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Average rating: 4.29 · 3,726 ratings · 238 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors

	Karate-Do: My Way of Life 4.24 avg rating — 2,353 ratings — published 1975 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master by Gichin Funakoshi, John Teramoto (Translator) 4.52 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text by Gichin Funakoshi, Tsutomu Ohshima (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text 4.22 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essence of Karate by Gichin Funakoshi, Gisho Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa (Foreword) 4.19 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To-Te Jitsu 4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karate-Do, mi camino: Autobiografía 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LA ESENCIA DEL KÁRATE 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karate-do 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants ”
― Gichin Funakoshi

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“Any man will be able, after sufficient practice, to accomplish remarkable feats of strength, but he may go only so far and no farther. There is a limit to human physical strength that no one can exceed.”
― Gichin Funakoshi, Karate-Do: My Way of Life

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“Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state”
― gichin funakoshi, The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master

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