Product Description
A full exposition of the original form of karate, as developed by the Okinawan masters, is contained in this text. The fundamental and advanced moves are explained and illustrated and a guide to the undiluted and uncompromised character of this unique form is presented.
About the Author
Kiyoshi Arakaki was born in 1954 in Okinawa, Japan, the "birthplace of karate." Surrounded by highly skilled martial artists, including his father and uncle, he began his training very early. By the age of 13, he was a serious pupil of karate. He studied under a number of great masters, including Shoshin Nagamine, a 10th-degree black belt and founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu. While learning his art, Arakaki visited a number of old masters in Okinawa to learn their karate secrets. He is now a 7th-degree black belt and a member of the World Karate Hall of Fame.
He came to the United States in 1977 and opened his own dojo in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1982. He combined bare-knuckle full-contact fighting methods with Koshiki fighting techniques to create his own style, Muso-Kai Karate. He has also trained and competed in Muay-Thai kickboxing in Thailand.
He is currently Founder and President of Okinawa Karate-Do Muso-Kai and American Koshiki Karate Organization. He has written a history of karate for a Japanese monthly karate magazine and has also authored numerous best-selling books on the subject. This is his first book on karate in English.
