Traditional Karate-Do: Okinawa Goju Ryu Book 1: The Fundamental Techniques by Morio Higaonna (Preowned)

Chapters: 
1 Roots of Karate
2 Cultural exchange between Okinawa & China
3 Founding of Goju Ryu Karate: Naha-Te
4 Beginning of Goju Ryu & its development
5 Lineage of Goju Ryu
6 Preliminary knowledge & exercises
7 Supplementary exercises
8 Fundamental techniques
9 Training of the forearms
10 The fundamental kata Sanchin

About the Author:

Morio Higaonna was born in 1938 in Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture. He began practicing karate when he was 14 years old at his junior high school. At the age of 15, in 1953, he became the student of An'ichi Miyagi, a student of Master Chojun Miyagi, the founder of Goju Ryu Karatedo. From this stage on Morio Higaonna dedicated himself to the training and practicing of Goju Ryu Karatedo. After having been taught by good instructors, his fascination with karate led him to devote his entire life to the enrichment of the spiritual depth and virtue of karate.
In 1960 Higaonna sensei entered Takushoku University in Tokyo. He began his training at the Yoyogi Dojo, however he was simultaneously engaged as an instructor (sensei) there teaching four classes a day totaling 1,000 students. Higaonna sensei taught at Yoyogi Dojo until May of 1981. During this time he established the International Okinawa Goju Ryu Karatedo Federation (IOGKF) which has trained over 20,000 students in 21 countries up to the present. Higaonna sensei is respected throughout the world as a "Master of Karate"', a master who is born only once every 50 years.

172 pages

Language: English

Printed in 1985