Karate Kata Heian 1 Tekki 1 Official Manual of the Japan Karate Association by Masatoshi Nakayama - 1972

Kodansha International, 1974-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1.0000 7.8000 5.1200.

Kodansha International, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tokyo and Palo Alto, California: Kodansha International Ltd., 1971. Third Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5 3/4" x 8. 140 Pages Indexed. This is the first book (orange) in the Karate Kata series, the Official Manual of the Japan Karate Association. The cover has a dust-jacket like flap with unclipped price $3.50. Each book in the series has a pictorial wrap-a-round cover with the top half having a unique identifiying color. Heian 1 Tekki 1 is orange, Tekki 2 Tekki 3 is yellow, Heian 2 Heian 3 is red, Heian 4 is green, Heian 5 is blue. The bottom half is black with black-and-white photographs of the author demonstrating six different martial arts stances. Each of these books has a pull-out with a top view of the numbered stances for that particular book. Kata are the formal exercises of karate, and they are the essence of this marital art. It is through the practice of these basic movements that the karateka (user) learns rhythm, coordination, balance, the principles of the application… Read More

Kodansha America, Inc, 1978-01. Hardcover. Good.

Kodansha International Ltd.. 1970. Softcover. UsedVeryGood. Softcover, with wrap-around cover flaps; stated first edition; light fading , light edge wear to exterior; fold-out chart offers a top view of Kata Hei an 1; very good condition with clean text, firm binding. This is the offici al manual of the Japan Karate Association. .