Shutetsu: New Striking Art Book by Masashi Fujiwara

“Extend” Through the Deep Muscles!

Build a true core, and your striking power can reach an extraordinary level!

Discover a unique training system featuring numerous exercises designed to activate and utilize the body’s deep muscles.

Is there a special state of the body that can dramatically increase the power of virtually any punch or kick?

Can controlling the sacrum and deep muscles actually change the apparent “weight” of the body?

This is what you need to develop first if you want to increase your striking power.

This is the true meaning of “generating power from the tanden”!

A groundbreaking new striking method filled with insights that can completely change the way you understand power generation.

The detailed theories of Masashi Fujiwara, founder of the independent striking research group Shutetsu, are revealed in full.

CONTENTS

Introduction: The Truth About the Inner Muscles That Nobody Knows

1. Striving to Become Superhuman
2. The System Behind a Powerful Punch
3. The Nature of Training

Chapter 1: Why You Aren’t Generating Power

1. A Core That Is Loose at the Center — Why the Body Fails to Generate Power
2. What Is a Truly Effective Punch?
3. Body Structure Against Forces from the Front, Back, and Sides
4. How to Test Whether You Are Using Your Inner Muscles
5. Truly Understanding the Inner Muscles
6. How Should the Inner Muscles Be Trained?
7. Creating Whole-Body Integration — The Power to Stabilize the Center

Chapter 2: A Body That Becomes Stronger Through “Extension”

1. What Does It Mean to “Set the Sacrum”?
2. The Source of Power — What Is the Tanden?
3. The Three Layers of the Torso
4. How “Extension” Training Works
5. The Critical Difference Between an Arched Lower Back and Anterior Pelvic Tilt
6. Why Posture Generates Power — The Nature of Structural Strength
7. Spinal Curvature and Pelvic Angle for Generating Strength
8. The Central Axis
9. Dynamic, Swaying Posture
10. Eyes-Closed Single-Leg Balance and the Body’s Postural Control Mechanisms
11. Tensegrity Structure and “Extension” for Efficient Stability
12. How “Extension” Creates a Heavy Body

Chapter 3: Breathing

1. Checking Your Abdominal Breathing
2. Tension in the Solar Plexus and Breathing
3. The Relationship Between Breathing and Abdominal Pressure — The Inner Unit
4. Breathing Training
5. How to Withstand a Punch to the Abdomen
6. Problems with Forceful Exhalation That Expands the Lower Abdomen

Chapter 4: The Mechanics of Devastating Punching Power

1. The Purpose of Increasing Punching Power
2. Punching with Power Generated from the Tanden
3. The Kinetic Chain in Punching
4. Standing Arm Wrestling — Developing an Unbeatable Whole-Body Chain
5. The Source of Explosive Power — The Difference Between a Punch and a Push
6. The Correct Way to “Keep the Armpits Tight”
7. The Relationship Between Torso Stabilization and Rotation
8. Making Shutetsu Posture Automatic
9. Increasing Power by Understanding the Characteristics of the Human Body

Chapter 5: “Extension” Training for Developing the Ultimate Core

1. Where to Direct Your Awareness
2. Training Frequency
3. The Importance of Correct Posture
4. Extension and Breathing
5. Understanding the Spinal Curves That Generate Power
6. Practicing Forceful Exhalation While Maintaining Spinal Curvature
7. Training to Develop Clear Awareness of the Torso
8. Eyes-Closed Single-Leg Standing
9. The Benefits of Jumping
10. Wall-Pushing Training
11. Staff Training
12. How to Test the Body’s Chain of Power
13. Summary: Developing the Power to Stand

Chapter 6: Shutetsu-Style Strength Training

1. Core Training with Dumbbells
2. Asian Squat
3. Shutetsu Plank
4. Shutetsu-Style Lunge
5. Shutetsu Half-Extend
6. The Benefits of Shadow Training

About the Author

Masashi Fujiwara

Fujiwara began with karate and went on to study a variety of martial arts styles, continually searching for more effective methods of training. Along the way, he trained and exchanged ideas with numerous martial artists and combat-sports practitioners.

In 2020, he established Shutetsu Karate-do, a karate system focused specifically on developing the power and effectiveness of technique.

Seeking to pursue a broader and more unrestricted approach to research beyond the boundaries of karate, the organization was later renamed Shutetsu. Today, Fujiwara continues to teach practitioners regardless of martial arts style or organizational affiliation.

Length: 248 pages

Language: Japanese

mbkju1