Product Description

Featuring original writings by the founders of some of the world's most popular karate styles, this volume includes McCarthy's "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Mabuni Kenwa Story", the "Dai Nippon Butokukai" and "Karatedo: Development, Essence, Aims".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136263 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 133 pages

Customer Reviews

A must for all traditional karateka
This book will be of great interest to all those who wish to understand more about the art of karate. Included in this volume are a biography of Kenwa Mabuni (founder of shinto-ryu), a translation of Chojin Maiagi's (founder of goju-ryu)karate do gaisetsu (outline of karate-do), a transcription of the 1936 meeting of the masters and a excellent artical on the development, essence and aims of karate-do by patrick macarthy himself. For those who wish to understand their art in greater depth I strongly recomend buying a copy of this collection of previously untranslated material