Mastering Karate: The Authoritative, Essential Guide to the Art of Unarmed Self-Defense by the World-famed Karate Champion and Teacher

by Masutatsu Oyama, Masutatsu Oyama

Good Soft cover Putnam Pub Group (Paper). Good. Soft cover. 1966.

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1966

About the author

Masutatsu Oyama (大山 倍達 Ōyama Masutatsu, July 27th, 1923 – April 26, 1994), more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a karate master who founded Kyokushinkai Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. He was born Choi Yeong-eui (Korean: 최영의 in Korea, Hanja: 崔永宜). A Zainichi Korean, he spent most of his life living in Japan and acquired Japanese citizenship in 1964. He is an alumnus of Waseda University in Japan.