KARATE-DO KYOHAN, The Master Text of Gichin Funakoshi. This book, the most comprehensive and authoritative ever published, was being revised by the author shortly before his death in 1957, at the age of eighty-eight, and is translated for the first time. Trough is advice on both practical and spiritual aspects of training, the master guides the student from techniques to the way of Karate. Fully illustrated demonstrations by the translator (Tsutomu Ohshima) cover not only every technique of the kata but also the fundamentals and applications: how to make a fist; the correct form of the open hand; preliminary training in blocking, striking and kicking; the seven stances; and sparring. Hard cover book.
256 pages
