Genwa Nakasone, between stints as a
schoolteacher and a politician, was an editor and publisher of
books on karate and martial arts, among them Karate-do Taikan, a
ground-breaking compendium of karate texts and documents. Born in
Okinawa, he was an early supporter of Funakoshi, and in an ideal
position to compile accurate annotations of the master's twenty
principles.
