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Randall G. Hassell war der einzige westliche Journalist, dem Masatoshi Nakayama (10. Dan), der spätere Direktor der Japan Karate Association, ein ausführliches Interview gab. Ziel dieses Gesprächs war die Veröffentlichung in Buchform. Der Großmeister beschreibt hier seine Anfänge im Karate unter Anleitung von Gichin Funakoshi, dem Begründer des modernen Karate. Ausführlich spricht er über das moderne Karate: woher es kam, wo es steht und wohin es geht. Meister Nakayama hinterließ bei seinem Tode 1987 die JKA auf dem Zenit ihres Schaffens.

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