Bible of Karate Bubishi by McCarthy, Patrick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Foreword

Li Yiduan Richard Kim Nagamine Shoshin Ohtsuka Tadahiko Konishi Takehiro Kinjo Hiroshi Hokama Tetsuhiro

Introduction Part One: History and Philosophy

The Impact of the Bubishi on Modern Karate-do Possible Origins of the Bubishi in China

The Two Bubishi

Transmission of the Bubishi The History of Karate-do

Theories on the Development of Karate before the Twentieth Century Indigenous and Japanese Influences Prior to the Fourteenth Century Chinese Influences on the Development of Karate-do The Pechin in Okinawan Society The Satsuma Invasion

History of Karate-do from the Meiji Era

Ryukyu Kempo Karate-jutsu Japanization of Karate The Dai Nippon Butokukai The Kara of Karate-do

Okinawan Dynasties Articles on History and Philosophy

1. Origins of White Crane Gongfu 2. Master Wang Reveals His Secrets 3. Advice on Correct Etiquette 4. Philosophy 5. Master Wang’s Observations on Monk Fist Boxing 26. The Guardian Deity Jiu Tian Feng Huo Yuan San Tian Dou

Part Two: Chinese Medicine and Herbal Pharmacology

Meridian Channels in Chinese Medicine Examples of Herbal Medicine Effects of Herbal Medicine Articles on Chinese Medicine and Herbal Pharmacology

Part Three: The Vital Points

The Bronze Man Statue The Forbidden Vital Points Vital Point Analysis The Thirty-Six Vital Points The Secrets of Wudang Boxing Articles on Vital Points

8. Discussions on Seizing and Striking Veins and Tendons Using the Hard Fist Method 9. Twelve-Hour Vital Points Revealed 17. Seven Restricted Locations 21. Delayed Death Touch Twelve-Hour Diagrams 24. Bronze Man Statue

Part Four: Fighting Techniques

Strategy and Technique in the Bubishi

Gongfu Quan Qin Na

Capsule History of Fujian Gongfu Styles

Jumping Crane (Zonghe Quan) Whooping Crane (Minghe Quan) Sleeping Crane (Suhe Quan) Feeding Crane (Shihe Quan) Flying Crane (Feihe Quan) Monk Fist (Luohan Quan)

Articles on Fighting Techniques

6. Four Quan of Monk Fist Boxing 7. Nepai Quan 13. The Eight Precepts of Quanfa 14. The Principles of Ancient Law 15. Maxims of Sun Zi 16. Grappling and Escapes 20. Six Ji Hands of the Shaolin Style 27. Zheng’s Twenty-Four Iron Hand Applications and White Monkey Style 28. Eighteen Scholars White Crane Fist and Black Tiger Style Fifty-Four Step Quan 29. The Forty-Eight Self-Defense Diagrams 32. Shaolin Hand and Foot, Muscle and Bone Training Postures

Conclusion Bibliography List of Chinese and Japanese Terms Index