Basic Stick Fighting For Combat Book by Michael D. Echanis Tatsuya Naka Sparring (Using Pulling

Sparring (Using Pulling

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Upper thrust Shiho Nage

who gathered for a training session under the auspices of the Japan Art Sword Preservation Association

the school's approach to thinking and moving differently

Basic Stick Fighting For Combat Book by Michael D. Echanis Tatsuya Naka Sparring (Using PullingMichael D. Echanis was an American martial artist. He came from a military family, so it was no surprise that he enlisted early in his life to serve in the U. S. Army. After being injured while fighting in Vietnam, Echanis returned home and turned to studying Judo, Karate and Ninjutsu. In Basic Stick Fighting for Combat, his second book, Echanis explores Hwarangdo and its relationship to hand to hand combat. Throughout many clear, concise photographs,