Karate as the Art of Killing: A Study of Its Deadly Origins, Ideology of Peace, and the Techniques of Shito-Ry U

by Masayuki Shimabukuro and Leonard J. Pellman

This comprehensive overview of karate connects the dots between its philosophical and spiritual foundations with its original purpose: to kill an attacker swiftly--and brutally.

Prior to 1900, karate-dō was exclusively an art of unarmed self-defense. Its practice was designed for life-or-death situations--effectively, an art of killing. Here, authors Leonard Pellman and the late Masayuki Shimabukuro restore karate to its original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623176611
• ISBN13: 9781623176617
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Blue Snake Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 9.8"