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Thanks for the replies everyone. After I submitted this I realized that I used far too much haste. I was on mobile.. and I never give enough detail on mobile.
@cataphract - I should have specificed Karate. I often forget this isn't an only-karate place :)
To be more precice, often in Sensei Iain's podcasts I hear things like "Itomans book" or "Itotsu's book" and I never know where to actually go looking. So I'm looking for any books written say.. before 1950 in Japanese then translated to English. Or by masters of the pre 50's era.
Motobu, Miyagi, Itotsu, Funakoshi, Kano (Judo) .. all those house hold names we know and love.. anyone fromt his photo: :D
Motobu Choki: Okinawan Kenpo Tode Jutsu, Kumite Hen
Mutsu Mizuho: Karate Kenpo
Some book of Mas Oyama. I can't remember the name. He became interested in grappling later on , or so I've heard.
Is this strictly about karate, or self defense books in general?
Check out this forum thread, where you will find more suggestions:
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/reading-material-recommendations
There’s this list of old and new books that I put out a several years ago:
https://iainabernethy.co.uk/content/bonus-podcast-10-books-pragmatic-karateka
I’d add Itoman’s book to that too:
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/study-karate-techniques-morinobu-itoman-1934
They would be the ones I would start with.
All the best,
Iain
Thanks for the replies everyone. After I submitted this I realized that I used far too much haste. I was on mobile.. and I never give enough detail on mobile.
@cataphract - I should have specificed Karate. I often forget this isn't an only-karate place :)
To be more precice, often in Sensei Iain's podcasts I hear things like "Itomans book" or "Itotsu's book" and I never know where to actually go looking. So I'm looking for any books written say.. before 1950 in Japanese then translated to English. Or by masters of the pre 50's era.
Motobu, Miyagi, Itotsu, Funakoshi, Kano (Judo) .. all those house hold names we know and love.. anyone fromt his photo: :D
http://cdn.karatebyjesse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meetingofmasters...
This list should be rather complete on the classic stuff
http://museum.hikari.us/books/index20.html
Also compare this
http://seinenkai.com/articles/noble/noble-books1.html