Ah, thank you so much for these lovely words! We are fortunate now to be able to learn from so many - it would be a pity to waste the opportunity. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - much appreciated 🙇🏻♀️
Yay! I recently started the first book on Sensei Higaonna's traditional Karate-do series. So far I'm loving it. It's very refreshing to see the jumbi undo described in the book is exactly the same we do in the dojo.
It's such a great and comprehensive read - absolutely should be on everyone's list! Apparently there are pdf versions floating around - at least it survives in another form. Thank you for watching and commenting, Carlos! Always lovely to hear from you 🥋 - Zoë
Jason is already tucking into them, apparently! Thank you for the lovely comment! I'm sure we'll be back to kata and bunkai next week, but this makes for a break in content 😉
Your videos are great to watch. Thanks for putting out these recommendations. Karateka are always looking for more resources so it's nice to have a starting point.
Fantastic resource. I’m just starting out on my karate journey at the age of 50 and was looking for some books about the history & traditions of Goju Ryu. Chojun - A Novel, The Art Of Hojo Undo, The Karate Way & Karate-Do all ordered. Only one new from Amazon the rest from an online secondhand book store in the U.K. Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated.
Ah, this has made my day! I'm so happy that this has been of some small use, and I am excited for the journey ahead of you. Starting as an adult is tough, and we admire every adult who begins the journey and keeps at it. Wishing you strength, patience and good health for decades to come 🥋 Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - much appreciated!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre ❤️ I’m feeling the benefits already in increased flexibility and range of motion. The club has a wonderful welcoming attitude and I just wish that I’d started 45 years ago!
Someone wise once said that the best time to plant a cherry tree was 10 years ago. The next best time is now 💮 Never too late, and never too old, and I'm so happy you found a great dojo to belong to, because a dojo should be about belonging, as much as the karate. So excited for you! Every new student is a joy to us all 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Wonderful, inspirational videos and advice! For those of us in our 50s just getting back into the Karate way after 30+ years doing other worthwhile pursuits. 🙂
Thanks Zoe, a really interesting summary. You mentioned 10 then added a bonus 5, I've listed them here. I'm off to Amazon now! 1. Karate-Do My Way of Life - Gichan Finakoshi ( I would also add The Essence of Karate also by Funakoshi) 2. The Karate Dojo - Peter Urban 3. The Twenty Guiding Principles - Gichan Finakoshi 4. The Karate Way - Dave Lowry 5. The Way of Kata - Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder 6. Goju Ryu Karate - Gogen Yamaguchi 7. Karate-Do: Dynami Karate - Masatoshi Nakayama 8. Essential Karate - Mas Oyama 9. Chojun - Goran Powell (historic novel) 10. The Art of Hojo Undo - Michael Clarke Other: 11. Winning Karate - Tiki Donovan 12. The Fundamentals of Gojo Ryu Karate - Gosei Yamaguchi 13. Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate - Teruo Chinen 14. Traditional Karate Do Vols 1-4 - Morio Higaonna 15. Karate - My Life - Kanazaw Hirokazu
Yay! Hope you have a bounteous shop on Amazon! I still find great inspiration in these reads when my teaching starts to feel stale, or I lose sight of my own journey 🙇🏻♀️
Thank you for sharing a glimpse of your library. I "only" have about half of the ones you recommended. Overall, my martial arts books would fill only one of those cubbies on your wall (roughly 30 books). The Morio Higaonna 4-volume set is indeed a treasure. I bought the complete set roughly 25 years ago from the now-defunct Waldenbooks. I also have a handful of books on general physical training and flexibility, and a couple on kinesiology that are applicable to karate. Lastly, I have about a dozen books on the Chinese and Japanese languages which I found to be useful in the dojo from time to time. Cheers!
Still a very respectable library! And when I'm losing motivation or inspiration, I find that dipping into a book gets me back on track faster than anything else. Ah, nothing sadder than a lost book store, or book chain. But we keep trawling second hand stores and estate sales to find those gems. Thank you for the lovely comment!
Those were some real classics mixed with a few new but very good publications. I also recognize many other karate books on your self, Best Karate series being one, another of Funakoshi's books, good collection there!
Thank you! It was hard to pick just a few, but videos can't go on forever. One day, maybe we'll produce a book of our own! But for now, UA-cam is much, much easier 😅
The Essence of Goju Ryu (2 vols.), written by Richard Barrett, and The Way of Sanchin Kata, written by Kris Wilder, are very good too, and all of them have been translated to Spanish (a good thing if Spanish is your mother tongue)
Excellent running list! I have quite a few of those in my collection. I thought for CERTAIN, however, that you were gonna mention a personal “ well read” small favorite of mine, though, alas, no:). And I found it right over your right shoulder, on the top shelf! Ha! I think that THIS book would be quite PERFECT for teenage and adult beginners alike. Or anyone, really.....thank you for your tireless gifts of sharing, Sensei! Cheers!
I actually did consider the Bubishi! We have 3 editions 😅 But it is also a very dense read and one that requires much patience and application to fully understand. We're saving it for another video 😉 Thank you so much as always for the lovely comment 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Actually, I was referring to Moving Zen;))! Sorry- I should have just told you what I meant, of course;). Thank you again for the nice reply replies;).
We have three editions of it 🤣 but for a beginner, it is very, very dense. Maybe a very serious, mature adult beginner can tackle it, but it is our compulsory reading for anyone who wants to be an instructor.
Bubishi is awesome. I have a couple of versions. The names of the techniques are hilarious at times... “Monkey stealing grapes” or something of the sort, then you look at the pictures and it's like, "Ouch!!!! okay, that technique would definitely work!” 😆
Wonderful! There are links in the description to buy them, but it is always worth going to second-hand shops to find some gems. Thank you for watching and commenting!
A new sensei (0:01) for you from Α***οn you'll definitely enjoy and give you things to think and talk about, titled Myths and blind spots in the fighting arts’ world. After the Bible, it’s the next “good book” for you. -I'm sure you'll agree it was a special experience!
Peter Urban lied and made up a much of things for his book. Yamaguchi also lied a bunch, he was never a student of Miyagi and no one, including him, was appointed the successor of his lineage.
Agreed, the only useful part of his book is the first couple of chapters on building dojo spirit - the rest just got so weird. The whole "Yamaguchi was the true heir to Goju" seems to have come from a couple of interviews in the 60s that seem to have become assumed knowledge. In a South African book about karate that was published in the 1980s, that story made it in there as well. Great to have someone who knows their history check in! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 🙇🏻♀️
Rhode's mascot is a rat?? But then I suppose ours is a kudu. Zoe you need to write a karate book on women in/and karate, there appears to be a gap here.
Technically it's supposed to be Rhodes on his horse, but we are called Rhodents, and hence the purple rat. I even have my rat from graduation - I'll show it to you sometime. One day, when my son goes to school, I'll hopefully have time to write that book 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
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@@danielehrhardt5504 If you look carefully, it is on the top left corner of our bookshelf ;)
it's good to know that you also learn from another styles as well. thank you for the sharing. this is exactly what i'm looking for at the moment.
Ah, thank you so much for these lovely words! We are fortunate now to be able to learn from so many - it would be a pity to waste the opportunity.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - much appreciated 🙇🏻♀️
Yay! I recently started the first book on Sensei Higaonna's traditional Karate-do series. So far I'm loving it. It's very refreshing to see the jumbi undo described in the book is exactly the same we do in the dojo.
It's such a great and comprehensive read - absolutely should be on everyone's list! Apparently there are pdf versions floating around - at least it survives in another form.
Thank you for watching and commenting, Carlos! Always lovely to hear from you 🥋
- Zoë
Always nice to see a different type of information being put out there. Very informative and I can already see Jason finding and owning all of them
Jason is already tucking into them, apparently!
Thank you for the lovely comment! I'm sure we'll be back to kata and bunkai next week, but this makes for a break in content 😉
Your videos are great to watch. Thanks for putting out these recommendations. Karateka are always looking for more resources so it's nice to have a starting point.
And books are one of my strong points!
Hopefully these can all be delivered to you and can be part of your dojo library 🌺
Fantastic resource. I’m just starting out on my karate journey at the age of 50 and was looking for some books about the history & traditions of Goju Ryu. Chojun - A Novel, The Art Of Hojo Undo, The Karate Way & Karate-Do all ordered. Only one new from Amazon the rest from an online secondhand book store in the U.K. Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated.
Ah, this has made my day! I'm so happy that this has been of some small use, and I am excited for the journey ahead of you. Starting as an adult is tough, and we admire every adult who begins the journey and keeps at it. Wishing you strength, patience and good health for decades to come 🥋
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - much appreciated!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre ❤️ I’m feeling the benefits already in increased flexibility and range of motion. The club has a wonderful welcoming attitude and I just wish that I’d started 45 years ago!
Someone wise once said that the best time to plant a cherry tree was 10 years ago. The next best time is now 💮
Never too late, and never too old, and I'm so happy you found a great dojo to belong to, because a dojo should be about belonging, as much as the karate.
So excited for you! Every new student is a joy to us all 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Wonderful, inspirational videos and advice! For those of us in our 50s just getting back into the Karate way after 30+ years doing other worthwhile pursuits. 🙂
Thanks Zoe, a really interesting summary. You mentioned 10 then added a bonus 5, I've listed them here. I'm off to Amazon now!
1. Karate-Do My Way of Life - Gichan Finakoshi
( I would also add The Essence of Karate also by Funakoshi)
2. The Karate Dojo - Peter Urban
3. The Twenty Guiding Principles - Gichan Finakoshi
4. The Karate Way - Dave Lowry
5. The Way of Kata - Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder
6. Goju Ryu Karate - Gogen Yamaguchi
7. Karate-Do: Dynami Karate - Masatoshi Nakayama
8. Essential Karate - Mas Oyama
9. Chojun - Goran Powell (historic novel)
10. The Art of Hojo Undo - Michael Clarke
Other:
11. Winning Karate - Tiki Donovan
12. The Fundamentals of Gojo Ryu Karate - Gosei Yamaguchi
13. Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate - Teruo Chinen
14. Traditional Karate Do Vols 1-4 - Morio Higaonna
15. Karate - My Life - Kanazaw Hirokazu
Yay! Hope you have a bounteous shop on Amazon! I still find great inspiration in these reads when my teaching starts to feel stale, or I lose sight of my own journey 🙇🏻♀️
Thanks Zoe Sensei.
I have read half of them.... Of those out of that exact library.
Our library is your library ❤️
Thank you for sharing a glimpse of your library. I "only" have about half of the ones you recommended. Overall, my martial arts books would fill only one of those cubbies on your wall (roughly 30 books). The Morio Higaonna 4-volume set is indeed a treasure. I bought the complete set roughly 25 years ago from the now-defunct Waldenbooks. I also have a handful of books on general physical training and flexibility, and a couple on kinesiology that are applicable to karate. Lastly, I have about a dozen books on the Chinese and Japanese languages which I found to be useful in the dojo from time to time. Cheers!
Still a very respectable library! And when I'm losing motivation or inspiration, I find that dipping into a book gets me back on track faster than anything else.
Ah, nothing sadder than a lost book store, or book chain. But we keep trawling second hand stores and estate sales to find those gems.
Thank you for the lovely comment!
Very nice collection on the bookshelf behind you!
Perfect username 🤌
A collection made over the years, and one we are so proud of
Those were some real classics mixed with a few new but very good publications. I also recognize many other karate books on your self, Best Karate series being one, another of Funakoshi's books, good collection there!
Thank you! It was hard to pick just a few, but videos can't go on forever.
One day, maybe we'll produce a book of our own! But for now, UA-cam is much, much easier 😅
Thank you for sharing your library with us. Nice books.
Thank you! Books truly are a delight
Quite the list to work through, but I'm keen! Thanks, Zoë-sensei.
I know you'll smash through them soon! Your earnest study is a delight to behold - you make us proud 🌸
Thank you Sensi Zoe. Very informative. And love the video. Thank you for your time. Greatly appreciated. ❤️😘👏
Ah, thank you so much, Barbs! Your comments always bring joy 🤗
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre 🤗😘❣️
Very nice thank you
Thank you so much for commenting! Glad you enjoyed it 🙇🏻♀️
The Essence of Goju Ryu (2 vols.), written by Richard Barrett, and The Way of Sanchin Kata, written by Kris Wilder, are very good too, and all of them have been translated to Spanish (a good thing if Spanish is your mother tongue)
I actually did film the Way of Sanchin, but the video was oddly grainy so I dropped it 😅
Great recommendations, thank you! 🙇🏻♀️
I like the books of Richard Barrett, too :)
@@danielehrhardt5504 We will definitely add him to our to-buy list!
Great Video. My favourite Karate book - K.Mabuni " Empty Hand, the Essence of budo karate'.
Ah, thank you for the kind words! Also a great book by a great karate-ka 🙇🏻♀️
Great stuff
Thanks for commenting and watching Les Sensei
Thank you very much, Les Sensei! Always lovely to hear from you on our channel :)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre pleasure to watch your content. Keep up good work.
Excellent running list! I have quite a few of those in my collection. I thought for CERTAIN, however, that you were gonna mention a personal “ well read” small favorite of mine, though, alas, no:). And I found it right over your right shoulder, on the top shelf! Ha! I think that THIS book would be quite PERFECT for teenage and adult beginners alike. Or anyone, really.....thank you for your tireless gifts of sharing, Sensei! Cheers!
I actually did consider the Bubishi! We have 3 editions 😅
But it is also a very dense read and one that requires much patience and application to fully understand.
We're saving it for another video 😉
Thank you so much as always for the lovely comment 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Actually, I was referring to Moving Zen;))! Sorry- I should have just told you what I meant, of course;). Thank you again for the nice reply replies;).
Moving Zen is great too! Could have done a top 50 list, but a video has to end somewhere 😉
I think a copy of Bubishi would be nice to have, too.
We have three editions of it 🤣 but for a beginner, it is very, very dense. Maybe a very serious, mature adult beginner can tackle it, but it is our compulsory reading for anyone who wants to be an instructor.
Bubishi is awesome. I have a couple of versions. The names of the techniques are hilarious at times... “Monkey stealing grapes” or something of the sort, then you look at the pictures and it's like, "Ouch!!!! okay, that technique would definitely work!” 😆
You def know your Karate lit. Osu !
Ah, thank you so much 🤗
Thank you sensei!
Always a pleasure!
Thank you for this review. Very interesting! I also would like to recommend "Bunkai Jutsu" from Iain Abernethy.
Ah, wonderful! Going to put it on our list of books to buy. Thank you for the recommendation, and for watching 🙇🏻♀️
Can't believe I missed the message last time - hi Sensei :)
The least we can do for the very first subscriber to our channel 🙇🙇🙇🙇
Thanks ZoëSensei
Thank you for the library 🤗
Thanks ! OSU !!
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I need the books of karate
Wonderful! There are links in the description to buy them, but it is always worth going to second-hand shops to find some gems. Thank you for watching and commenting!
A new sensei (0:01) for you from Α***οn you'll definitely enjoy and give you things to think and talk about, titled Myths and blind spots in the fighting arts’ world. After the Bible, it’s the next “good book” for you.
-I'm sure you'll agree it was a special experience!
I will definitely check it out! My wish list is long but slowly I am chipping away St it.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 🤗
Forgot to mention The Shotokan Karate Bible by Ashley P. Martin.
A great suggestion! We haven't got it in our library but we will look out for a copy!
Peter Urban lied and made up a much of things for his book. Yamaguchi also lied a bunch, he was never a student of Miyagi and no one, including him, was appointed the successor of his lineage.
Agreed, the only useful part of his book is the first couple of chapters on building dojo spirit - the rest just got so weird.
The whole "Yamaguchi was the true heir to Goju" seems to have come from a couple of interviews in the 60s that seem to have become assumed knowledge. In a South African book about karate that was published in the 1980s, that story made it in there as well.
Great to have someone who knows their history check in! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 🙇🏻♀️
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Rhode's mascot is a rat?? But then I suppose ours is a kudu.
Zoe you need to write a karate book on women in/and karate, there appears to be a gap here.
Technically it's supposed to be Rhodes on his horse, but we are called Rhodents, and hence the purple rat. I even have my rat from graduation - I'll show it to you sometime.
One day, when my son goes to school, I'll hopefully have time to write that book 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Hell yeah! That's definitely an idea!
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