Best Shorin-ryu book?

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I would like to buy a book for reference that deals mostly with Okinawian Shorin-ryu Karate.

 

Does anyone have a specific recomendation of what is the best one they have hear of or come across?

 

Al

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Hmm, it's hard to choose. Most martial arts books are pretty bad. I own "The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do." It's ok, it has pictoral examples of many of the kata. They might be a little different from what you practice. The book is in the style of Matsubayashi shorin-ryu, but the names are the okinawan names instead of Japanese so it is a decent reference guide.