| Autore |
Varady Joe
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire : , : YMAA Publication Center, Inc., , [2016]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (228 pages)
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| Disciplina |
796.855
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| Soggetto topico |
Stick fighting
Quarter-staff
Single-stick
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Polearms
Hand-to-hand fighting
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| ISBN |
9781594394126
1594394121
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| Classificazione |
SPO027000SPO030000
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| 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.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157558803321 |
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The art and science of staff fighting : a complete instructional guide / / Joe Vardy
