A manual on the offensive and defensive use of karate weapons-- the knife, the yawara, the tonfa, the staff, the bo, the nunchaku, and the sai.

Fumio Demura covers stances, striking, blocking, combinations, sparring, and an entire bo kata.

In this fully illustrated book, Fumio Demura explores the full range of tonfa tactics including stances, karate and tonfa similarities, tonfa striking technique

Explains and illustrates in step-by-step photographs all the self-defense movements used in the Oriental fighting arts

The Essential Karate Book is an informative, illustrated guide to the techniques, philosophy and practice of karate. With 20 chapters covering practically every