| Suggested Reading List for Karate Students |
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Required:
• Karate-do Kyohan The Master Text by Gichin Funakoshi • Notes on Training by Tsutomu Ohshima • Karate-do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi • The Heart of Karate-Do by Shigeru Egami Highly recommended: • Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi (Bantam Books) • The Art of War by Sun Tzu • The Sword of No-Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu by John Stevens • The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho • The Sword and the Mind by Yagyu Munenori, • Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo • Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors by William Scott Wilson • The Code of the Samurai by Yuzan Daidoji • Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text by Gichin Funakoshi • The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master by Gichin Funakoshi • Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi • Three Budo Masters by John Stevens • Forty-Seven Ronin Story by John Allyn • Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa |