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Summary: Basic Reveiw
Review: The book is a basic manual on weapons. The book starts off strong with very good techniques with the knife (with the exception of attacking with them.) Mainly the self-defense applications. Dr. Gambordella coverage of the yawara, tonfa ad Jo is adequate. But his coverage from there on shows poor technique. From the basics of how to hold the nunchaku, Bo or sai are wrong.If you where to hold the sai as is shown in combat or kumite, you would break your fingers. It appears that Dr. Gambordella is self taught with these last three weapons and has no practical experience.
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Summary: A terrible work that should be retired!!!
Review: This book has an excellent title - makes you think that it is a good reference. Right? Wrong! This book takes "basic" to a new level. I have never seen a reference book as simplistic and amateurish as this. It is obvious in many of the descriptions and pictures that the instructors were making up stuff as they went along. I am a kubodo instructor for a martial arts school in Colorado Springs and I was trying to find something that my students could use as a reference. This was definitely not the book. My white belts in their beginner classes could come up with more professional moves than this. This book was printed in a decade were the hype surrounding martial arts made unscrupulous people "professionals" in an underhanded way to make a quick buck. It is obvious that this is one of those cases.
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Summary: A terrible work that should be retired!!!
Review: This book has an excellent title - makes you think that it is a good reference. Right? Wrong! This book takes "basic" to a new level. I have never seen a reference book as simplistic and amateurish as this. It is obvious in many of the descriptions and pictures that the instructors were making up stuff as they went along. I am a kubodo instructor for a martial arts school in Colorado Springs and I was trying to find something that my students could use as a reference. This was definitely not the book. My white belts in their beginner classes could come up with more professional moves than this. This book was printed in a decade were the hype surrounding martial arts made unscrupulous people "professionals" in an underhanded way to make a quick buck. It is obvious that this is one of those cases.
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Summary: The book for Beginners to Experts!
Review: This book really shows the reader how to use the weapons safely and effectivly. They have easy to follow pictures and instructions to make you become proficient in no time at all. They make use of all the 296 pages worth of information. From the books that I have read this has to be the best of them all. It really captures the purpose of the title of the book. A great read and plenty of useful karate information.
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Summary: The best karate weapons book for the money
Review: This is the best karate weapons book for the money, it is really 7 books in one. The knife, tonfa, bo, staff, yawara, sai, and nuncahaku are all taught in a detailed manner allowing you to learn each weapon.There might be better books on idividual weapons, but none compare to this all inclusive title.
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