"Sonny Leads" Original Manga

Get a signed copy of this fictional story when Richard Sensei first lived in Tokyo to learn karate!

This is the collector's comic-manga edition of Volume 1 with amazingly authentic illustrations by Japan's top karate artist, Kamobayashi Sensei.
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Author: Richard MosdellArtist: Genji Kamobayashi

Globalization Of Karate

"The evolution, expansion and uncertainty of a martial arts tradition from Okinawa to the Olympics."Written & signed by Richard Mosdell.

Prepare to dive into karate’s globalization journey from Far East obscurity to worldwide popularity. This isn’t just about Okinawan instructor-to-student lineages, but a comprehensive framework of how martial arts modernization fueled karate’s growth through cultural emergence, geopolitical dynamics, and even Olympic movement instability.

Initially supervised by the Sophia University Graduate Program in Global Studies in Tokyo, Japan, this research ultimately reveals the essence of karate, in part due to the author's in-country fieldwork that uncovered unique insights into karate’s developments from local dojos to the world championships.

Drawing on nearly forty years of experience, including a decade as the head coach of Tokyo's oldest competitive high school karate club, Richard Sensei provides every serious karate student a deeper appreciation of their training's origins and significance.