The fascinating true story of the author's journey from the first day of karate training to achieving 3rd degree black belt in Japan. Written by the world's highest-ranking, non-Japanese, JKA master instructor.

Spirit of the Empty Hand

Schmidt, Stan

Sports & Outdoors

Damashi Pubns

Shotokan Karate: Its History and Evolution

Randall G. Hassell

Miscellaneous

New Students in Karate: The First Three Months

Merlin T. Taylor

Karate is not only a means of self-defense; it is also a sport and philosophy, a way of Life. This book examines each of these aspects and explains why educators and parents are becoming intrested in this book as an educational tool.

Karate Ideals

Hassell, Randall G.

Individual Sports

The first comprehensive written history of Shotokan karate in any language! In this completely revised edition of the classic bestseller, Randall G. Hassell covers recent developments in the art of Shotokan Karate-do. Rare and never-before-published photos complement everything from the Okinawan roots of karate to the JKA in Japan and the United States, American karate organizations, and the current state of karate. Also in this edition: A chronology of Shotokan Karate, the origins of all Shotokan kata, a genealogy of traditional karate, and much more.

Shotokan Karate : Its History and Evolution

An illustrated guide to the basic techniques and philosophy of karate training. Includes basics, combinations, sparring, and kata Heian Shodan and Heian Nidan.

Karate Training Guide: Foundations of Training

Whether you're beginning your karate training or an experienced  instructor looking for a comprehensive sourcebook, this book will show  you everything you need to know to practice and study the first nine  formal exercises of Shotokan-style karate. Includes complete, simple,  move-by-move instructions of beginner through brown belt kata: Heian  Shodan through Godan, Tekki Shodan through Sandan, and Bassai Dai, PLUS  detailed analysis of selected moves.

Karate Training Guide: Kata Heian, Tekki, Bassai

The biography of Osamu Ozawa, the most senior Shotokan instructor in the Western world. Follow Ozawa's remarkable story, from his samurai upbringing, to crashing as a kamikaze pilot, to his run as the most successful TV director in Japan; from his rise to riches and decline into poverty, to his final triumph as a karate master. Features Ozawa's remembrances of the many influential people he's encountered including the world's greatest karate masters like Gichin Funakoshi and Kenwa Mabuni and Hollywood stars like Frank Sinatra and Rita Moreno, plus much more!

Samurai Journey

Ozawa, Osamu

The autobiography of the world's highest-ranking, non-Japanese, JKA master. Re-live with Stan Schmidt almost 40 years of karate trainingmuch of it in Japan! Share the insights he has gained from his experiences in the famous JKA Instructors Class in Tokyo, competing against Japan's elite competitors, teaching in his native South Africa, and more! Also, read about his experiences performing in several famous martial arts movies and see 16 pages of remarkable photos from Schmidt's personal collection.

Meeting Myself : Beyond Spirit of the Empty Hand

Utilizing over 330 photographs, Bunkai, for the first time in publishing history, allows a continuous visualization of an opponent during an enitre kata, without missing OR overlapping motions in the kata sequence. This volume covers all three traditional karate Tekki kata: Tekki Shodan, Tekki Nidan, and Tekki Sandan. In this book, Dr. Schmeisser brings the Tekki kata of the Shotokan style to life as they have never been seen before! The author, a 7th degree black belt and Kyoshi of the International Society of Okinawan/Japanese Karate-do, is a renowned pioneer in the analysis and application of karate kata. His first book, Advanced Karate-do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods, a bestseller in the martial arts community, has just been completely revised and re-issued.

'Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata Volume 1: The Tekki Series

Schmeisser, Elmar T.

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