Publisher's Synopsis
Karate students of all ages, levels, and abilities will learn to perfect each kind of karate technique under the personal instruction of acclaimed karate superstar Hidy Ochiai in this action-filled volume. Packed with nearly 1,000 instructional photos, Hidy Ochiai's Complete Book of Self-Defense expertly guides you from the essential basics through the most advanced self-defense moves. You will learn:
- Hundreds of ways to use hands, arms, feet, and legs as defensive weapons through knife-hand strikes, lunge punches, back-fist thrusts, hook kicks, and more
- Scooping, crescent-knee, palm-heel, and chicken-head blocks to thwart opponents
- Self-defense from all sides of the body and from all positions-standing, sitting, and lying down
- Techniques for performing kata (forms) with strength, grace, and vitality, as well as ways to analyze their underlying meaning
- Application at will of karate's prearranged techniques and kata movements to any self-defense situation-even when fighting off four opponents or a gun-wielding attacker.
