The art of hojo undo: power training for traditional karate, paperback/michael clarke

IPS Living Now Award SILVER WINNER - 2010Eric Hoffer Award 1ST RUNNER UP - 2010 IPs Highlighted Title Award ENDORSEMENT - 2010 ForeWords Book of the Year Award FINALIST - 2010 USA Best Book Award FINALIST - 2010 Hojo Undo means supplementary training, and using these tools is the key for developing the devastating power of karate techniques.

Without Hojo Undo, a practitioner cannot reach the profound strength levels required for a lifetime of karate training.

This book details how to construct and use many training tools; provides accurate mechanical drawings, comprehensive training methods, and an historical context to understand why Hojo Undo was created in old Okinawa.

- Warm up exercises - Detailed construction drawings - Build your own Hojo Undo tools - Learn how to use the tools to develop devastating power - Link your increased power to fighting techniques - Hear what Okinawan Masters say about Hojo Undo training About the Author: Michael Clarke Kyoshi 7th dan, Okinawan Goju-ryu has trained in karate since 1974.

He has written over two hundred articles for international martial arts magazines, and authored three books.

Starting as a young street-fighter in England, to a disciplined student of budo in Okinawa, Clarke enthusiastically teaches traditional Goju-ryu Karate in his dojo near Launceston Tasmania, Australia.