Shotokan's Secret: The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origins by Bruce D. Clayton
Shotokan's Secret: The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origins
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Bruce D. Clayton
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Shotokan's Secret: The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origins

Bruce D. Clayton

312 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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Learn how the hard-style karate that became shotokan took shape in 19th century Okinawa as an embattled king with an unarmed force of bodyguards faced an armed invasion from overseas. In this new 328-page book, author Bruce D. Clayton, Ph.D., uses...

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