What book are you reading?

[KarateKen]

The Art of Winning by Bill Belichick 

[bushido_man96]

On 5/7/2025 at 9:27 AM, bushido_man96 said:

Karate, It's History and Practice, by Koyama Masashi, Wada Koji, and Kadekaru Toru, translated by Alexander Bennett, and published by the Nippon Budokan.  I am not enjoying this book nearly as much.  More overview, less of the digging that Clarke did in his books.

As I got further into this book, it was less about the actual history of Karate, but more along the lines of "how we finally got Karate into the Olympics."  I did not really enjoy it at all.

Now I'm reading Patrick McCarthy's translation of Bubishi, the Classical Manual of Combat.  Been a Martial Artist since 1993 and have not read this book...I know, I don't know what's wrong with me.  It's the first title I've read by McCarthy, but I intend to be changing that as well.  It's the version published in 2016 by Tuttle.

[KarateKen]

Almighty Me by Robert Bausch 

[sensei8]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 

Love how Hollywood takes libertines, as it’s their right to do so, I suppose, away from what was written in the book vs what was in the movie.

Example:

The conversation between Gandalf and Frodo when Gandalf was coming into the Shire.

[bushido_man96]

21 minutes ago, sensei8 said:

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 

Love how Hollywood takes libertines, as it’s their right to do so, I suppose, away from what was written in the book vs what was in the movie.

Example:

The conversation between Gandalf and Frodo when Gandalf was coming into the Shire.

Really though, it is a very good adaptation. Probably one of the best.

I'm now reading Bunkai, Secrets of Karate Kata, volume 1:  The Tekki Series, by Elmar T. Schmeisser, PH.D.  It looks to be a pretty short read. I did some looking, though, and there doesn't appear to be a volume 2.