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.

[bushido_man96]

Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters, authored by Shoshin Nagamine and translated by Patrick McCarthy. 

[sensei8]

10 minutes ago, bushido_man96 said:

Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters, authored by Shoshin Nagamine and translated by Patrick McCarthy. 

Brian, I think your MA library might give Bruce Lee’s MA library a run for its money!!

[bushido_man96]

On 5/25/2025 at 5:33 PM, sensei8 said:

Brian, I think your MA library might give Bruce Lee’s MA library a run for its money!!

Hehe, probably not quite.   But I'm trying!  Lately I'm trying to be more picky about what I pick up.

Right now I'm working through some more TKD books: 2 volumes of Taekwondo Complete Taegeuk and Palgwe Forms & Readings and Complete Koryo-Ilyo Forms & Readings, both by Dr. Daeshik Kim.  The form sections are ok.  The articles seem to repeat in both books, at least the ones at the front of both volumes are the same.  The history section is the same old misinformation of TKD's actual history, and after the Forms section of volume 1 is a pretty worthless article on weight training for the Martial Arts. 

But it is a decent forms reference, and it includes the Palgwe's, which I like.  I think they are better Forms than the Taeguek's.

[sensei8]

14 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

Hehe, probably not quite.   But I'm trying!  Lately I'm trying to be more picky about what I pick up.

Right now I'm working through some more TKD books: 2 volumes of Taekwondo Complete Taegeuk and Palgwe Forms & Readings and Complete Koryo-Ilyo Forms & Readings, both by Dr. Daeshik Kim.  The form sections are ok.  The articles seem to repeat in both books, at least the ones at the front of both volumes are the same.  The history section is the same old misinformation of TKD's actual history, and after the Forms section of volume 1 is a pretty worthless article on weight training for the Martial Arts. 

But it is a decent forms reference, and it includes the Palgwe's, which I like.  I think they are better Forms than the Taeguek's.

Are applications included??

[sensei8]

Now I’m on book 2 of the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy…”The Two Towers”