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    Karate-Do: The Art of Defense
    Karate-Do: The Art of Defense
    Karate-Do: The Art of Defense
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    Karate-Do: The Art of Defense

    By A.O. Mercado

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    In KARATE-DO The Art of Defense, Mercado covers a plurality of the karate fundamentals. In addition, this book has two chapters he considers very unique. Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) informs the practitioner of the combative and safety points. Chapter X (Nutrition Produces Performance) deals with the benefits of nutrition to the karate practitioner and also to the person interested in the value of nutrition.

    Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) It is imperative that all serious practitioners should familiarize themselves with the locations of these vital points.

    - Dr. Steven C. Hannah, M.D.

    The practicing beginner or advanced karateka will find the foundation provided in this book an invaluable source to obtain a first degree black belt or higher.

    - Austin Box Founder, Hana-Dai Ichi Karate Association

    Foreword by Austin Box, inducted member of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Native American Grandmaster of the year).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMay 31, 2012
    ISBN9781475910360
    Karate-Do: The Art of Defense
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    A.O. Mercado

    A.O. Mercado is a karate instructor who has studied Shotokan Karate and Tai Chi Chuan. He is a holder of a sixth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and a member of the following associations: Japan Karate Association (JKA), International San Ten Karate Association (ISKA) and Hana-Dai Ichi Karate Association of the United States of America. He represented the 1975 World Karate-Do Championship – US Elimination at Los Angeles, California. He has instructed colleges in Kansas and Missouri (Park University, Parkville, Missouri and Kansas City Kansas Community College). He has also instructed U.S. Army troops of Special Operations Command, members of the Kansas City Police force and local YMCA’s in greater Kansas City. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Infantry Officers Advanced Course, at Fort Benning, Georgia. He has served as a staff officer of the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York.

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      Karate-Do - A.O. Mercado

      Copyright © 2012 by A.O. Mercado.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      The author, publisher and any parties associated with this book will not be held responsible or liable in any way for any injury of any nature whatsoever, which may occur to readers, or others, as a direct or indirect result of the use or misuse of the information contained within this book. The individual assumes all risk and responsibilities for his actions directly or indirectly related to this book. When engaging in any training program consult your physician.

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-1035-3 (sc)

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      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012906260

      iUniverse rev. date: 05/24/2012

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Glossary

      Bibliography

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      Grandmaster Austin Box, inducted member of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame (2009, Native American Grandmaster of the Year).

      Foreword

      My relationship with A.O. Mercado started in the early years of his karate training when he first attended my dojo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I recall that he was among the three Midwest region finalists selected to represent the Japan Karate Association (JKA) to compete for the 1975 World Karate-Do Championship-U.S. Elimination at Los Angeles, California.

      After many years of karate training, he was promoted and considered one of my top five black belt instructors.

      When I visited the Kansas City dojo, I noticed that each one of his students had a training manual. After reviewing the training manual, I immediately decided to implement its use for all the members of the Hana-Dai Ichi Karate Association. KARATE-DO: The Art of Defense, in Chapter Eight, has a model training program which A.O. developed and included in the manual.

      The book is a direct result of what he had acquired as a martial artist and U.S. Army Military Combative Instructor.

      In addition to his teaching position at the Kansas City dojo, he holds various martial arts seminars in the Midwest-Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa.

      The practicing beginner or advanced karateka will find the foundation provided in this book an invaluable source to obtain a first degree black belt or higher.

      Austin Box

      10 Degree Grandmaster

      Founder, Hana-Dai Ichi Karate Association

      Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: Psalm 144:1

      Preface

      I have been approached by university and YMCA students who have asked me what is the appropriate karate book to purchase. I am aware that there are several informative karate books in the market today. However, some of these books deal only with the introduction and fundamentals of karate.

      My purpose in writing KARATE-DO: The Art of Defense is to utilize the book as a textbook for the dojo and university students. This book covers a plurality of the karate fundamentals. In addition, this book has two chapters that I consider very unique. Chapter II (Diagram and Medical View of the Vital Points) informs the practitioner of the combative and safety points. Chapter X (Nutrition Produces Performance) deals with the benefits of nutrition to the karate practitioner and also to the person interested in the value of nutrition.

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      Acknowledgements

      First of all I would like to express my gratitude to the Lord for directing and providing the "Instruments’’ to accomplish writing this book.

      I acknowledge my appreciation to the following people, without whom this book would not have been possible.

      Irene L. Mercado, my wife, for her solid support,

      Takamasa Morita, A.J. Mercado and Scott Evans for many

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