Jim Butin

Broschiertes Buch

Karate Stories: From the Blood and Guts Era of Tournament Karate

Beschreibung

This book reflects on those years of the tough "blood and guts" era of sport tournament Karate. I reflect on my successful career as a tournament fighter in the United States, Europe, and Korea. I got to know and fight those Martial Art stars that I admired. There were not many books out in the world concerning karate, but I bought all that I could find. I enjoyed my 30 plus years of karate tournament competition and I would not trade anything for the experiences that I have had. I have never looked back or thought that I should have competed more. When I walked away, I felt like I had so much valuable information to share with followers of this amazing sport.

Autor

Jim Butin is recognized as a tenth degree Black Belt by both the World Martial Arts Ranking Association and the American Karate Black Belt Association. He owns and operates National Karate and Tae Kwon Do, in Oklahoma City. After making Black Belt in June of 1968, Jim competed in and won every major tournament that was prevalent in the Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas area. He has won over 150 awards, all in fighting divisions. >Besides competing and winning the silver medal in the first World TKD Championships in Seoul, Korea in 1973, Jim also competed in Europe in 1974 with another famous U.S. team, which included Joe Lewis, Jeff Smith, Howard Jackson, and Bill Wallace, against Germany, and the Netherlands. The team was undefeated in six separate contests. Jim is also a history general for the Sport Karate Museum. Jim ran a successful and profitable karate school for 47 years. He felt like he owed it to other schools, whether established or new, to share his experiences as both a competitor and a school owner.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 91g
• ISBN-13: 9781667845494
• ISBN-10: 1667845497
• Artikelnr.: 64054183