{"product_id":"best-karate-volume-5-heian-tekki-9781568364728","title":"Best Karate, Volume 5: Heian, Tekki","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMASATOSHI NAKAYAMA\u003c\/b\u003e carries on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshl, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987. A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate along scientific lines.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kodansha International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552739000594,"sku":"9781568364728","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3553405f-eaaf-4e3d-834d-5ae764a3196c.jpg?v=1754901769","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/best-karate-volume-5-heian-tekki-9781568364728","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}