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Valn
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Aug 2001
Posts: 117
Location: Tampa, FL
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At the moment I own the series "Best karate" by Nakayam and "Dynamic karate" by Nakayama.
Is there some better books which are worthy of buying? |
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Goose
Yellow Belt
Joined: 13 Jul 2001
Posts: 90
Location: Leeds, England
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Hi Valn,
My Sensei (Karateronin) tells me that M. Nakayama's books are excellent, he also recommends that the Beginners Guide to Shotokan Karate: Beginners to Black Belt by John Van Weenen should be read by all of his students, which I find in itself is an excellent read.
I suppose, that it all boils down to what you are looking for.  
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Valn
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Aug 2001
Posts: 117
Location: Tampa, FL
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2001 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Hey Goose,
Thanks I'll definitely look for that book.
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Karateka_latino
Black Belt
Joined: 21 Jun 2001
Posts: 1299
Location: Panama city, Panama
Styles: Goju-Ryu Karate do; Kung Fu.
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maybe you can look this titles:
KARATE DO KYOHAN: THE MASTER TEXT.
KARATE DO MY WAY
KARATE DO NYUMON: THE MASTER INTRODUCTORY TEXT.
All Three By: GICHIN FUNAKOSHI, The founder of the Shotokan karate style.
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Bobby
Yellow Belt
Joined: 27 May 2002
Posts: 40
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Kanazawa writes good books!!!! he has them on kumite and kata!  |
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G95champ
Black Belt
Joined: 29 Mar 2002
Posts: 3116
Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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A guy named Bell writes a book called Complete Shotokan that I love. I use it and the G. Funakoshi books as my main text. However like the others have pointed out there are many great books out there on Shotokan.
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Gloi
Blue Belt
Joined: 15 Nov 2001
Posts: 253
Location: England
Styles: 1st dan Shotokan, 1st kup TKD
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SaiFightsMS
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Joined: 28 Oct 2001
Posts: 6397
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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Gloi good to see you. Have you been having lots of good weather for the horse?
Just to keep part of this post in the thread have one of the Kanazawa books that is fairly interesting.
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Bitseach
Green Belt
Joined: 01 Apr 2002
Posts: 354
Location: London UK
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Hi there,
I can only agree with all of the above!
You can't really get better than Funakoshi's books, and the Nakayama series. I also recommend "Karate GRappling Methods" by Ian Abernethy (?), which is WELL worth a read for practical applications of katas! Many you'd never have thought of!
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hobbitbob
Purple Belt
Joined: 15 Jun 2002
Posts: 545
Location: Denver
Styles: 3d dan Shotokan, 2d dan Wado Ryu, 1st dan Taekwondo, 1st dan Aikido
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I just read Darryl Craig's "Shihan Te" which is about Bunkai and Oyo and the differences between them. It's quite good, and definitely thought provoking!
Andrew Bowerbank's "the Spirit of Karate-do" is also wonderful. It's about Massaami tsuruoka of Toronto's theories of training. He's a Chito Ryu stylist who now teaches Shotokan. |
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