The Art and Science of Staff Fighting : A Complete Instructional Guide

• Autore: Varady Joe
• Pubblicazione: Rolindale, MA : , : YMAA Publication Center, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 pages)
• Disciplina: 796.8
• Soggetto topico: Handbooks and manuals
• Classificazione: SPO027000SPO030000
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Back Cover -- Advance Praise for The Art and Science of Staff Fighting -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- What Is Staff Fighting? -- A Brief History of the Staff -- Why Art and Science? -- Kitchen Kobudo -- Know Your Staff -- Intensity -- The Levels -- Level 1: The Foundation -- Fundamentals -- Stances -- Basic Striking -- Understanding the Lines -- Basic Blocking -- Evading, Blocking, and Parrying -- Footwork -- Figure Eights (Downward/Upward) -- Level-1 Workout -- Level 2: Basic Middle Grip -- The Fighting Stance -- Combat Striking -- Range, Distancing, and the Circle of Death -- Targeting -- Training Equipment: Target Sticks -- Combinations -- Feinting -- Strategy and Tactics -- Training Equipment: The Pell -- Defense: The Wall -- Level-2 Workout -- Level 3: Advanced Middle Grip -- The Double Strike -- Training Equipment: Target Sticks -- Hooking Disarms -- The Push-Pull Energy Drill -- Training Equipment: The Striking Ball -- Disarming Blocks -- Sliding Disarms -- Shushi's Wall -- Level-3 Workout -- Level 4: Basic Extended Grip -- Introduction to Extended Grip -- Extended-Grip Basic Strikes -- Extended-Grip Figure Eights -- Extended-Grip Thrusting -- Training Equipment: The Target Ball -- Training Equipment: The Thrust Board -- Snap Strikes -- Training Equipment: The Horizontal Makiwara -- Extended-Grip Blocking Disarms -- Level-4 Workout -- Level 5: Advanced Extended Grip -- Fencing with the Staff -- The Change of Engagement -- The Double Change -- The Cutover -- The Beat -- Extended-Grip Hooking Disarms -- The Disarm Drill -- Training Equipment: Spinners -- Parrying -- Part the Grass to Find the Snake -- Level-5 Workout -- Level 6: Combat with the Staff -- The Moment of Truth -- Full-Contact Fighting -- Training Equipment: The Padded Staff. ; Understanding Timing -- The Three-Step Rule -- Programming -- Continuation of Attack -- Blitz Attacks -- Leaping -- Flèche -- The Grand Overall Strategy -- The Seven Principal Rules -- Level-6 Workout -- Level 7: Expert Staff Training -- Hot Stuff -- Switching Grips -- Alternate Ready Positions -- Fool's Guard -- Tail Guard -- High Guard -- Rear Guard -- Additional Techniques -- Upward Heel Strike -- Overhand Heel Thrust -- Jabbing Thrusts -- Poisonous Snake Coming Out from the Cave -- Fiore's Block -- Disarming Beat -- Trapping and Pinning -- Flying Front Kick -- Flicking -- Throwing -- Level 8: Master Staff Training -- Close Combat with the Staff -- Groundwork -- Facing Multiple Opponents with the Staff -- Unarmed Defense against the Staff -- Level 9: The Way of the Spear -- Intro to the Spear -- Basic Spear Fighting Strategy -- Training Equipment: The Rings -- Unarmed Defense against a Spear -- Throwing the Spear -- Catching the Spear -- Tub Tilting -- Appendix I: Fighting Physics: The Mechanics of the Staff -- The Big Three -- Striking -- Kinetic Energy -- Dynamics -- Angle of Impact -- Striking Surface: Smaller Is Better -- Blocking and Parrying -- The Wall -- The Wet Blanket (and Subsequent Counterattack) -- Parrying -- Levers -- Uprooting Lever (Second-Class Lever) -- Pushing Lever (Third-Class Lever) -- The Kinetic Chain -- Conclusions -- About Chris Hall -- Appendix II: Additional Skills and Drills -- Recommended Reading -- About the Author -- Books from YMAA -- DVDs from YMAA.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book stands apart from other staff training manuals. While most titles focus on forms and twirling, The Art and Science of Staff Fighting emphasizes the dynamics of combat. The author lays out a comprehensive course of study in nine levels, from beginner to expert, drawing on thirty years of martial experience, and presenting the best of both Eastern and Western traditions.--Publisher.
• Altri titoli varianti: Art and Science of Staff Fighting
• Titolo autorizzato: The Art and Science of Staff Fighting
• ISBN: 1-59439-412-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157558803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II