Tsuku Kihon - Karate Coaching
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Tsuku Kihon Advanced FighƟng Techniques of Shotokan Karate Luis Bernardo Mercado Tsuku Kihon refers to advanced combat techniques used and taught by some shotokan karate instructors. The idea behind tsuku kihon is that power and closing distance are greatly enhanced by propelling the body forward using basic karate principles. A basic group of approximately 25 tsuku kihon combinaƟons was developed by the Japan Karate Association as part of the advanced Instructor Training curriculum, which only top-level instructors were invited to study at the Tokyo Honbu Dojo. Sensei Luis Bernardo Mercado decided to expand and categorize tsuku kihon in order to increase its applicaƟons and to create a formal structure for teaching them. AŌer years of experimentaƟon and pracƟce, this book’s author devised 41 addiƟonal combinaƟons and three methods by which tsuku kihon can be systemaƟcally taught to intermediate and advanced karate students. This book is a result of that eīort. Tsuku Kihon Luis Bernardo Mercado
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Tsuku KihonAdvanced FighƟ ng Techniques of Shotokan Karate
Luis Bernardo Mercado
Tsuku Kihon refers to advanced combat techniques used and taught by some shotokan karate instructors. The idea behind tsuku kihon is that power and closing distance are greatly enhanced by propelling the body forward using basic karate principles. A basic group of approximately 25 tsuku kihon combinaƟ ons was developed by the Japan Karate Association as part of the advanced Instructor Training curriculum, which only top-level instructors were invited to study at the Tokyo Honbu Dojo. Sensei Luis Bernardo Mercado decided to expand and categorize tsuku kihon in order to increase its applicaƟ ons and to create a formal structure for teaching them. AŌ er years of experimentaƟ on and pracƟ ce, this book’s author devised 41 addiƟ onal combinaƟ ons and three methods by which tsuku kihon can be systemaƟ cally taught to intermediate and advanced karate students. This book is a result of that eī ort.
Tsuku KihonLuis Bernardo M
ercado
