History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It - Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karatedo Paperback
History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It - Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karatedo Paperback A concise yet comprehensive history of traditional…
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History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It - Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karatedo Paperback
A concise yet comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate, with biographies of the great karate mastersThis first 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 evolved. 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. Bringing a fresh understanding to the study of the martial arts, Mark I.
By bringing all of this knowledge together in one volume, Cramer--who has trained and competed 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.