Karate's Supreme Ultimate: The Taikyoku Kata in Five Rings

by Patrick McDermott and Ferol Arce

Written by a White Belt and a Black Belt, this book contains the essence of Karate lore. Beginners will find all the basic concepts they'll need to get going. But it will also help higher ranks. As Master Funakoshi said, Taikyoku is a kata "of the most profound character and one to which, upon mastery of the art of karate, an expert will return to select it as the ultimate training kata." Taikyoku are used to introduce technique, but also the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595307477
• ISBN13: 9780595307470
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"