The Inner Art of Karate
Cultivating the Budo Spirit in Your Practice
$40.07
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2012
Summary
Powerful, timeless insights into karate as a path of self-cultivation–from a master martial artist.
Budo, the way of the martial arts, is at heart a path of spiritual cultivation and self-realization whose aim is to develop a strategic mind that makes combat unnecessary. Kenji Tokitsu explains the philosophy of karate as budo and looks deeply at the key concepts that are essential for developing the budo mind in karate practice. These concepts are:
- Distance and timing
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590309490 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590309499 |
| Author: | Kenji Tokitsu, Sherab Chodzin Kohn |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 263g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Kenji Tokitsu
Kenji Tokitsu was born in Japan and began studying martial arts when he was a child. He has taught karate in Paris since 1971. In 1984 he founded the Shaolin-mon school, where he teaches a synthesis of the original combat arts of Japan and China. In 2001 he established the Tokitsuryu Academy to teach and promote his method. Tokitsu also holds doctorates in sociology and in Japanese language and civilization. He is the author of numerous books.
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