Karate for Beginners

Great karate champions generally have one factor in common: they have trained with some of the best instructors in the world. Now you can learn the basic fundamentals essential to success in the sport from one of the greatest karate superstars of our time. Karate for Beginners gives karate novices those techniques which serve as the foundation for all successful karate instruction--flexibility, punching, and kicking. All of the training techniques shown in this readable and effective manual are fully illustrated with step-by-step photographs emphasizing proper body positions, postures, and movements. Keith Vitali is one of the best-known karate champions in the world. A three-time national point champion, he has won every point karate title there has been to win. He was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame and is an instructor at the world-famous Joe Corley Studios. Kent Mitchell holds a black belt in karate and is a sportswriter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.