Best Karate book?

[isshinryu5toforever]

I second the suggestion of This is Karate. Very good book, but VERY hard to find.

[sensei8]

I agree. This Is Karate by Mas Oyama is hard to find, but doable. It's price is anywhere from $100 and up depending on whom you buy it from. Amazon, Book Finder, and EBay do have used copies. Rare/Used Book Stores in your area MIGHT have a copy as well.

[bushido_man96]

You might try a site called Alibris.com as well.

[Crazybones]

This Is Karate by Mas Oyama

YES THIS IS AN AMAZING BOOK....cept it's VERY expensive and relatively hard to find....but it is an amazing book that covers an amazing amount of information!

[cejames]

Try: http://www.amazon.com/Karate-Way-Discovering-Spirit-Practice/dp/1590306473/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286828028&sr=8-2

[mistermark21]

The Shotokan Karate Bible: Beginner to Black Belt, an excellent book for the beginner that shows the Kata's for each grade broken down and explained step by step.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shotokan-Karate-Bible-Beginner-Black/dp/0713678704

[Elizabeth]

The Shotokan Karate Bible: Beginner to Black Belt, an excellent book for the beginner that shows the Kata's for each grade broken down and explained step by step.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shotokan-Karate-Bible-Beginner-Black/dp/0713678704

Is there anything like that for Shudokan? It's the style taught here and I am learning that it's a very small subset with few outside resources.

[cejames]

The Shotokan Karate Bible: Beginner to Black Belt, an excellent book for the beginner that shows the Kata's for each grade broken down and explained step by step.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shotokan-Karate-Bible-Beginner-Black/dp/0713678704

Is there anything like that for Shudokan? It's the style taught here and I am learning that it's a very small subset with few outside resources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABd%C5%8Dkan

http://www.amazon.com/Shudokan-karate-do-handbook-Requirements-white/dp/B0006S3WYW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287763017&sr=8-1

Interesting but I have never heard of this style until now.

[Elizabeth]

Here's the Wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABd%C5%8Dkan

I don't know much about how it differs from other styles, as I only started last month, but my sensai trained under Sensai Morris Mack who is mentioned in the Wiki. I gather from comparisons with Youtube videos that some of the katas are different. Kihon Kata Ichi is the same as others but Pinan Nidan is different.

[Ti]

Despite the title, this book is actually beginner level.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Belt-Karate-Intensive-Course/dp/4770027753/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287786421&sr=1-3