Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles, and Secret Techniques
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Book Description
Written by a well-known figure in the Martial Artsl arts community noted for his outspokenness, this book is an engaging and rich text, certain to provoke and please. Okinawan Karate, long sought after by connoisseurs of Okinawan Martial Artsl arts, is the definitive survey and examination of traditional Martial Artsl arts of the island. With detailed lineage charts of most of the major Okinawan Martial Artsl arts systems, sequential photographs displaying the distinctive techniques of his subjects, solid reportage, and frank quotes from his interview subjects, Okinawan Karate is a complete and encyclopedic source of information.
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"Okinawan Karate: Its Teachers, Styles and Secret Techniques is here updated and revised to reflect the rapid change that has occurred within the Okinawan martial arts. New features in this revitalized edition include historical tables and vital striking point charts, as well as detailed historical information and an account of the contemporary karate, kobudo, and ti (or te) scene on Okinawa. Bishop presents important elements of the fighting arts as a whole, along with "ins" and "outs" of health-oriented training and the "secrets" of developing intrinsic energy (ki) circulation."--BOOK JACKET.
Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles, and Secret Techniques
Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles, and Secret Techniques,Mark Bishop,Tuttle Publishing,0804832056,Martial Arts & Self-Defense,Martial Arts - Karate,Sports,Sports & Recreation,Karate
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