The Oracles of Perception

About the Book

The Oracles of Perception is the second book of three stories that provides a synthesis of Shotokan Karate-do ethos, mystical adventure, and love. It is a lesson in the triumph of justice over the unjust through the persistence of mind, body, and spirit.  From the first book, etched with historical Japanese culture and guided imagery, a setting for the second book projects two young adults into a surreal search for answers in modern Japan and America. Interwoven in the moments of drama is a tour through the two countries that continues to excite the senses of imagination.

About the Author

Richard Gould graduated from Washington High School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. During his enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps he served in Korea, Okinawa, Phillipine Islands, Formosa and Japan. While in Japan he began to study Shotokan Karate at the age of eighteen. After returning to South Dakota he completed a National Apprentice Electricians Program. He and his wife Ronna graduated from South Dakota State University with degrees in education. After teaching high school and Dakota State University he accepted an administrative position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Indian Education. He retired in 2004.

In 1983 he founded the American Shotokan Karate Federation. He continues to teach Shotokan Karate at South Dakota State University, international seminars, and students throughout the United States. In the past forty-five years he has prepared outlines of training and lesson plans into a manual for teaching traditional Shotokan Karate. It was completed in 2005.