Secrets of Chinese Karate

As someone who has trained in oriental Martial arts, I highly recommend this book. The techniques, training exercises and illustrations in this book are on point. My only real gripe about the American Kenpo system, is that it has an identity crisis. Some of the phrasing is wrong and they can't decide whether they're Chinese or Japanese. But that is my only gripe.

A great book. I had loaned my original one to a friend which came with a yellow cover and never got it back. This book is very informative and well written. Most people don’t know but it was the historical backdrop used for the old kung fu series starring David Carradine

This book is one of the first, if not the first martial arts book written by Ed Parker. Anyone who is a student of American Kenpo Karate and interested in the way Ed Parker thought before he fully evolved Kenpo Karate should get this book. The book itself is valid as a standalone book on martial arts, but I found the greatest value for me personally was to understand how Ed Parker regarded his art and martial arts in general at this early stage in his martial arts life. I have the highest regard for Ed Parker, but I think some of his views expressed in this book would have changed by the time American Kenpo Karate was developed to the stage where he wrote his Infinite Insight books.

I have wanted this Ed Parker book for some time and it was worth the wait. Found at a great price and excellent condition.

Interesting book by master Parker , but would havePreferred photos to drawings .

Chinkuchi was not explained and it should have been.

Fast shipping great item and price.

Arrived on time, exactly what my daughter needed for her upcoming black belt exam.

lost my original hard back copy years ago.i love its drawings of stances & forms

A good read for any martial art student interested in the history of Karate. A pity he did not write more on the influence of Chinese Kungfu, wushu. on most of today's martial arts.