This production is filled with historical facts and personal biographies of the Okinawan Island of Karate Masters.  Miyagi Funakoshi, Kyan Motobu, Matsumura, and Chatan Yara are but a few of the names that Professor George Alexander has compiled in this work.  He includes comprehensive information that only a scholar of the Okinawan Martial Arts could divulge.  Professor Alexander is also the author of The Bubishi, The Japanese Martial Arts Dictionary, and over fifty DVD/video titles.