The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate

Takagi Jotaro Teramoto John Funakoshi Gichin

ISBN 10: 1568364962 / ISBN 13: 9781568364964

Verlag: Kodansha International Ltd., 2013

pp. 128. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 58107013

Inhaltsangabe:

Penned by "the father of karate," these twenty principles offer spiritual and mental guidance to students

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: GICHIN FUNAKOSHI (1868-1957) is one of karate's great masters. Born in Okinawa, the birthplace of karate, he began training in the secret martial art as a child. In 1922, at the request of the Japanese government, he demonstrated the still-secret Okinawan art of self-defence on the Japanese mainland, which led to karate's introduction to the rest of Japan and subsequently the rest of the world. Funakoshi devoted the remainder of his life to this traditional sport and wrote several classics on the subject, including Karate-do Kyohan and Karate Jutsu, as well as an autobiography entitled Karate-do: My Way of Life.


GENWA NAKASONE (1895-1978), between stints as a schoolteacher and a politician, was an editor and publisher of books on karate and martial arts, among them Karate-do Taikan, a ground-breaking compendium of karate texts and documents. Born in Okinawa, he was an early supporter of Funakoshi, and in an ideal position to compile accurate annotations of the master's twenty principles.


JOHN TERAMOTO was born in Los Angeles, California, and began karate training at the age of 13 under Tsutomu Oshima, reaching the rank of godan in 1990. Since 1998, he has served as the president of Shotokan Karate of America's Black Belt Council.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate
Verlag: Kodansha International Ltd.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New