This fully illustrated book covers gripping, flipping, stances, blocks, karate and sai similarities, movements and footwork, combinations and sparring. Demura is an expert in traditional karate weapons and an international ambassador of karate.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good introduction to the sai:
_Sai-Karate_Weapon_of_Self-Defense_, by Fumio Demura, is a very good introductory text for the sai. Sai are a handheld karate weapon that looks like a 18-20 inch metal rod with two side prongs. I started some sai training in my karate class during the last year, and prior to that I had heard mixed reviews of the sai. After training in class and reading this book, I like them quite a bit and realize there are a lot more uses for them than the obvious stabbing techniques. Demura starts out the book with... more info
Sai blocks? The bo is strong . . .:
An interesting book, but I wonder about the feasibility of some of the blocks he demonstrates. The bo is an extremely powerful weapon.
pretty good covers the basics:
if your advanced don't get it .altough it does have some good stuff in it
Nice begginers book!:
Fumio Demura's basic books on Kobudo (Nunchaku, Bo, Sai, Tonfa) are good. This book on Sai include some little historical data, and -of course- basic stances and grips, as well as useful drills to train grips, blocks and thrusts. Japanese terminology is missing for most of the techniques, except the stances.
