Karate by David Mitchell

by David Mitchell
Hardcover book
Karate book
Great read

Karate Description

Karate the Way of the Empty Hand—is one of the most sophisticated and effective martial arts that can be studied anywhere in the world today. In the hands of a powerful and well-trained individual, karate is a highly efficient form of unarmed combat.
To the philosopher it is one of many physical vehicles which can be used to conquer the self-not an opponent. To others it is an exciting competition sport and an invaluable form of recreation.
Karate was developed from various forms of Chinese Kung-fu on the island of Okinawa and was taken to Japan in the early years of the twentieth century. Since then, of course, it has developed a massive world-wide popularity but has also evolved into a variety of difterent styles. Karate 1S the first book directly to compare the five most important of these styles. The styles discussed are Shotokan, Gojo ryu, Wado ryu, Shito ryu, and Kyokushinkai. Five leading exponents and teachers of the respective styles were assembled along with a group of their senior students, to study exactly how their techniques are performed and how they differ from one another. Each style has a particular way of performing a technique which may be suitable for some people bet not for other he same ne at
nique, it becomes possible to locate an alternative and more suitable way of practicising to suit your ability and aptitudes.
There is no 'best' style; each has its own qualities and appeal to adherents.
Not only have the five leading exponents worked together to show their styles to best effect in over 240 specially-taken colour photographs, but Karate has been written by an author with more detailed knowledge of the whole of karate than just about any other person alive today. David Mitchell has served on the technical committees of the European and World Union of Karate and is himself a veteran black belt of more than two decades standing.

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