SUDDEN ATTACK DEFENSE: One-step Sparring for Today's World

by Tony Annesi, Wade Munson (Photographer)

Overview

In most schools of karate, one-step sparring is taught as a gradual introduction to freestyle sparring. In reality, freestyle has very little in common with one-step sparring and less with self-defense. The Okinawan masters knew that one-step sparring was the way to apply what was learned in kata. Now you can learn what the masters knew! By varying your one-step sparring practice you learn to react to unexpected attacks. The augmentation of one-step sparring creates an ascending hierarchy to the more realistic drills of SAD (Sudden Attack Defense) and CAD (Combat Attack Defense). This book is about that ascension.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538073346
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	06/20/2016
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Tony Annesi has studied the martial arts since 1964 and has received black belts in judo, aiki-ju-jutsu, and karate. His writing started with poetry and short fiction (the first stories of 1969: Loss of Innocence were drafted in 1969) and then followed his martial arts career with columns for INSIDE KARATE MAGAZINE (Tales of the Dojo and The Dojo Files) and articles for MARTIAL ARTS MASTERS, SELF-DEFENSE WORLD, INSIDE KUNG-FU, THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER, and BLACK BELT. He has authored the privately published Cracking the Kata Code, The Road to Mastery, Principles of Advanced Budo, Sudden Attack Defense, Elevated Elementals, and Comparative Aiki in Action. Tony also has written a fantasy novel trilogy entitled The Shangrilla Artifacts, and an adventure novel sequel called An Atlantis of One.

Editorial Reviews

Sudden Attack Defense is a must-have book for the novice to the master-level martial artist. It explains the importance of pre-arranged sparring drills and how a development through various drills leads to having a great foundation and base for practical self-defense; in my opinion, a perfect example of, Shu Ha Ri, the three stages a person goes through to reach mastery of one's art.

personal email - Shihan Michael J. Jackson

Regardless of style, the information Hanshi Annesi provides allows one to see the strengths and weaknesses in any style's one-step sparring drills and modify them until the drills simulate self-defense, something they were meant to do in the first place. As a Goju instructor for many years, I found this book enlightening and really enjoyed it. Consider this book is a welcome addition to the library of any serious martial arts practitioner.

personal email - Master Kevin Suggs

Ippon Kumite [one-step sparring] is often understood to be of little use in training for the "Real World". Hanshi Annesi breaks open the one-step drills and provides a framework that turns this traditional practice into a practical platform for teaching self-defense.

personal email - Hanshi Steve DiOrio