Sam with Ka'imi Kuoha Kuoha

The art of Chinese kara-ho kempo was developed in the late 1930s by Professor William Chow, who summed up the philosophy of his art as follows: 'You study kara-ho to protect yourself in the street first-everything else is second.' In this volume, grandmaster Sam Kuoha presents the fundamental training methods and basic techniques for this 'street' oriented martial art.

The kara-ho system is designed to provide defense against an attacker with or without a weapon. Included in this book are techniques to defend against grapping, clubs or sticks, guns, knives and mutlitple attackers. Besides an illustration of defensive technques, this volume reveals kara-ho kempo training secrets designed to prepare you for street combat.

With over 500 photographs illustrating stances, blocks, parries, strikes, training exercises and self-defense techniques, this volume provides the tools you need to defend yourself.

Contents

Foreword by Terry L. Wilson
Introduction
Part 1 General background
Chinese kara-ho kempo karate defined
About the author
History of the kara-ho system
Part 2 Stretching and conditioning
Preliminaries
Scientific stretching exercises
Conditioning exercises
Part 3 Stances and blocks
Stances and applications
Blocking techniques
Parries
Part 4 Strikes and kicks
Striking techniques
Kicking techniques
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