Karate made simple 4
Subtitle: Karate origins and expansion
By: Maiko Nakashima with the Japan Karate Federation
Series: Karate made simple
Publisher: Oliver Press, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781934545164
Subjects: Karate; Juvenile literature
Other titles: Karate origins and expansion
Description: This introduction to karate describes its origin on a small island near Japan, where peasants needed to defend themselves, and its rapid growth throughout the world. Text adapted with the Japan Karate Federation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: The beginnings of Karate; title: Expansion to the universities; title: Expansion and competition; title: Japan Karate Federation; title: Karate in schools; title: From Japan to the world; title: International Karate; title: Japanese tournaments; title: International tournaments; title: Aiming for the Olympics; title: Famous people from Karate history; title: Chronology of Karate.