"Much has been published in Japanese about the great karate master, Gichin Funakoshi, but this is the first translation in english of his autobiography. Written not long before his death at the age of ninety, he describes in succinct detail his own life - his childhood and young manhood in Okinawa, his struggle to refine and popularise the art of Karate, his prescription for longevity - and reveals his unique personality and his somewhat old-fashioned way of viewing himself, his world and his art."
Genshin Hironishi
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