BOOKS
Best Karate Series by Masatoshi Nakayama
All karate and kumite practiced by the Japan Karate Association.
'Each chapter consists mainly of photographs of an instructor executing a certain type of technique....' - Choice.
Each volume 144 pages, 150 x 244 diagrams, drawings and numerous photographs.
The Ah So! Stories by Malcolm Phipps
Malcolm Phipps is a 8th Dan in Shotokan Karate and an author of many books. This is a compilation of short stories aimed at children and is highly recommended.
Karate Master Mitsusuke Harada by Dr Clive Layton
One of the last disciples of the legendary masters - Gichin Funakoshi and Shigeru Egami reveals his lifelong search for the way of the empty hand.
The Shotokan Karate Dictionary by Schlatt
Compendium in which to look up the Japanese terminology used in the art of Karate-do. The main purpose of this dictionary is to define the terms used in the Karate style Shotokan.
Karate-Do My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
The autobiography of the man who made karate an international martial art, in which he recalls his own teachers and if his efforts to define and spread knowledge about karate without compromising its spirit.
Paperback 144 pages, 110 x 182mm, 7 b/w photos.
Karate-Do Kyohan by Gichin Funakoshi
In the tradition of oral instruction of karate technique and character development, the 'father of modern karate' explains formal karate exercises in complete detail.
Hardback 268 pages, 182 x 257mm, 1245 photos.
Out of the Tigers Mouth
The autobiography of Malcolm Phipps 8th Dan and Chief Instructor to Seishinkai Shotokan Karate International.
