Rereading actually 

Living the Martial Arts Way by Forrest E Morgan

 

On 6/18/2026 at 8:23 PM, Patrick said:

And I'm now on the third book in the series, Onyx Storm! I'm about half way through.

I finished that one a few months ago, I enjoyed it. When I started the series I expected to hate it, but it was a lot better than I anticipated. 

I read Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, a fantastic read if you haven’t read it yet. 

I’m currently reading a book called Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing, it’s about Ernest Shackleton’s failed attempt to cross the Antarctic continent. If you like history, (I think we all do, no?), then I highly recommend picking this one up. A great story of struggle and perseverance. 

On 6/23/2026 at 8:59 AM, WalterJ said:

Rereading actually 

Living the Martial Arts Way by Forrest E Morgan

 

I read that about two years ago.  Lots of good information, but some of it needs to be disregarded completely.  For instance, when it comes to building muscle, not only is he telling readers to avoid protein supplements - he's also telling them not to intentionally consume foods with naturally high protein content to build muscle.  You can tell by the context that he wasn't trying to challenge conventional wisdom when he said this.  He was actually completely ignorant on the subject.

Edited June 26Jun 26 by Furinkazan

42 minutes ago, Furinkazan said:

I read that about two years ago.  Lots of good information, but some of it needs to be disregarded completely.  For instance, when it comes to building muscle, not only is he telling readers to avoid protein supplements - he's also telling them not to intentionally consume foods with naturally high protein content to build muscle.  You can tell by the context that he wasn't trying to challenge conventional wisdom when he said this.  He was actually completely ignorant on the subject.

I read it before as well, a few years ago, and I remember none of that.... but I mayhave forgotten

On 6/26/2026 at 7:57 AM, Furinkazan said:

I read that about two years ago.  Lots of good information, but some of it needs to be disregarded completely.  For instance, when it comes to building muscle, not only is he telling readers to avoid protein supplements - he's also telling them not to intentionally consume foods with naturally high protein content to build muscle.  You can tell by the context that he wasn't trying to challenge conventional wisdom when he said this.  He was actually completely ignorant on the subject.

I make it a point to never take strength training advice from Martial Arts instructors.

Karate Basic, everything you need to know to get started in Karate. from Tuttle press

Beneath the Banyan

Uchina Damashi

The Hidden Strength of Okinawan Karate & Kobudo

I just started listening to the audiobook version of A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain. There’s a version on Spotify that is narrated by Bourdain himself, definitely worth a read, but I do prefer hearing the author’s voice with this one. 

I am in one of my reading slumps.  It has been a down year for my reading so far and I have no idea what book I want to start on next.