Complete Karate

By J. Queen

Book Overview

"Students interested in karate will be eager to check out this book. Every page contains a sharp b & w photo of a karate technique, exercise movement, or stance. The accompanying text is clear enough to be understood by readers of varying abilities...useful for booktalks or displays of high-interest, low-ability titles....The illustrations picture children and young adults of all ages, both genders, and various races modeling wearing apparel, rituals, and skills."--The Book Report. Selected for the 1996 BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE by The New York Public Library. 192 pages, 407 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806986786
• ISBN13: 9780806986784
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 15 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great Book on Karate

I am a martial artist who believes like bruce lee did that you should study all the arts and not have one set form .Okinawan Karate being one of my arts I can truly say that this was a really good book. It gives you all of the basic stances, kicks, punches, and blocks. It also has many advanced techniques. But the book doesn't stop there. It goes on into nutrition, workouts, and stretches. Also, it includes sparring (kumite), tournaments, and forms (kata). I love this book.