Mukin Shōri! – There is no shortcut to success.

Welcome to the library of Ōkami Dō Karate. Here are the fundamentals and the entire textbook – from counting through the techniques and kata to the history of the style.

Table of contents

• 1. Introduction & basic terms
  • Counting
  • Technique groups (Waza)
  • Directions
  • Manner
  • Body parts
  • Naming of techniques
• 2. Stances (Dachi)
• 3. Hand techniques
• 4. Blocking techniques
• 5. Kicking techniques
• 6. Kata
  • Sanchin
  • Fukyu kata
  • Heishu kata (Tanren)
  • Kaishu kata
  • Meibuken kata
  • Bunkai
  • Kobudō
• 7. Kumite
• 8. Etiquette in the Dōjō
  • Opening and closing of class
  • Warm-up exercises
• 9. History
  • History of the martial arts
  • History of karate
  • History of Gōjū-Ryū
  • History of the Meibukan
  • Meitoku Yagi – biography
  • Gōjū-Ryū after Miyagi Chōjun
• 10. Philosophy
  • States of mind
  • Five elements
  • Shintō
  • Dao
  • Sen – initiative and timing
  • Bunbu Ryōdō
  • Budō – way of the warrior or way of not fighting?
  • 7 virtues
  • Miyamoto Musashi
  • Kempō Hakku
  • Bubishi
  • Koryū Uchinadi and HAPV
  • Breathing – Ibuki and Nogare
  • Body tension
  • Meibukan philosophy
• 11. Physics in karate
  • Force
  • Force and pressure
  • Momentum and impulse
  • Energy and work
  • Leverage and torque
• 12. Glossary

Sources: books by Patrick McCarthy and personal conversations with him.