No person is a perfect fighting machine. Some fighters are fast but weak, others strong but slow, and still others are fast and strong, but lack stamina. The programs of exercises in the following chapters are designed to strengthen weak areas.

The greatest benefit can be derived through following these programs of exercises systematically and consistently. It is the authors' experience that a program of weight training combined with stretching, non-weight resistent exercises and good nutrition can produce the greatest results.

Each exercise in the book has a specific name. Some of the names are common and others not so common. In order to avoid confusion, the first chapter deals with programs of exercises to obtain specific desired results. These exercises are illustrated in subsequent chapters with their application to a specific karate technique.

In order to acquaint yourself with the exercises in the book, it is advisable to read the whole book through several times to get an overall view of its content and decide wich program you wish to follow at the outset.

This book is a culmination of fighting arts passed down by the best warriors in history. The Chinese Shaolin Priests, the Okinawan Karate Masters and the Japanese Samurai.

American Kung-Fu teaches that turning the other cheek to those whose ways of life are set in strength and violence is wrong. Such a passive attitude encourages lawlessness and injustice. You must be able to overcome those who survive by intimidating others.

Format: 14,5 x 22,5 cm, 223 pages, softcover with numerous black-and-white photos.
Year of publication: 1974.
Condition: Cover slightly rubbed, but otherwise a very good and clean copy.