Traditional Karate-Do: Okinawa Goju Ryu : Applications of the Kata [Paperback]

Morio Higaonna (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Japan Pubns (January 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870405977
• ISBN-13: 978-0870405976
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,419,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent work, even WITH maddeningly small pictures !!!!, November 11, 1997

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J. Balbirnie ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Traditional Karate-Do: Okinawa Goju Ryu : Applications of the Kata (Paperback)

M. Higaonna's work is a high quality technical manual of an Okinawan Martial Art known as Goju-ryu Kara-te. Higaonna's book is one of a VERY few which are of sufficent quality that it COULD temporarily assist a practitioner (or someone merely curious re: Gojuryu Karate's technique (of a very popular exercise: Sanchin Kata) until a teacher can be found. The ONLY problem with the book is two fold. 90% of the book is photos, postage stamp sized photos ! Publishing Insanity !!! Secondly, the book is written in english, and yet at CRITICAL points in its description slips into Japanese. Un-necessary & poorly planned in this readers opinion.