Revised and re-edited second edition - approx. 1/3rd larger!
A comprehensive history of karate: its origins and changes over time from China to Okinawa to Japan and on to the Western World. Includes the most extensive lineage charts ever published, inter-relationships of the many styles and "Old Masters", their roots and methods. A very valuable resource for anyone interested in Karate, Ryukyu Kobudo of other Okinawan martial arts.

See the new "Karateka Keizu" lineage chart in the charts section.

28 pages of Genealogies; Chronology; Terminology.
Over 160 Photos and Illustrations.
500 pages.
ISBN: 0-910704-96-1