribed are workable responses based on meeting single and mulitiple armed assailants. If you haave studied and praciticed teh necesary fudamentasl found in Book 1, the situations in this vlume, like those in Books 2 and 3, wil lbe easy to learn.

Mastery of the responses in this text will not make the reader invincible in personal encounters, but it wil certainly better prepare him should defense of his life or that of others become necessary. But onlky pracitice will bring results.

Masatoshi Nakayama, Chief Instructor of the Japanese Karate Association, and Donn F. Draeger , a well-known instructor of combative arts, have authored this book to provide a system of self-defense for the busy individual.

'The illustrations are clear and the instructions are simple, and a reasonably agil man will not find it difficult to master these practical techniques....It rally is a aserious book, and credit must be given to them for taking the time to write it....Mr. Nakayama and Mr. Draerger have written a useful guide and for a man intersted in self-defense it is one book I will recommend.'-The Mainichi Shimbun

'Masatoshi Nakayama, chief instructor of the Japan Karate Assocaition, and Donn F. Draeger, a well-known instructor of combative arts, have authored this book to provide a system of self-defense for the busy individual....All methods described are workable responses bsased on meeting single and multiple armed assailants.'-The Malay Mail

'The authors warn against false confidence in one's ability to defend himself and say the mastery of the lessons taught in the book wil not make the reader invincible but certainly wil better prepare him to defend his own life or that of others when necessary.'-The Asahi Evening News

'...It shows what a wonderful deterrent karate can be...long practice is required. ...The book is a good buy for karate students.'-Shipping and Trade News

Nakayama: We select here several techniques you will be able to master with comparative ease.
Draeger: The few minutes a day you must spend in practice will never be wasted.
-quotes by the authors from Practical Karate: Fundamentals

Contents

Authors' foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Club and stick attacks
Overhead club striking; Diagonal club striking; bakchand club striking; Haymaker stick swing; Overhead stick striking; Low swing stick striking; backhand stick swing; Stick raking attack ; Two-handed diagonal stick strikign; Stick pushing attack; Close stick struggle
Chapter 2: Blade and sharp-edge attacks
Midsection knife thrust; Diagonal downward knife slash; Overhead knife stabbing attack; Switching hands knife attack; Lapel seizure and knife stab attack; Uppercut knife slash attack; Knife face thrust attack; Broken bottle free threat to midsection; Broken bottle free threat to face; Broken bottle free threat to face (alternate); Lapel seaizure and broken bottle face slash
Chapter 3: Multiple armed assailants
Front and rear stick attack; Front and rear garrotte attack… (mehr)

'Every step is clearly described in the teaxt and oftern accompanied by the familiar foot diagreams....This book is written for the busy (person) who has not time to undergo a full training program at a dojo. It offers easy-to-learn karate reasponses in typical self-defense situations. Diligent practice at home wll equip one with...more than instinct in an emergency situation.'-Mainichi Shimbun

Practical Karate: Self-Defense in Special Situations is the final volume of the classic six-volume series by Masatoshi Nakayama and Donn Draeger. Beginnng with tactics for dealing with automobile situations, escalating to tied-hand situatins, then switchblade, chain, meat cleaver, and razor attacks, and ifinishinig with tactics for dealing with handgun attacks, the authors cover a wide reange of effective responses in situations calling for advanced tactics. This volume heops to repalce false confidence with an ability to make a quick, realistic appraisal of a dangerous situation and take the correct countermeasures for personal safety.

Masatochi Nakayama, for many years the chief insturctor of the Japan Karate Association, began his karate training as a student f Gichin Funakoshi in 1932. Also a student of Chinese martial arts and the scion of a noted family of kenjutsu instructors, he directed the expansin of Shotokan karate throukghout the world and played a major rol in the shaping of modern karate.

Donn Draeger, an internatinally recognized authority and author of many books on the martial arts of Asia, was a pioneer Westerner in te practice of Japanese martial arts and an instructor in the International Division of the Kodokan in Tokyo. He was the first non-Japanese to compete in the All-Japan HighRank Holders' Judo Tournament at the Kodokan.

Contents

Author's foreword
Preface Essential points
Chapter One: Automiobile situations
Rear seat bare-handed choke; Rear seat judo arm choke; Rear seat judo lapel choke; Rear seat garrotte; Rear seat double assailant threat; Single assailant outside threat; Double assailant outside threat
Chapter Two: Tied hand situations
Frontal tie-single assailant, single punch; Frontal tie-single assailant, kicking attack; Frontal tie-single assailant, kick and double punch attack; Frontal tie-single assailant, hold and punch attack; Rear tie-single assailant, grasp and punch; Rear tie-double assailant, rough-up
Chapter Three: Switchblade, chain, meatcleaver and razor attacks
Frontal free threat-switchblace; Frontal free threat-chain; Frontal free threat-meatcleaver; Frontal free threat-razor
Chapter Four: Handgun attacks
Frontal free threat; Frontal search; Rear free threat… (mehr)

Nakayama: I select here several techniques you will be able to master with comparative ease.

Draeger: The few minutes a day you must spend in practice will never be wasted.
-quotes by the authors from Pracitcal Karate: Fundamentals

First let it be made clear that this series makes no ridiculous claims. It does not assure you that you can become a karate expert in a matter of weeks, nor does it try to convince you that you can learn to break boards in a few easy lessons.

All methods described in this book are workable karate self-defense responses based on facing an unarmed assailant. If you have already studied and practiced the necessary karate fundamentals found in the first book in this series, the situations in this volume will be easy to learn.

Mastery of the responses in this text will not make the reader invincible in peronal encounters, but it will certainly better prepare him should defense of his life or that of others become necessary. But only practice will bring results.

Masatoshi Nakayama, Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Association, and Don F. Draeger, a well-known instructor of combative arts, have authored this book to provide a system of self-defense for the busy individual.

Contents

Author's foreword
Preface
Essential points
Chapter One: Frontal attacks
Wrist-Sleeve seizures
Tackling
Neck-Lapel-Belt Seizures ands striking
Headlocking
Kneeing
Kicking
Chapter Two: Rear attacks
Collar-Sleeve seizures
Hammer-Wrist-Full nelson locks
Mugging-Bear hugging-Choking
Striking… (mehr)