{"product_id":"black-belt-karate-the-intensive-course","title":"Black Belt Karate: The Intensive Course","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Black Belt Karate, Hirokazu Kanazawa, the most respected figure in the karate world, offers a systematic approach to basic karate, and provides an intensive training course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarate is a martial art that can be practiced by anyone, regardless of age or gender, and can be undertaken at any time during a person’s life. The training system employed in karate comprises three main areas: kihon (basics), kumite (sparring), and kata (forms).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing meticulously detailed explanations and illustrative photos, Kanazawa provides readers with an intensive self-study training course designed to be accessible to beginners, as well as to those already at an intermediate level. If practiced continuously and diligently over the course of a year, a practitioner will be able to attain black-belt-level proficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Black Belt Karate:\u003cbr\u003e\"By following each and every page of this book as if receiving instruction directly from Mr. Kanazawa, I believe that over time, with careful practice, gaining proficiency is all but guaranteed. For anyone setting out to master karate-do, you hold in your hands a fine book indeed.\"—The late Masatoshi Nakayama, former chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association and author of Kodansha’s Best Karate series\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986141085976,"sku":"9781568365039","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/8203\/8296\/files\/9781568365039.jpg?v=1776955372","url":"https:\/\/lushenabooksinc.com\/products\/black-belt-karate-the-intensive-course","provider":"Lushena","version":"1.0","type":"link"}