Best Karate Volume 5

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Best Karate Volume 5
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Masatoshi Nakayama
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 224,Width 150
Category/GenreOriental martial arts
ISBN/Barcode 9781568364728
ClassificationsDewey:796.8153
Audience
General
Edition 2nd edition
Illustrations 1 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
Imprint Kodansha America, Inc
Publication Date 30 November 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

Kata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today.Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan. Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.

Author Biography

MASATOSHI NAKAYAMA carries on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshl, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987. A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate along scientific lines.

Reviews

"Technically excellent." -Library Journal