Following an automobile accident in which her neck is broken, a teenage karate champion begins a long and painful recovery with the help of her family.
Kevin is so involved in karate he does not have time for anything, including his friends, but then Katie turns into him during his big karate competition.
The reader's decisions control the course of an adventure in Japan, in which mysterious figures wearing black medieval armor attack the participants in a karate competition.
A young girl describes her experiences in learning beginning karate techniques including stances, blocking, punching, kicking, and basic kata movements.
Cole Richards, in his fourth year of karate training, is preparing for the test that will move him to the next belt level when his dojo announces a "create-your-own-kata" contest, and between trying to decide which competition to enter, and dealing with tensions with peers and friends, Cole begins to get too stressed.
Photographs and text introduce the art and sport of karate, covering stances, punches, kicks, blocks, counters, and the performance of two katas, or karate forms.
