by Pierre Blot, Christophe Heymann, Maria da Conceição Jordão · Editorial Estampa · tapa dura · ISBN 9789723314311
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«O Karaté» is the karate guide by Pierre Blot, Christophe Heymann and Maria da Conceição Jordão, published by Estampa in hardback (152 pages, in Portuguese).
The term karate means «empty hand» in Japanese and designates a combat art with bare hands. The work covers the tradition of this martial art, explains its technical foundations and addresses the path to competition. It includes illustrated exercises to support training and progress to an advanced level.
The work's subtitle, «A tradição, a técnica, a competição», appears on the cover; it is written in Portuguese and was published by Editorial Estampa in 1999.
Recommended for young people of both sexes who want to take up karate or improve their technique for competition.
