Traditional Kyokushin Karate: Budo & Knockdown Fighting

‘Traditional Kyokushin Karate: Budo & Knockdown Fighting’ by Sensei Piotr Szeligowski 4th Dan is a ground breaking, multi-disciplinary survey of karate as a form of martial arts combined with top performance sports theories. This engaging manual also presents a proprietary championship training program that was developed by the author. Sensei Szeligowski' book is a first of its kind work ever published on the martial arts’ competitive fighting market. The book showcases a unique, easy-to-read combination of Budo karate tradition with an application of sports theory and methodology to this discipline of martial arts. Additionally, it features over a hundred pages of photos depicting kata forms, highly effective self-defense techniques. It provides an in-depth study of sport psychology principles, complete fitness conditioning and nutrition program, injury prevention and first aid procedures, as well as, an interview with the author.