The AUTHENTIC MARTIAL DISCIPLINES OF CHINA, JAPAN AND OKINAWA

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Classical Fighting Arts magazine is a highly respected quarterly journal that publishes well-researched, historically and technically significant material that is widely regarded as the most valuable English language reference to Asian martial arts.

 

Our contributing editors—the very best in their respective fields—produce work of the highest quality, that is frequently cited by other writers and researchers, and widely admired by the legitimate martial arts community.

 

Uniquely for a journal with such a strong academic pedigree, our publishing format is modern, graphic, and full color. Supported by a vast image library established in 1968, the acquisition of new images is an ongoing task that involves professional photographers, using the latest equipment from Leica, Haselblad, Zeiss, Rodenstock, Schneider, and Nikon.

 

Perhaps our greatest martial arts resource is the technical committee that supports and overseas our work. This group includes some of the most famous and talented martial arts instructors including three designated; “Living Intangible Cultural Treasures” by the Japanese government.

 

Each back issue of CFA is filled with factual, interesting, immensely readable material on the martial arts of Japan, China, and the Okinawan Archipelago. Combined, they form a library of enormous value to the serious martial arts practitioner.

 

 

Classical Fighting Arts #1

• Goju Ryu Karate: An Interview with An’ichi Miyagi
• Taekwondo: An Historical Appraisal
• Karate First Day Covers: The Naihanchi Stamp
• Notes on Bassai Kata
• Okinawa Kata Classification
• A Meeting with Chosei Motobu
• Sub Lu Tang: Fighter, Scholar, Image Maker.

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #2

• Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics
• The Truth About Taekwondo: Scandals, Scoundrels and Skullduggery
• Karate Fist Day Covers - The Kumite Stamp
• Toyama Ryu Batto-jutsu- Sword method of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Tong Zhong Yi Chinese Wrestler, Author, Organiser

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #3

• Suparinpei: Goju Ryu’s Supreme Kata
• Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics, Part 2.
• James Mitose’s Kempo Karate
• Japanese Swordsmanship: Toyama Ryu Iai Part 2
• Remembering Taizaburo Nakamura Sensei
• Jiang Rong Jiao-Mater Martial ArtistNunchaku - Ryukyu •Kobudo’s Most Misunderstood Weapon.

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #4

• Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics, Part 3
• Karate Stamps - First Day Covers
• Motobu Udundi - An Interview with Matsuo Kanenori Sakon
• Kei Miyagi - The History of Karate
• Shintaiikudo by its Founder Sensei Makoto Hirohara
• Sun Xi Quan and “The Real Teaching of Ba Gua”

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #5

• Some Notes on the Evolution of Modern Karate
• Dan Smith, Seibukan Karate Pioneer: An Interview
• Ju-Jitsu v Wrestling & Boxing
• Magical Martial Arts:What Really Makes a Best-seller.
• The Problems with Toude and Karate
• Karate Ni Sente Nashi: What The Masters had to Say

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #6

• Some Thouhts on the Vital Points
• Dan Smith, Seibukan Karate Pioneer: An Interview Part2
• Ju-Jitsu v Wrestling & Boxing,
Part 2
• Taiwan Martial Arts Festival
• Taiji Kase Sensei - An Orbituary
• An Interview with Keiji Tomiyama
• The Chinese Sai & Jutte

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #7

• Death Touch, Fact or Fiction! Part 2
• Bushi: The Gentlemen of Karate
• Shotokan Legend Hirokazu Kanazawa
• Chinese Police and the Martial Arts
• Keiji Tomiyama of Shito Ryu
• Juhatsu Kyoda: Forming Personality Through Karate

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #8

• Ch'i (Ki) and the Martial Arts
• Kentsu Yabu's Senior Students in Hawaii
• Shotokan Legend Hirokazu Kanazawa Part 2
• Buddhism and Karate
• General Ch'i and the Roots of Heian Kata
• Success in Chinese Wu-Shu Training

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #9

• Reflections on the Power Of Ch'i in the Martial Arts
• The Why of Bunkai-A Guide for Beginners
• Bartitsu-The New Art of Self-Defence
• Wu Xia-Art Imitates Life-Life Imitates Art
• Jigen Ryu Swordsmanship and its Influence on Karate Do
• The Ways of Buddha & The Empty Hand

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #10

 

Classical Fighting Arts #11

• Choki Motobu's Lost Interviews from 1936
• O Sensei Ueshiba: Aikido Memoirs
• The Last Samurai: Karate Master Kentsu Yabu
• The Evolution of Karate-do Kata
• Kenwa Mabuni: Practice Kara Correctly
• Chinese Pici Weapons Fighting
• Zanshin: More Than Words

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #12

• Are There Really Different Styles of Karate?
• The Evolution of Kata & Bunkai Part II
• The Karate Odyssey of Pat Nakata
• Aikido Memoirs Part II: Training with O Sensei Ueshiba
• Bruce Lee and The Jing Wu Association
• Martial Arts Tricks: How to Pose As A Strong Man
• Samurai and Guns
• The Imaginary World of Buddhism and Martial Arts
• Martial Arts Legends: Taizaburo Nakamura, 10th Dan

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #13

• Marutani: The Ultimate Competitor
• Japan Karate Association: Alive and Kicking
• Death Touch: The Medical Facts
• The Karate of Pat Nakata Part II
• Jiffa: Okinawa's Deadly Hairpin
• Taijiquan: The Fighting Art
• Martial Discipline and The Way of Peace
• Funakoshi: Shotokan's Founder
• Professional Sport and Traditional Karate: A Winning Combination

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #14

• Enoeda: The Shotokan Tiger's Jiin Kata
• The Lost Art of Kojo Ryu Karate
• Karate Odyssey lll: An Interview with Sensei Pat Nakata
• Karate's First Generation: In The Beginning There Was Azato
• Bridges and Knives
• Martial Discipline and The Way of Peace ll

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #15

• Chotoku Kyan's Memories of Karate (1942)
• Delayed Death Touch-A Medical Possibility
• Fumio Demura-The Interview
• Kenwa Mabuni The Father of Shito Ryu
• Yong Chun Boxing & Its Transmission to Okinawa
• GIRI-The Samurai & Their Obligations
• The Hawaii Karate Museum

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #16

• An interview with Fumio Demura Part 2
• Martial Arts Legends: Mabuni Kenwa Part 2
• Chinese Martial Virtue
• One Heart One Still-Isshin Ryu Karate's Tsuyoshi Uechi Sensei on his style.
• Training at the Birthplace of Karate-The trip of Lifetime!
• Bodhidharma, Shaolin, & Chinese Boxing in the eyes of Japan's Karate Pioneers.
• Some Thoughts on Teaching Karate.

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #17

• Minoru Higa, 10th Dan - Master of the Kyudokan Dojo
• The Place of Competition Karate
• Recollections of Choki Motobu
• The Central National Arts Academy
• "There are no Fixed Postures in Karate"
• Budo As a Religion
• Chinese Martial Arts Research

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #18

• Hojo Undo - The Powerhouse of Goju Ryu
• Martial Arts and The Law
• Uechi Ryu Legend Ryuko Tomoyose 10th Dan Hanshi
• Kata & Bunkai
• China's Central Academy of Martial Arts II
• JKA Sochin Kata
• Martial Daoism
• Tak Kubota: The Master of Disaster
• Nittten Soji - Ritual Cleansing

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #19

• Isamu Arakaki - The Leader of Okinawan Karate
• On the Karate Mentality
• Many Students or Few: How to Judge Success
• Shotokan Kata by Keinosuke Enoeda: Sochin Part II
• Uechi Ryu Grand Master Ryuko Tomoyose Interview Part II
• Awamori: The Spirit of Okinawa
• Oriental and Western Fighting Arts
• Swordsmen to Civil Servants

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #20

• The Karate of Chotoku Kyan
• A Shimabukuro Family Tradition
• Kenwa Kanna: The Emperor's Admiral,
Karate's First Ambassador
• Shotokan Weapons: Gichin Funakoshi's Forgotten Arts
• Goju Ryu Kata: Timeless and Unchanging
• To'on Ryu: Goju Ryu's Elusive Cousin
• O-Tsuna Hiki: The Naha Giant Tug-of-War

 

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Classical Fighting Arts #21

• Yoshio Kuba, 9th Dan Goju Ryu
• Okinawa: A Karate Pilgrimage
• The Karate of Chotoku Kyan, Part 2
• The House of Chan Mi Gwa
• Tou'on Ryu II: Goju Ryu's Elusive Cousin
• "Defendo"
• Ankoh Itosu Remembered

 

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News & Updates


Vol. 2 #21 Issue 44

 

 

CFA Seminars at The Okinawa Budokan March 31st - April 10th 2012, Accepting applications now

www.karatedata.org

 

Vol 2 #22 currently in production includes a Shotokan double feature.

 

 

Contributing Editors

Wm. Acevedo M. Eng.
Kiko Asai-Ferreira B.A.
Robert Dohrenwend, Ph.D.
Alan T. Francis, OBE
Matthias Golinski, M.A.
Charles Goodin, J.D.
Elizabeth Guo, B.A.
Stanley Henning, M.A.
David Hooper, Ph.D.
Brian Kennedy, J.D.
Jeffrey K. Mann, Ph.D.
Mario McKenna, M.Sc.
Gary Masterson M.D.
Richard Nguyen, M.D.
Graham Noble, B.Sc.
Guy Power, M.A.
Robert Redmond J.D.
Alan Ruddock, B.Ed
Dan Smith B.Sc.
Charles Swift, B.Sc.
Mark Tankosich, M.A.
Andre Tippett
Henning Wittwer

 

Technical Advisors
Isamu Arakaki
Nobuhide Asato
Fumio Demura
Shinyu Gushi
Minoru Higa
Morio Higaonna
Hung Ting Seng
Seiyo Itokazu
Takehiro Konishi
Yoshio Kuba
Takayuki Kubota
Eiki Kurashita
Yukiyoshi Marutani
Chosei Motobu

Tsutomu Nakahodo
Toshihiro Oshiro
Zenpo Shimabukuro
Katsuhiko Shinzato
Shigeru Takamiyagi
Iken Tokashiki

Ryuko Tomoyose
Tsuyoshi Uechi
Kunio Uehara

 

 

CFA Trivia

Did you kow that CFA staff provided much of the martial arts material and expertise for Peter Sellers' Pink Panther movies?

 

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