This definitive volume is a systematic presentation of the art of traditional Japanese karate. An easily accessible manual illustrated with over 1000 photographs, Karate: The Art of „Empty-Hand” Fighting gives step-by-step explanations and thorough analyses of all the basic movements and techniques of karate. The authors stress that mastery of the basics is not the end, however, but merely a beginning. This book has inspired hundreds of thousands of karateka, and it remains one of the finest texts available on the technique, art, and spirit of karatedo.
