The Amazing Body Revolution with "Namba Walking" Book with Yoshinori Kono (Preowned)

The Namba walking style is said to have been used by Japanese people in the past. Now, this "Namba" is attracting attention. Shingo Suetsugu, who won Japan's first medal in the 200m at the IAAF World Championships in Paris and represented Japan in the 100m and 200m at the Athens Olympics, is known for adopting the "Namba running style" (known in sports newspapers as "energy-saving running style").

If you master the "Namba" style, which allows you to use your strength in a natural way without straining your body, your stamina will improve dramatically in sports, your movements will be faster and smoother, and you will have less risk of injury. (It is said that couriers in the Edo period ran nearly 200km in a day using the Namba style.)

This book explains the mechanism behind Namba, and with a wealth of illustrations, it will delve into the core of the subject from various angles, including how to learn it, its application in sports, and how to use it to improve your health.

What is "Namba"?

In the narrow sense, Namba means walking with the right hand and right foot moving at the same time, and repeating half-body movements. However, in this book, the term Namba includes the walking style of Japanese people before the Edo period, as well as the advanced movements of couriers and martial artists that developed from that.

Language: Japanese

98 pages

Publication date: 2004