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The sport of karate is practiced in over 50 countries throughout the world and has a dedicated following of over eight million enthusiasts.
The sport of karate is practiced in over 50 countries throughout the world and has a dedicated following of over eight million enthusiasts. But karate is not only one of the deadliest martial arts of the Orient, it is also a unique system for pursuing and achieving true excellence - a personal freedom of mind, body and spirit. And no one is more qualified to describe this all-embracing mind-body activity than Jeoff Thompson World Heavyweight Champion, super athlete and sports personality.
In Karate: The Pursuit of Excellence Jeoff Thompson brings the way of the empty hand' vividly to life. He describes the origins of the art, how to get started the right way, develop fast and achieve success in competition, how to tap the mysterious ki or secret energy, and how he sees karate developing in the future. But more than all this, he tells the story of how he achieved mastery of one of the toughest and fastest sports in the world and how his pursuit of excellence through karate enabled him to win the hardest contest of all the fight within himself.
Fully illustrated - including exciting step-by-step photographs of international champions demonstrating karate techniques in action and of the 'blood, sweat and tears' of competition - Karate: The Pursuit of Excellence is a wonderful introduction to a sport that can help both men and women alike to achieve complete bodily health and inner contentment.
Binding | Hardcover |
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Publisher | Gallery Books |
Country of Origin | UK |
Number of Pages | 140 |
Pubilcation Date | 1988 |
Condition | Used - Very Good |
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