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You are reminded that even mastery of what is contained in this text' will not make you invincible in personal encounters, and that mere reading with one or two rehearsals of each response in this book will not produce effective results.

The authors are indebted to the Japan Karate Association, Tokyo, Japan, for the use of their facilities, and hereby acknowledge with pleasure the assistance of those members and officials who have made this book possible. Additional thanks are due to Kazuo Obata, whose excellent photographic skills have contributed greatly towards the easy readability of this book; to for her posing as the "victim"; and to George Hoff, a student of combative arts, whose realistic posing for the "assailant" part of this text is highly professional.

PREFACE

KARATE is a martial art developed by people who were prohibited the use of weapons, thus making it a defensive art When one is attacked, the empty hands (which the word karate implies) are quite sufficient to defend oneself if one is highly skilled in the art However, to become highly skilled takes exacting discipline, both mental and physical. The main purpose of this series of six books is to avoid the advanced techniques of karate which require many years of study and instead to describe simplified karate technique as easy-to-learn responses to typical self-defense situations.