Best Karate, Vol.5: Heian, Tekki

ISBN-13:	9781568364728
Publisher:	Kodansha USA
Publication date:	11/30/2012
Series:	Best Karate Series , #5
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	129,718
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)

Kata, 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. Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.