The Martial Arts Encyclopedia!
As you may know
I have republished the five books
I refer to as the Martial Arts Encyclopedia.
I wrote them over a twenty year period.
I wrote them out of order,
though they are in the correct order as published.
PAN GAI NOON
I wanted to know where Karate came from
A fellow once told me
if you don’t know sanchin you don’t know karate.
I describe the two essential forms
Sanchin and Seisan
and describe the theory of technique
so that one understands how to evolve technique
out of the forms,
This was the introduction of X, Y and Z
in circular form to the techniques.
KANG DUK WON
That was the art I was trained in.
I wrote a book on it because
it was closer to the Okinawan karate,
having gone through the Korean route
instead of the Japanese.
The Japanese added several things
which are questionable.
Lower stances, higher kicks,
stylized forms and freestyle.
The art engendered intuition in me
and enlightened me.
KWON BUP
I wanted to know the truth of Kang Duk Won,
and saw that it was built of two arts,
the original KDW,
and my instructor’s art of Kwon Bup.
Was Kang Duk Won what had worked most in me?
Or Kwon Bup?
I separated the two arts to better understand this.
I discovered a linearity in the Kwon Bup
that was not in KDW.
I found the techniques more direct,
and more powerful.
If KDW was a hammer,
Kwon Bup was a point on the hammer.
OUTLAW KARATE
I wanted to combine KDW and KB.
I wanted a superior art that could be learned faster.
I also knew that Kenpo had lengthened
the time of training to black belt
to four and more years.
In the KDW people were learning in two years,
why should it take longer?
And there were stories of people
learning Karate in one year.
I wanted to make a black belt in one year.
I was able to take five out of six original students
to black belt in one year.
There was total power and in depth intuition.
I was beginning to use different training methods on the freestyle
to bring them along faster.
I began to appreciate how trust makes for faster learning.
I also saw that one doesn’t need contracts to keep a student.
If you give them the right data
at an adequate speed…it works better than a contract.
BUDDHA CRANE KARATE
I broke down what I had been teaching,
I aligned the methods with the ten lines of Ton Toi
I made a form that could be changed
to accommodate each line
similar to the Hsing i method.
This was my initial breakdown of the art
into a logic that was easy to remember
and therefore easier to learn.
It retained the workability of my earlier arts.
It was my first attempt at arranging the moves
in logical order.
This was a precursor
to the Boolean Truth Table I was eventually to use
to matrix any art.
Those are the five books that make up my ‘encyclopedia.
There is a little history,
but more important is that arrangement of techniques.
Which techniques were the same from art to art,
which were different?
How does theory morph into practical technique.
How does (did) the art change with the various evolutions.
What were the effects of various countries,
how do they blend together,
when do they overlap.
There is also the added bonus of seeing the mistakes I made.
A person who sees mistakes learns faster
than somebody who ‘does it right’ every time.
You can find these books on Amazon
simply type in the title,
(for instance, ‘Pan Gai Noon.’)
or type in the title and my name (al case)
(for instance ‘Kwon Bup Al Case.’
You can also find them on Barnes and Noble
and other sites.
You don’t have to spend five years on each art,
simply do the forms,
do the techniques,
then move on to the next art.
Specialize in what interests you
and put the rest aside.
Most important,
apply the lessons to whatever art you study.
No single art is totally right…
it is up to you to make your own art,
and to make that art right.
Now,
thanks for being students of the arts, and…
have a great work out!
Al
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FOLLOWING IS A CATALOGUE OF
THE MARTIAL ARTS BOOK I HAVE REPUBLISHED!
THE LAST MARTIAL ARTS BOOK
Amazon
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ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN FOR REAL SELF DEFENSE!
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ADVANCED TAI CHI CHUAN FOR REAL SELF DEFENSE!
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FIVE MARTIAL ARTS!
HOW TO FIX KARATE! (1)
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HOW TO FIX KARATE! (1)
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HOW TO FIX KARATE! (2)
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HOW TO FIX KARATE! (2)
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BLACK BELT YOGA
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BLACK BELT YOGA
Barnes & Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-belt-yoga-al-case/1121852191
THE BOOK OF MATRIXING
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=THE+BOOK+OF+MATRIXING&crid=306WX8EKZIXJE&sprefix=the+book+of+matrixing%2Caps%2C167&ref=nb_sb_noss
THE BOOK OF NEUTRONICS
THE BOOK OF NEUTRONICS
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https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Book-Neutronics/Al-Case/9798227766922?id=9287395896456
HIDDEN TECHNIQUES OF KARATE
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HIDDEN TECHNIQUES OF KARATE
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