(Part 3) Top products from r/karate
We found 22 product mentions on r/karate. We ranked the 75 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
41. Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
43. Tonfa: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense (Literary links to the Orient)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
44. Classical Kata of Okinawan Karate (Japanese Arts)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
45. Tao of Jeet Kune Do: New Expanded Edition
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Black Belt Books
46. Fumio Demura's: Karate Weapons of Self-Defense: The Complete Edition
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
47. Advanced Karate-Do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
49. The Little Black Book Violence: What Every Young Man Needs to Know About Fighting
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
What Every Young Man Needs To Know About Fighting
50. Okinawan Weaponry, Hidden Methods, Ancient Myths of Kobudo & Te
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
52. Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
53. Classic Kata of Shorinji Ryu: Okinawan Karate Forms of Richard 'Biggie' Kim
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
54. Karate Do Kyohan: Master Text for the Way of the Empty-Hand
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
55. The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Kodansha
56. Black Belt Karate: The Intensive Course
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
57. Best Karate, Vol.6: Bassai, Kanku (Best Karate Series)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
58. The Anatomy of Martial Arts: An Illustrated Guide to the Muscles Used for Each Strike, Kick, and Throw
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Ulysses Press
Here is most of my library, broken down, with links and some thoughts on each.
Karate Specific
Kobujutsu Specific
Other Martial Arts
Health and Anatomy
EDIT: I can't believe I forgot this one...
Not exactly the same, but I highly recommend the Best Karate series by Sensei Masatoshi Nakayama. It's a comprehensive series with explanations, pictures and it is very detailed.
Best Karate Vol 6
If you can find the Demura books (example: https://www.amazon.com/Tonfa-Karate-Weapon-Self-Defense-Literary/dp/0897500806/) real cheap, they're worth it. I have the tonfa one and the sai one. There are some great youtubes out there as well. I've never tried any of the instructional DVDs.
I was fortunate because the class I was taking delved into some of the weapons. I wouldn't have been able to compete with the instruction I got there but the instructor was able to show us basic strikes and blocks.
I'm by no means an expert or anything and I would never rely on it in the real world, especially to block something but I can knock you pretty good with it and I have fun :)
You're sure to find The Book of Five Rings cheaply and/or at a library. I've only read excerpts, but a lot of it, surprizingly, sounded like Uechi to me.
Here's another easy find, written by the father of the author of Turning the Mind into an Ally: Shamballa Warrior
https://www.amazon.com/te-Jitsu-Gichin-Funakoshi/dp/0920129226/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535833630&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=to+te+jutsu&dpPl=1&dpID=51RZJ82cTYL&ref=plSrch
To-Te Jutsu is a reprint of Karate Jutsu.
https://www.amazon.ca/Karate-Do-Kyohan-Master-Empty-Hand/dp/1534962700/ref=asc_df_1534962700/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=234376523249&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7517370741472399832&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001291&hvtargid=pla-293946777986&psc=1
1rst Edition or Karate Do Kyohan (1935) is a superior text in every way
Edit: UK links
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Te-Jitsu-Gichin-Funakoshi/dp/0920129226
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Karate-Do-Kyohan-Master-Empty-Hand/dp/1534962700/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535857264&sr=8-1-fkmr0&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=karate+do+kyohan+1st
If you are set on learning kobudo from a book, please, please use this one: https://www.amazon.com/Fumio-Demuras-Weapons-Self-Defense-Complete/dp/0897502116
According to this, you can:
Black Belt Karate: The Intensive Course https://www.amazon.com/dp/1568365039/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_eJ9-tb073HQT6
Some people have posted second-by-second breakdowns...
I'm far too lazy for that... er.... I mean, I try to confine myself to correcting one thing at once. Yeah, that's it.What jumps out at me is that you are leaning forward. Not a little bit, but a lot. This breaks the mechanical linkage of your arm movements to your center of mass, which is why you have the appearance of being "arms-only" in a lot of what you are doing.
The major point of sanchin isn't to make loud breathing noises. It's to control and time tension and relaxation of abdominal muscles, and holding and releasing abdominal pressure. None of which matters for a fig if you aren't mechanically linking those arm movements to what you are doing with your body core.
I suggest consulting this book for more details than you ever imagined existed.