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This fine book represents the life work of Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate and often called the "Father of Modern-Day Karate". If you are a student of any of the Okinawan styles, and particularly Shotokan or Wado Ryu, this important book is essential to your martial arts library. Nicely illustrated with black and white photos, it demonstrates all of the basic techniques and stances, and also provides detailed descriptions and explanations of the major kata groups. This is a masterful instructional textbook. Beyond that, it provides us with a background including Funakoshi's understanding of Okinawan martial arts history, and various advice from Sensei Funakoshi on the martial arts, as well as the general living of life itself. After you read this, you will undoubtedly want to find a much smaller book, "Karate, My Way of Life" also by Funakoshi, to read a fascinating narrative autobiography, the story of his life in his own, humble words. You will not go wrong buying this beautiful book. It really is "The Master Text" as the subtitle says.Read full review
Excellent book on Karate with history and technique. Should be studied by all true students of Karate.
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Great traditional Karate-Do textbook. It is a good supplemental aid the instruction and practice.
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There are not many martial Arts "Karate" books that truly stand out but this one does. When I first gathered a interest in Karate back in ninteen seventy- three this book was the one that I couldn't put down. In fact; I would run to our local library weekly just to read it. Karate-Do Kyohan was one of the rare books that you could only sit and read with-in the library. As time passed I eventually purchased my own copy of Karare-Do Kyohan and used it along side my study of Shotokan. Well a lifetime later I realized how much that book ment to me and how I enjoyed reading it, if one looks enough, all of Karate is with-in this book, by the one and only Gichin Funakoshi.
This is the book to have if you are a serious Shotokan student. The katas are here so there are no self-expression moves added by various Senseis. A great treasure.
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