{"product_id":"what-is-your-karate-01-ademir-da-costa-9798191103792","title":"What Is Your KARATE? 01 featuring Ademir Da Costa: English Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Is Your KARATE?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTradition or innovation?\u003cbr\u003eMartial art or sport?\u003cbr\u003ePoint fighting or full contact?\u003cbr\u003eKata or kumite?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarate practitioners may form the same fist and bow with the same respect, yet see entirely different worlds. Karate is known by a single name-but it has never been only one thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why this question must be asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross nations. Across styles and organizations. Across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA journey through the world of KARATE begins here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first voice belongs to Ademir da Costa, a legendary figure in Brazilian karate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBullied and isolated as a boy, Ademir turned to karate in search of a way forward. He devoted himself to the art, becoming Brazilian and South American champion before crossing the ocean to compete in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, he faced some of the greatest fighters in Kyokushin history: Makoto Nakamura, Shokei Matsui, Kenji Yamaki, Michel Wedel, and Andy Hug.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdemir speaks openly about life as an uchi-deshi in Japan, the All Japan Championship and World Championships, his conflicts as a competitor, why he retired, his painful departure from Kyokushin, and his new beginning as an instructor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Brazilian karate style he helped forge would later be carried forward by fighters such as Francisco Filho and Glaube Feitosa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross twelve chapters and more than one hundred pages, Ademir reveals the loneliness, sacrifice, doubt, pride, defeat, and life-changing decisions behind his victories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can karate transform a human life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the universal question at the heart of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Brazil, the journey expands across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertrand Kron, a French karate master and doctor exploring martial arts biomechanics. David Gottschalk, a former member of the German Armed Forces who now works as an airport firefighter. Angus Kwong, born in Hong Kong and continuing his exploration of martial arts in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShinji Matsuda, who left Japan for the United States as a teenager and devoted his life to teaching karate. Emmanuel Robert, a karateka who embodies the principle of living with strength. And Takuma Koketsu, a Kyokushin Union world champion and leading voice in the global karate community, with more than 120,000 YouTube subscribers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey come from different styles, organizations, countries, and lives. Yet each is asked the same questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did you begin karate?\u003cbr\u003eWho shaped your journey, and what did they teach you?\u003cbr\u003eWhat are your favorite techniques?\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever wanted to walk away from karate?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is needed to carry karate into the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd finally: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Is Your KARATE?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more deeply we encounter another person's karate, the more our understanding of our own begins to shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers no single correct answer. It offers the KARATE of each individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, Dr. Takuya Futaesaku, is a Japanese sports doctor and the originator of Fightology-combat sports medicine. His career has crossed styles, organizations, and national borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis book Words of Budo reached No. 1 in karate and martial arts categories on Amazon in France, Canada, and Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis series records the words of karate practitioners around the world as testimonies of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a technical manual. Nor is it a heroic tale written simply to celebrate champions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a record of people who have lived through karate-and a book that invites every reader to reconsider their own KARATE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you reach the final page, one question will remain: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Is My KARATE?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond styles.\u003cbr\u003eBeyond nations.\u003cbr\u003eBeyond generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo pass the culture of karate on to those who come next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor everyone who loves karate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of a journey without end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ademir Da Costa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798191103792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Ademir Da Costa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174525935871,"sku":"9798191103792","price":19.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-your-karate-01-ademir-da-costa-9798191103792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}