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Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Funakoshi, Gichin

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ISBN
9781568364988
Book Title
Karate-Do : My Way of Life
Item Length
7.1in
Publisher
Kodansha America, Incorporated
Publication Year
2013
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.4in
Author
Gichin Funakoshi
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Topic
Martial Arts & Self-Defense
Item Width
4.5in
Item Weight
4.8 Oz
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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Linking the time when karate was a strictly Okinawan art of self-defense shrouded in the deepest secrecy and the present day, when it has become a martial art practiced throughout the world, is Gichin Funakoshi, the "Father of Karate-do." Out of modesty, he was reluctant to write this autobiography and did not do so until he was nearly ninety years of age. Trained in the Confucian classics, he was a schoolteacher early in life, but after decades of study under the foremost masters, he gave up his livelihood to devote the rest of his life to the propagation of the Way of Karate. Under his guidance, techniques and nomenclature were refined and modernized, the spiritual essence was brought to the fore, and karate evolved into a true martial art. Various forms of empty-hand techniques have been practiced in Okinawa for centuries, but due to the lack of historical records, fancy often masquerades as fact. In telling of his own famous teachers--and not only of their mastery of technique but of the way they acted in critical situations--the author reveals what true karate is. The stories he tells about himself are no less instructive: his determination to continue the art, after having started it to improve his health; his perseverance in the face of difficulties, even of poverty; his strict observance of the way of life of the samurai; and the spirit of self-reliance that he carried into an old age kept healthy by his practice of Karate-do.

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Publisher
Kodansha America, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1568364989
ISBN-13
9781568364988
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Karate-Do : My Way of Life
Author
Gichin Funakoshi
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Martial Arts & Self-Defense
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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Item Length
7.1in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
4.5in
Item Weight
4.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Dewey Decimal
796.8/153/092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
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