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The worlds greatest karate master reveals his philosophy and technique for practicing one of the worlds greatest martial arts. Il karate, codice guerriero giapponese, ha suscitato linteresse di tutto il mondo ed e considerato una delle arti marziali piu efficaci e spettacolari mai concepite dalluomo. Founder of the kyokushin style and generally one of the toughest men. The godhand, champion of death, fighter in the wind painting by t. Masutatsu oyama, oyama masutatsu, born choi yeongeui hangul. Dj is 99% present, but quite edgeworn with a halfinch square chunk missing from the rear panel near the top of the spine, and a number of tears, the largest about 2, some taperepaired from the inside.
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