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The Heart of Karate-Do by Shigeru Egami

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Beginning with the warming-up exercises - neglected in earlier karate books - and continuing with the fundamental stances and techniques,

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Binding	Paperback
Publisher	Kodansha International
Country of Origin	USA
Number of Pages	128
Pubilcation Date	2000
Condition	New

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Karate Book
by Shigeru Egami
Paperback book
Karate Training
Great read

The Heart of Karate-Do Description

Beginning with the warming-up exercises - neglected in earlier karate books - and continuing with the fundamental stances and techniques, the student can learn to preserve that pliancy and flexibility and at the same time develop his natural strength, agility and coordination.
From the method presented in this book, the beginner can understand what it means to be calm of spirit but quick of mind. While actualizing the basic skills that lead to the confidence necessary to face any adversary, he will also develop the discipline that checks the misuse of such skills.
More advanced students, also, will find much of value here, for the author's practice of karate spans more than four decades, and he assesses both the changes in ways of training and in the way of thinking - as well as the significance of these changes. He shows the path leading to strengthening of body and mind and, thus, to harmony of mind and body.

SHIGERU EGAMI was president and chief instructor of the Shoto-kan of the Japan Karate-do Shoto-kai. Born in 1912 in Fukuoka Prefecture, he began practicing karate while a student at Waseda University, whose karate club he helped to establish. In 1937, he was appointed by Gichin Funakoshi to the Shoto-kan's committee for evaluation; after the Second World War he studied under Master Funakoshi and assisted him in teaching. Formerly manager of Waseda University's karate club and lecturer in physical education at the University he also taught karate at Gakushuin, Toho, and Chuo Universities and was active in establishing a number of karate organizations both in Japan and overseas. Among his books in English is Karate-do: For the Specialist.

'On the Back' of The Heart of Karate-Do

"Karate do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate."
GICHIN FUNAKOSHI
From Karate-dõ Kyohan: The Master Text
"The book is...an informed, historical study of Shöto-kan karate techniques.... Well-illustrated and clearly written, this study will be of interest to all serious students of karate."
- LIBRARY JOURNAL

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