A concise yet comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate, with biographies of the great karate mastersThis concise-yet-comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate includes authoritative biographies of the great karate masters of the past and the philosophical issues they faced as karate changed and evolvedBringing a fresh understanding to the study of the martial arts, Mark I. Cramer dispels many of the often-repeated martial-arts myths as he details the lineages of the modern styles of karate and describes the social, cultural, and political events that influenced them. While most books focus on a single style of karate or the biography of just one of the great teachers, this book offers a well-researched and detailed overview.
By bringing all of this knowledge together in one volume, Crameran award-winning inductee into the USA Karate Federations Hall of Famefills a crucial gap.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
198 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2018-07-24 |
| ISBN |
9781623172398 |
