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[ksan]

Osu everyone,

I`ll start it off and edit this first post as much as possible (moderators/administrators can do the same).

List of books concidered usefull reading

Cat 1: Technique / training
1) What is Karate (Mas Oyama)
2) This is Karate (Mas Oyama)
3) Advanced Karate (Mas Oyama)
4) Boy`s Karate (Mas Oyama)
5) Essential Karate (Mas Oyama) -also released under the names: "Karate school", "complete karate course" and "Classic karate".
6) Kensan (Hatsuo Royama)
7) Gokui (Hatsuo Royama)
9) Kyokushinkai Kata And Self Defence Applications (Steve Arneil, Alexander Tanyushkin and Victor Fomin)
10) Kyokushin Karate Kata Volume 1 (Steve Arneil)
11) IFK Kyokushin Karate Kihon (Steve Arneil)
12) Vital Karate (Mas Oyama)
13) Kyokushin Karate Kata Volume 2 (Steve Arneil)
14) The Fundamentals of Kyokushin Karate (Steve Arneil & Brian Fitkin)
15) Absolute karate -Applications of Kyokushin (Howard Collins)
16) Knockdown karate handbook (Howard Collins)
17) Kyokushin kata (Brian Fitkin, as a 7th dan)
18) Kyokushinkai karate kata book (Brian Fitkin, as a 4rth dan)
19) Power karate vol 1&2 (David C. Cook) also printed in one volume as "Kyokushin karate".
20) Fighting karate (Hideyuki Ashihara)
21) More fighting karate (Hideyuki Ashihara)
22) Sabaki Method -karate in the inner cirkle (Joko Ninomiya)
23) Perfect karate (shigeru Oyama)
24) Kyokushin karate self defense techniques (Bobby Lowe)
25) Mas Oyamas karate (Bobby Lowe)
26) Technique and spirit (Tadashi Nakamura) Also fits into category 2
27) The Shodan (Howard Collins)

Cat 2: Filosophy / Biography / Background info
1) The kyokushin Way (Mas Oyama)
2) My Journey in Karate (Joko Ninomia)
3) Oyama The Legend, The Legacy (Michael Lorden)
4) The Young Lions of Mas Oyama (Bobby Lowe)
5) John Bluming Autobiography (John Bluming)
6) The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama (Cameron Quinn)
7) The Human Face Of Karate (Tadashi Nakamura)

[zAcH]

I was going to start a thread asking for peoples recommendations for kyokushin books, but looks like you already gave me a good list! I have essential karate, it's great, I used all the fitness exercises listed in the book to get back in shape for martial arts.
The only problem is a lot of these books seem like they are hard to find.

[ksan]

Originally Posted by zAcH

I was going to start a thread asking for peoples recommendations for kyokushin books, but looks like you already gave me a good list! I have essential karate, it's great, I used all the fitness exercises listed in the book to get back in shape for martial arts.
The only problem is a lot of these books seem like they are hard to find.

Most of these are. but gokui and kensan arent... you can order these from japan... they were 65 euro each if i remember correct...

Osu

Ksan

[Kurisu]

The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama by Shihan Quinn should be in this list as well. It is one of the best Kyokushin books out there.

[Spirit]

This is a hot list of who thinks what is important to read etc.
The way I look at it, read everything and then read it again. I could list 50 other books that need to be on this list before thinking then remember 50 more.
The only thing one can say is don't limit yourself to Kyokushin only be open minded when reading.
Most Karate book are redundant, just like how each person thinks about Karate and what is or is not important.

Philosophy:
#1 book "the book of five rings"
Hagakure
The code of the warrior
bubishi
the sword & the mind
Tao te ching
Sun Tzu's
classic budo & bujitsu
just to throw out a few.......
Like all learning, one needs the empty cup philosophy.

[ksan]

Originally Posted by jap man

This is a hot list of who thinks what is important to read etc.
The way I look at it, read everything and then read it again. I could list 50 other books that need to be on this list before thinking then remember 50 more.
The only thing one can say is don't limit yourself to Kyokushin only be open minded when reading.
Most Karate book are redundant, just like how each person thinks about Karate and what is or is not important.

Philosophy:
#1 book "the book of five rings"
Hagakure
The code of the warrior
bubishi
the sword & the mind
Tao te ching
Sun Tzu's
classic budo & bujitsu
just to throw out a few.......
Like all learning, one needs the empty cup philosophy.

Agreed...

I also think that when you want to become better in kyokushin philosophy you need to read kyokushin books... i will read the ones you mentioned (the ones in that list i havent read yet) but i want kyokushin books first... and continu from whats in there....

Osu

[Sonik]

Hagakure, Gorin No Sho, The Book Of Changes and The Art Of War are classics for anyone who's interested in martial arts or even not.

I haven't read the Tao of Jeet Kune-Do by Bruce Lee, but i guess it might be interesting as well.

[smoothsake]

KSan,

Question: Are those books authored by Ashihara, Ninomiya, and Royama translated into English?

[ksan]

I think all of these books are in English... also seeing they have english names... Gokui and kensan are duall...their both english and japanese....

Dont know about the ashihara book,... dont really know much about them..

Hope this answers your question...

Osu

Ksan

[Azimuth]

The Ashihara and Ninomiya books were translated into english
The Ashihara one's are no longer printed . You can find copy's from time to time via E-bay but ridiculous expensive .
The Ninomiya one's are still available via the Enshin homepage .

Osu

[kakatootoshi]

A new book about Ashihara Hideyuki produced by his son were out in the bookstore a few months ago (in Japan). The book talks about early students of Sosai such as Royama Hatsuo, Goda Yuzo, Kato Shigeo (who taught Matsui of kyokushin and Masato of kickboxing) and many others. The book also comes with a DVD. It includes some rare footages of Ashihara and his son is also explaining in details the meaning of sabaki.


OSU!

[ksan]

Osu

kakatootoshi

Can you provide a link to this an english version of this book

Thnx in advance...

[kakatootoshi]

Dear ksan,
Sorry, I don't think there's an English translation yet.

OSU!

[ksan]

Originally Posted by kakatootoshi

Dear ksan,
Sorry, I don't think there's an English translation yet.

OSU!

I feared that much...

Thnx for replying


Osu

[Bloke]

Osu Kakatootoshi

Do you happen to know the ISBN of this book?

[Azimuth]

http://www.budovideos.com/shop/custo...96&cat=&page=1
Here a supplier , for the moment they ran out of stock but
it might be worth to recheck after a certain period .
Osu

[kakatootoshi]

Dear Bloke,
4-8094-0564-8

OSU!

[Bloke]

Kakatootoshi

Many thanks for that. Would you recommend the book? Is it in Japanese?

[kakatootoshi]

Dear Bloke,
I've not had a chance to read the book. From the reviews and introductions that I've read it's a nice reading for those who want to find out more about Ashihara and his early students (it's not a textbook about techniques).
Yes it's in Japanese only.

OSU!

[sokaiya]

Osu! I don't mean to OT but do you know what' Kato Shigeo is doing now Kakatootoshi?