The Karate of Choki Motobu DVD by Chosei Motobu Yukiyoshi Marutani See the secrets of hand

See the secrets of hand and body conditioning used by the ancient Okinawa Karate masters to defeat armed Japanese samurai with their bare hands

The Hiden Mokuroku is the cornerstone of Daito Ryu

Contents: The history of Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu and a biography of its founder

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The Karate of Choki Motobu DVD by Chosei Motobu Yukiyoshi Marutani See the secrets of handProbably the event most responsible for the worldwide popularity of karate is Master Choki Motobu's defeat of a western boxer in 1925. Initially ridiculed by the audience at an "all comers" prizefight in Kyoto, Japan, laughter turned to stunned silence when the middle aged and rather portly Okinawan karate man knocked his strongly built young opponent unconscious within seconds. Karate became an overnight sensation, and the mainland Japanese embraced