The Inner Art of Karate: Cultivating the Budo Spirit in Your Practice by Kenji Tokitsu
	List Price:   $15.95 Unit Price:   $12.76 You Save:   $3.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   1590309499 ISBN-13:   9781590309490 Publisher:   Random House; Shambhala Publications Category:   Sports Pub. Date:   February 2012 Pages:   176 Format:   Paperback
Description/Notes
Martial Arts When practiced at the very highest level, the martial art of karate is budo, a path of self-cultivation and self-realization. InThe Inner Art of Karate, Kenji Tokitsu, a master martial artist and a scholar of the works of the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, explains the philosophy of karate as budo and looks deeply at the key concepts that are essential for developing a strategic mind. These concepts-distance and timing, rhythm, anticipation and intuition, and the cultivation of explosive but focused energy-are difficult to teach, but mastering them is the ultimate goal of any true martial artist. Tokitsu is a skillful teacher; he expertly guides the reader through these elusive ideas with clarity and a practical view. While this is an essential book for anyone who practices karate, the concepts that Kenji Tokitsu unpacks are absolutely fundamental for developing a strategic mind in any martial art.