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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.8153 EAN: 9780897500197 ISBN: 0897500199 Label: Black Belt Communications Manufacturer: Black Belt Communications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 184 Publication Date: May 01, 1976 Publisher: Black Belt Communications Studio: Black Belt Communications Editorial Review: Book Description: Demura, who studied under Taira Shinken, covers stances, striking, blocking, combinations, sparring, and an entire kata. Demura is considered among the finest bo experts of the modern age. Fully illustrated. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very Good Overview On This Traditional Kobudo WeaponThis is a very well done book on the subject of the bo staff, and it gives you an outstanding overview of this kobudo weapon and its history along with a variety of techniques demonstrated by the author. The book then delves into the basic techniques you will need to know in order to effectively utilize the bo staff. This includes various grips, stances, strikes, blocks, etc. I felt that this was done in a very well organized fashion and the photographs and accompanying text adequately ... Read More Rating:  - Covers everything but could be better organisedThis is a good book. It covers all the basic stances, strikes and blocks. It normally gives the english name of a technique after the Japanese name, but not always. For someone with my limited memory, I would have liked an index to the techniques, so when the book refers to one I've forgotten, I can quickly find it. But it doesn't have an index so I spend a lot of time flicking back and forward. Also, the descriptions are very wordy. Instead of just saying 'Execute an XYZ strike', it describes ... Read More Rating:  - Good book on Bo.Fumio Demura's basic books on Kobudo (Nunchaku, Bo, Sai, Tonfa) are good. They include some historical data, basic stances and grips, as well as useful drills to train grips, blocks and thrusts. In this case, it includes also the Shushi-no-kon-sho Kata. Good Japanese terminology, also. Rating: - Very Helpful BookThis book is exactly what I was looking for in the way of an instructional book for the bo. It has numorous guide photos throughout the book, so that you can see what you are doing in the excercise described. Rating: - A good introduction to using the boThis book is a very solid introduction to using a bo staff (~ 6 foot pole weapon) in martial arts. The bo is nearly universally the first weapon form that practitioners learn yet there aren't a lot of really good books out there teaching people how to use one. Even a great book is no substitute for a competent instructor, of course, yet it can be a great supplement to dojo training. This one is fairly general, hence more broadly useful than some style-specific works, and pretty well done. Despite the ... Read More |
