Recommended Reading

[zim]

I have noticed a few different books pop up in various discussions and I was curious if any consideration has been made about making a section for recommended readings about karate, budo, falling off the wagon, or any other material related to a karateka's journey.

Any recommendations? As Wado material is sparse and spread out over the last 40 years it would be great to have some reference for some of the highlights out there...

chris

[wadoka]

I can start some 'archive' or reference sections where we can save items like books, videos and other resources in such a way that they are not mixed in amongst all the chat.

[zim]

I defer to your expertise as far as implementation but I think there is a lot of material out there they could warrant discussion so the 'archive' idea sounds good...

chris

[Tim49]

I have noticed a few different books pop up in various discussions and I was curious if any consideration has been made about making a section for recommended readings about karate, budo, falling off the wagon, or any other material related to a karateka's journey.

Any recommendations? As Wado material is sparse and spread out over the last 40 years it would be great to have some reference for some of the highlights out there...

chris

If you haven't already discovered this book, even though it's not Wado specific I fully recommend "In the Dojo" Dave Lowry.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dojo-Rituals-Et ... 0834805723

Tim

[blackcat]

You could do a lot worse than start with this selection:

http://seinenkai.com/articles/swift/swift-tidbits1.html

There are 4 parts to this article on the early karate books, but the page numbers are easily missed - they are in the title block at the top of the page.

Ben

[zim]

thanks guys for the recommendations.

chris

[Gusei21]

Sensei Reg Kear

Great article!!!

[go rin no sho]

Sensei Ohgami´s new book "fem ringars bok" is definately worth reading.

Besides the general history of Musashi´s life in Japan, Musashi´s art is presented in the book.

But most importantly, it deals many of musashi´s principles in a wado context.

I think the price was very reasonable = 230 kronor


GRNS

[blackcat]

You can view the 1935 Karatedo Kyohan here:

http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/okinawa/d ... on1935.pdf

About 2/3rds the way through are the pictures of Otsuka partnering with Funakoshi and Shimoda.

Ben