Kata and the Transmission of Knowledge: In Traditional Martial Arts

by Michael Rosenbaum

Book Overview

All too frequently, martial arts practitioners study their art without truly understanding where it comes from, how it was developed, and why it was created in the first place. Indeed, many don't care - and if you feel this way, you should put this book down. For the rest of us, who have taken our art beyond tournaments, it is reasonable to expect that we want to uncover the past. We want to understand the where, why and how of martial art development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594390266
• ISBN13: 9781594390265
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"