Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text
by Gichin Funakoshi
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870118196
- ISBN 13
- 9780870118197
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Tokyo/NY: Kodansha International, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 119 pages, b&w illustrations. Karate-do Nyumon literally means a passage through the gates of the Karate way--in other words, an introduction to the world of Karate. Karate-do Nyumon is the result of Master Funakoshi's wish to clarify Karate thought and practice for those who know nothing about it. It comprises unpublished writings from the years before his death in 1957, together with simplified kata--sequences of movements--synthesized by Funakoshi from the traditional Okinawa Karate-do kata, for beginners.Master Funakoshi begins by exploding some of the myths of Karate- "Karate-do is a noble martial art, and the reader can rest assured that those who take pride in breaking boards or smashing tiles, or who boast of being able to perform outlandish feats like stripping flesh or plucking out ribs, really know nothing about karate. They are playing around in the leaves and branches of a great tree, without the slightest concept of the trunk." Clean copy. Record # 383998
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 383998
- Title
- Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text
- Author
- Gichin Funakoshi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0870118196
- ISBN 13
- 9780870118197
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo/NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Sports, Martial, , .
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