Best Karate Book 5: Heian, Tekki by Masatoshi Nakayama Matt Lindland After learning the general applications

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Best Karate Book 5: Heian, Tekki by Masatoshi Nakayama Matt Lindland After learning the general applicationsKata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today. Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan. About the Author MASATOSHI NAKAYAMA carries on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshl, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at