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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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© 2012 Goran Powell

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Editor: Leslie Takao

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Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication

Powell, Goran, 1965-

Chojun : a novel / by Goran Powell. -- Wolfeboro, NH : YMAA Publication Center, c2012.

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ISBN: 978-1-59439-253-5 (pbk.) ; 978-1-59439-254-2 (ebk.)

Summary: When Kenichi Ota retires he decides to honor his own teacher, Chojun Miyagi, by writing his memoirs. As a young man Ota accompanied Miyagi to China searching for the meaning of karate. Upon their return to Okinawa, they learn the Japanese have just destroyed Pearl Harbor. Ota is conscripted as a runner to the Japanese general staff and finds himself in the epicenter of the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, Ota and Miyagi are forced to adapt to a new world order, to rebuild their island, and preserve Miyagi’s brand of karate.--Publisher.

1. Miyagi, Chojun--Fiction. 2. Karate--History--Fiction. 3. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Fiction. 4. Okinawa Island (Japan)--History--Fiction. 5. Americans--Japan--Okinawa Island--Fiction. 6. Historical fiction. 7. Martial arts fiction. I. Title.

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