Winning Tournament Karate
Winning Tournament Karate
Is an excellent book for People interested in learning more about traditional Karate. I think Chuck Norris has done an excellent job with this book. Ignore any bad reviews.
However I think there could have been a lot more to this book.
Mr Norris explains techniques very clearly and his combinations are excellent. Chuck Norris was a 6 times World Karate Champion so I am sure he can teach Karate to a very high standard. Anyone who doubts this should visit Chuck Norris Karate Academy in Texas. Buy the book you will learn a lot. I do hope Mr Norris writes more Karate Books & Maybe books on Bagwork Padwork Mixed Martial Arts and stretching. Chuck Norris holds a 10th Degree Blackbelt in Tang So Do and Tae Kwon Do as well as a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. And Mr Norris currently trains under Carlos Machado.

A Look into the Past
This book has some great drills for working out. Most of the drills for tournaments can be adapted to be updated to modern rules. This is a great look into the past of what tournaments used to be, to bad they have changed so much!

Good for what it offers
Martial arts books have come along ways since Chuck Norris penned this book in the mid 1970s. Nonetheless, there are still some good things in it that can motivate the reader to seek out more on the subject.

For example, there is Norris's red-line drill, which is still an excellent training method to push the karateka beyond what he thought was his top speed. He also touches briefly on mental imagery, which is arguably one of the top training methods used today by top athletes in virtually every sport. Lastly, Norris illustrates, with plenty of pictures, his concept of blitzing, that is, charging straight in and launching a hand or foot technique every half step or so.

This is still a good book worthy to be in every fighter's library.

Loren W. Christensen, author of FIGHTER'S FACT BOOK: Over 400 Concepts, Principles & Drills to Make You a Better Fighter

Little To Offer
This book, written by Chuck Norris in 1975, the year he retire from sport karate competition, has very little to offer the karate student. The book doesn't have much material in written information, but instead, relies on still photography to teach the karate student certian sport karate techniques, such as entry techniques and striking drills. Overall, the book is a very weak presentation on point fighting.

I highly admire Chuck Norris and if one would rather read books authored by him they should read "The Secret Power Within" or his autobiography. These books are informative and at times, insightful. If someone is looking for a good book on sport karate and how to improve their sparring skills, I highly recommend the superior book "American Freestyle Karate" by Dan Anderson.

THE BEST
I have read many karate, kung fu, and martial arts books. Most of them have been okay, but this book is the best one of them all. It tells you step-by-step on how to preform techniques. This is an excellent book for the intermediate and advanced students. I recomend it to anyone.