Beginning readers can learn all about what happens at karate class in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read with sweet text and photographs of young martial artists-in-training!.
Mixed martial arts includes karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, grappling, wrestling, judo, and other combat sports. Readers learn what it takes to enter the ring of an MMA bout.
Michael Clarke was a street fighter; an angry, vicious kid. He grew up in the late sixties and early seventies in a rough neighborhood in Manchester, England. He left school at fifteen and began life as a street brawler, eventually ending up in jail. After his release, more trouble followed. Then one night he entered a karate dojo and his life changed forever.
Marvin, a dorky eight-year-old who takes karate to try and be cool, enters a competition and learns he will be competing against Tokiko, a nine-year-old with great skills and on whom he has a crush.
Geronimo Stilton gets caught up in the World Karate Championships, thanks to the efforts of Bruce Hyena and Piccolo Tao, Bruce?s super-sporty cousin. Geronimo only has a week to become real champion material! Will Geronimo manage to overcome his fears in order to win the competition?.
Describes the origins and history, philosophy, and techniques of karate, features step-by-step illustrations of karate moves, and includes tips on clothing and equipment, as well as a glossary.
