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•A
genuine limited
collector's edition, that will not be available in stores, from
dealers, or on the internet.
•Museum
quality, hard bound book printed on the finest coated paper by an English
press founded in1756.
•Lavishly
illustrated with hundreds of rare karate photographs, many never previously
published.
•Includes
complete sequences of kata photos of famous masters from as early as
the 1950s.
•Covers
all major styles of karate and their most prominent exponents.
•Features
all the latest research results, including the Choki Motobu revelations.
•An
investment in knowledge and literature. Second hand copies of the author's
last book sell for as much as ten times the original retail
price!
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NEW
BOOK by HARRY COOK, B.A.
Karate
Chronicles
The History of Okinawan and Japanese Karate
by Harry Cook
We
are pleased to announce that a work from the pen of karate's master historian
Harry Cook, author of the landmark volume Shotokan
Karate - A precise History, is in production with an expected release
date of Fall/Winter 2007 - 2008.
Karate Chronicles - The History of Karate In Okinawa
& Japan is a lavishly illustrated record of the development of karate
from its birth in China to the present day. A painstakingly researched,
historically accurate account written in the author's own inimitable style.
Harry
Cook is able to write precise history as an engaging narrative that takes
his readers back through the years as it brings to life the long dead masters
of karate. And what an interesting group they are:
Choki
Motobu, the man who made the previously secret art of karate public
by beating a professional boxer less than half his age in a prize fight;
Chojun
Miyagi, who would tear raw meat into strips with his fingers as he
cooked;
Chotoku
Kyan, the tiny fighter who humiliated a young judo champion;
Go
Ken Ki, the link between Okinawa and China in karate's golden age;
Kenwa Mabuni, who combined two major styles to create Shito Ryu; Gichin
Funakoshi, founder of the "modern" karate movement; Kanbun Uechi who, haunted
by an accidental death, refused to teach karate for more than twenty years.
Karate
Chronicles - The History of Karate In Okinawa & Japan covers all
major styles and their most prominent exponents. Uniquely it includes a
genealogy of each school of karate so the reader can trace his own style
back to its formation through his or her own instructors, and by doing so,
more fully understand its underlying concepts and philosophy.
This
is a genuinely private, limited edition that will not be on sale in bookstores, through book dealers, or off the internet. Customers are urged to reserve their copy early or be
disappointed as were so many who left it to the last moment to order this
author's last book, Shotokan Karate - A Precise History, only to find it
was sold out, and only available secondhand at up to ten times the original retail price!.
Karate Chronicles
The History of Karate In Okinawa & Japan
Hardback Collector's Edition............$100.
Reserve your copy on-line or call 1 (800) 717-6288
(Your card will not be charged until the book
is shipped)
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