Gichin Funakoshi
For Shotokan people?
Are these good books:
Karate-Do: My Way of Life – Gichin Funakoshi
The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master – Gichin Funakoshi
Are they similar at all, and are there other books as good or better that you guys can recomend on Shotokan and karate in general I guess
Master Funakoshi IS Shotokan., I’d recommend you read his books. Any other author is merely interpreting Funkoshi. ‘My Way of Life” is an autobiography, karate is mentioned, but it is not a karate text. The Master text (Karate do Kyohan, by Funakoshi ) is a must… it’s the bible of Shotokan!!
I’m retired from teaching now, but looking back, I find traditional Shotokan to be near perfect, with one exception…
The long stances are just… well, too long. While they may test the exponents endurance, it’s impractical, and I favor the adoption of slightly shorter stances.
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Gichin Funakoshi World Karate Cup V 2 [VHS] $29.95 … |
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Gichin Funakoshi World Karate Cup V 1 [VHS] $29.95 … |
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Collectors Edition Gichin Funakoshi The Original Shotokan [VHS] This features the founder of Shotokan karate actually performing ippon Kumite techniques with Isao Obata. This classic footage has never before been seen by the public. Reportedly it was originally in the archives of the JKA and it was filmed before the JKA was even formed. Pre JKA Masters such as Nakayama, Kanazawa, Okuzaki, and Nishiyama performing when they were in their teens and early 20’s… |
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Funakoshi Gichin Karate – d $19.95 This features the founder of Shotokan karate actually performing ippon kumite techniques with Isao Obata. This classic footage has never before been seen by the public. Reportedly it was originally in the archives of the JKA and it was filmed before the JKA was even formed. Pre JKA Masters such as Nakayama, Kanazawa, Okuzaki, and Nishiyama performing when they were in their teens and early 20’s… |
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Karate-Do: My Way of Life $4.56 Linking the time when karate was a strictly Okinawan art of self-defense shrouded in the deepest secrecy and the present day, when it has become a martial art practiced throughout the world, is Gichin Funakoshi, the “Father of Karate-do.” Out of modesty, he was reluctant to write this autobiography and did not do so until he was nearly ninety years of age. Trained in the Confucian classics, he was… |