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In addition to providing technical and philosophical guidance for many years, Master Okazaki also read the manuscript and offered suggestions. Further help in that area was given by Glenn Rosenthal and my wife, Lucille, both of whom contributed greatly to the final product. My good friend Anthony Mirakian, foremost American expert on Goju-ryu karate, read the Okinawan section and provided valuable criticism in addition to his generous loan of many historical photographs.

Special thanks are due to Master Masatoshi Nakayama, Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Association, for generously permitting the use of his calligraphy.

I am also indebted to John Kandes and Lucille Rielly for help with the photography. John Baatz, Thomas Finnerty, and Glenn Rosenthal consented to pose for the illustrations of the special sparring drills and the kata.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Professors Ardath W. Burks and Donald T. Roden of Rutgers University who, through the course of long discussions, gave me valuable insights into the nature of the samurai class and its ethos.