Dynamic karate instruction by the master

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nakayama, Masatoshi
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1986, c1966.
Edition:1st paperback ed.
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Item Description:Translation of: Karatedo shinkyotel.
Physical Description:308 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:0870117882 (pbk.)
Author Notes:MASATOSHI NAKAYAMA carried on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshi, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987, A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate as a sport along scientific lines.