Second edition:
- foreword by Vic Hargitt, shihan
- 6" x 9", 152 pages
- 72 illustrations
- extensive references

Available only by print-on-demand and as an e-book.

Amazon's major marketplaces
Draft2Digital - pending
Lulu - future listing

DANCING IN THE EMPTY / OPEN OF HAND
Second Edition, 2024

Inside kara-te is a dance, an endlessly flowing place of harmony, joy, and easy smiles. It is in every joint and fibre of the body, whether moving or still, in the unified body-mind-spirit, and it extends to everything one does. It is the kara-te way, which is also the Okinawan way.

My kara-te studies have focused on understanding this dance: what it is, how to pull it together, how to teach it, how it developed, what makes it unique in the world, and how to live it.

While kara-te students must master the dance if they are to to master the art, little is written about it. This offering – from nearly 30 years of study – is a thank you for the gifts of the inner kara-te dance and the dedication of my teacher to it.

To see my karate artwork --abstractions, including the cover of this book--
click here.