Vale Tudo Karate Book by Takashi Ozawa & Kenji Akiyama (Preowned)

Do you seek power and speed, and try to fight Vale Tudo with flair? Fight Vale Tudo using breathing power and balance. This is Zen Do Kai's "KARATE."

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Breathing method: Learn basic breathing techniques with blowing / Improve concentration with deep breathing / Learn basic breathing techniques for ground fighting / Strikes that utilize breathing

Chapter 2 Stretches: Stretching the legs by stretching the abdomen/stretching the gluteus medius, the key to balance/stretching while paying attention to the flow of the upper body/palm bottom forward, backward, left and right/twisting the buttocks/rotating the arms/rotating the waist/stretching the neck/stretching the wrists and ankles/rotating the shoulders to relax

Chapter 3 Stance: "Natural stance" - a stance that does not require reflexes / Advanced stances that match your bone structure and personality / Stances with your hips lowered are not suitable for Vale Tudo / First, relax and get into a stance

Chapter 4 Receiving Kicks: How to use the continuous Shi-uke/Machi-uke in practice

Chapter 5 Strikes: Strike Training System

Chapter 6 Standing Grappling Techniques: Structure of the grappling practice: Zendo Kai Nagano Headquarters grappling joint practice

Chapter 7 Newaza

Chapter 8 Vale Tudo Technique

SPECIAL conversation: Takao Kondo (sports journalist) VS Takashi Ozawa (chief instructor of Zen Do Kai) Kenji Akiyama (head of Zen Do Kai's technical department)

About the Authors:

Zen Do Kai Chief Instructor Takashi Ozawa

Born on January 20, 1961. He encountered full-contact karate while studying at Tokai University, and in 1984 he joined a karate organization with a strong mixed martial arts flavor, and in 1985 he founded the Iida branch of the organization. During his activities up until 1998, he produced numerous winners and prize winners in national and regional competitions, and is well-known for his teaching skills. In January 1999, he founded the Mixed Martial Arts Karate Zen Do Kai, with the aim of establishing karate as a true practical martial art and of its educational value. He is currently the chief instructor of the Zen Do Kai, which has 1,000 members in the general division and 1,000 members in the junior division, and is very busy every day as the chairman of the NPO Japan Martial Arts Karate Federation.

Kenji Akiyama, Director of the Technical Department of Zen Do Kai

Born on August 23, 1970. He studied full-contact karate from high school, and at the age of 20, he joined the Iida branch of the karate organization led by Master Ozawa. In 1994, he placed third in the open weight class of the Hokutoki Karate Championship, and won the heavy weight class of the same tournament two years in a row in 1995 and 1996. He then switched to the Vale Tudo route, and in the Vale Tudo Experimental Match and Real Fighting Karate Championship hosted by Zen Do Kai, he fought mixed martial artists from other organizations and Brazilian fighters, going undefeated in 12 matches. In a club fight held in January 2001, he had a good match with Yamamoto Kenichi, the first UFC-J champion, and expectations are high for his future success.

Length: 171 pages

Language: Japanese

Publication date: 2001