Karate has become, over the last 60 years, more and more technical and less effective. This book goes back to the essentials of self-defense. No "shopping list" containing hundreds of techniques, spinning kicks, kata after kata, etc. Raw basics that work if you ever need to use them. Prof. Dan Anderson has revised his karate curriculum to reflect the need for honest and workable karate techniques. Your karate skills should give you an edge in a street altercation. This book reflects that viewpoint.