Keith D. Yates

It's newest Olympic sport-the high-kicking, hard-punching Korean form of karate know as tae kwon do. And now you can join the millions of people of all ages who enjoy this exciting martial art.

If you're age 16 or younger, this is the guide for you. It tells you how to do all the stances and sparring techniques, and includes photos and diagrams that show each movement. You'll be able to practise every punch and strike, every block and kick, all designed with built-in safety tips. These are the exact techniques you'd learn from world-famous masters-the ones recommended by the International Tae Kwon Do Association.

See for yourself why so many kids choose Korean karate as their favorite style of self-defense!

Contents

Introduction
1 Stances
2 Exercises
3 Punches and kicks
4 Blocks
5 Forms
6 One-steps
7 Self-defense
8 Sparring
About the authors
Index… (altro)

Want to do something that's fun, exciting, and challenging? Something that will make you strong and quick?

Once you start learning tae kwon do, you'll want to keep on practicing until you're perfect at every punch, kick, and combination. But in order to be good at this martial art, you have to train correctly. Do you want to know what you have to do?

Choose the right teacher. Go with a parent and watch a class before you sign up!
Look at these pictures-they'll show you every basic position a beginner has to master.
Warm up and build up! Some of these exercises will stretch your muscles for the workout ahead. Others will make you stronger over time.
Learn all the basic stance, punches, kicks, and blocks.
Put them all together in a perfect sparring routine.
What's in your future-sparring in class? Competitions?

Endorsed by the American Karate and Tai Kwon Do Organizations.

Contents

Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Warm-ups and strength building exercises
Chapter Three Stances
Chapter Four Blocking
Chappter Five striking techniques
Chapter Six Kicking
Chapter seven Patterns
Chapter Eight One-steps
Chapter Nine Self-defense
Chapter Ten Sparring
About the Authors
Index… (altro)

Foreword by Raymond McCallum, Billy Blanks, John Chung, Joe Corley, Eric Lee, Dan Inosanto, Cynthia Rothrock, George Chung, Roy Urban, Arlene Limas, and George Kirby are only some of the famous champions and masters who share their Warrior Secrets with you in this book.

Sixth degree black belt, Keith D. Yates, spent over three years researching this comprehensive work. He interviewed dozens of famous experts from the arts of karate, tae kwon-do, kung fu, tai chi chuan, ju-jutsu, judo and aikido. The result is an exciting and revealing look at these ancient warrior arts; how they developed and how they are practiced today, incuded are almost a hundred illustrations and photographs of the masters demonstrating their various self-defense approaches.

Contents

Introduction
1 The historical aspects
Tracing the warrior tradition
2 The physical aspects
A survey
3 The mental aspects
The psychological and spiritual dimensions
4 Modern karate and tae kwon-do
The Americanization of karate
5 Kung fu and tai chi
The Chinese approach
6 Ju-jutsu, judo, and aikido
The empty-handed arts of Japan
7 Training secrets
The scientific approach
8 A martial arts dictionary… (altro)