Hi all, I'm undertaking an attempt to try and compile as much information as I can on Karate and the practical use of it's Techniques, Methods and Kata.
As such I'm looking for some VERY recommended reading in order to get my mind jogging, and I figured this forum would be the best place to start looking around and asking questions.
At the moment I'm using the following Books:
Mario McKenna's translations of : An Overview of Karatedo, Karate Kempo: The Art of Self-defense, The Study of Seipai, The Study of China Hand Techniques.
Patrick McCarthy's 2016 translation of the Bubishi as well as his Legend of the Fist book.
I apologise in advance if this is the wrong board/forum and would greatly love any resources you'd be willing to recommend!
Cheers and a big thumbs up!
I'm not an expert or even an instructor but I really like The Way of Kata by Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder. They also do a book called the Way of Sanchin.
Hi,
There's an old thread on the forum called "Reading material recommendations" with quite a number of book suggestions. Type that in the search bar and have a scroll through. Everything I would recommend off the top of my head is listed there plus more options. I'd also recommend videos as a great resource. Dvds and online are good places to look. If you want a good summary of the ideas behind kata and bunkai, Iain posted an hour long youtube video on the topic called "Kata bunkai explained."
Cheers
Chris
This podcast I did a while ago may be helpful:
https://iainabernethy.co.uk/content/bonus-podcast-10-books-pragmatic-karateka
You can find that thread here:
https://iainabernethy.co.uk/content/reading-material-recommendations
The recommended section of this forum also has lots of good resources:
https://iainabernethy.co.uk/forums/recommended-section
I hope that helps.
All the best,
Iain