Karate do. Il mio stile di vita

Wishlist | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest In this autobiography, Karate-Do: My Way of Life, Gichin Funakoshi looks back over his 80+ years of life and tells us the story of where it all began and the important circumstances and decisions that made him become who he has become, alo Leggi tutto

This is among the best autobiographies I've come across, on all accounts. Funakoshi synthesized the karate styles of his two masters in Okinawa (where he had to learn in secret due to a government ban), and later brought his new style to mainland Japan. (The style came to be called "Shotokan" after

I remember reading this multiple times when I was a kid, and it left me wide-eyed every time. It also wetted my appetite for traditional karate for years to come. Now I realize (or at least seriously suspect) that a lot of these stories, if not all, are nothing more than fisherman stories, but still Leggi tutto

Es una suerte haber encontrado este libro en una librería de usado, es referencia en el campo de las artes marciales y sobretodo del karate, todos los marcialistas deberíamos leerlo. Algo que me gustó de este libro que podría clasificarse como una autobiografía de Funakoshi es que no es el clásico li Leggi tutto

Read per my Sensei’s recommendation. This was beautifully written, a book I would recommend to every martial artist. Funokoshi’s autobiography brought a new appreciation, honor, and a deeper understanding of the style I train. There were many lessons I took away and this book was both touching and p Leggi tutto

In my formal Goju Ryu Karate training I read a library of books to better put myself on the righteous path of a centered existence. This book was by far the greatest of all, it is a personal look back into the history of Okinawan Karate and the life of Master Gichin Funakoshi where he expounds on hi Leggi tutto

I know it's odd to put this in the writing category, but I read it when I was first learning to write action sequences in my fiction. I still refer to it once in a while.