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Karate-do
Nyumon: The Master Introductory Test by Gichin Funakoshi
First published
in Japan 1943. Historical information of the teachers of Funakoshi
the founder of Shotokan. Insites into the karate of Okinawa, power
generation and the correction of fundermentals. |
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Karate-Do:
My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
Gichin Funakoshi
has often been credited with the popularization of karate in Japan.
He was trained, however, in the "old style" during his childhood
on Okinawa. This book affords the reader a glimpse of what type
of person that training produced |
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The
Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of
the Master by Gichin Funakoshi
Gichin
Funakoshi, said that the ultimate aim of karate lies not in
victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of
its participants. These are his legendary twenty principles.
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Notes on Training by Tsutomu Ohshima
There
are no photo-instruction sequences in this book instead this gives
insight into his memories of Gichin Funakoshi, gives a plethora
of information about the kata, basics, strategy, focus, evading,
break falling, fighting and many of the concepts of Shotokan.
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