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Original Title:	Karate-Do: My Way of Life
ISBN:	0870114638 (ISBN13: 9780870114632)
Edition Language:	English

Karate-Do: My Way of Life

Gichin Funakoshi

Paperback | Pages: 144 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 1836 Users | 108 Reviews

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Title	:	Karate-Do: My Way of Life
Author	:	Gichin Funakoshi
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 144 pages
Published	:	September 15th 1981 by Kodansha USA (first published May 1st 1975)
Categories	:	Combat. Martial Arts. Biography. Nonfiction. Philosophy. History. Autobiography. Memoir

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In this book, Gichin Funkoshi looks back over 90 years of his life, sharing stories of his experiences and his karate. The developer of the Shoto-kan school of karate, Funakoshi was born in 1868 and saw many changes in the world during his 92 years. From demonstrating his shoto-kan style of karate before the future Emporer to teaching United States airmen during the occupation after the Pacific War, Funakoshi spent his life promoting karate. Not just the movements, but the spirit, the essence of what karate as a way of life truly means.

This is not just a book for karate students or the curious. It is for anyone who is interesed in life, history, and getting to know a man who lived simply, humbly, but had a huge impact upon the world. I thought it was fascinating.

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Being a longstanding practitioner of Shotokan Karate, I found that the book did exactly what Gichin Funakoshi hoped for, as he stated, that it allowed for a bit more insight into how he developed the style, and also how it relates to his personality.I absolutely loved it.

Karate-Do is a story about the man, Funakoshi Gichin, who took Okinawa-te from Okinawa to Japan and developed the art into what became the Japan Karate Association and Shotokan Karate. Worth a read if you are interested in martial arts and Japan.

I've read this book countless times, as it used to be like a bible to me. Gichin Funakoshi [founder of Shotokan Karate], recounts his life story in this book from his early years in Okinawa, where he practised Karate in secret, until his subsequent arrival in Japan where he founded probably the most widely practised fighting art. Loads of great stories and a great read for all martial artist's, not just Karateka.

This book has some great insights into one of Martial Arts greatest teachers. This is a book I reread every so often.

It is seldom that a book about Karate or the Martial Arts in general really catches my interest and though Funakoshi does a thorough job of explaining his childhood, his clandestine beginnings of Karate and how he helped it spread through Japan and then the world, I found the book to be more just the recollections of a man about his life. Though, in that sense, then it is a wonderful book regarding karate because he does not get into many techniques or katas, he does not break things down.

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.

I have just started doing karate, so I wanted to learn more Master Funakoshi - the man credited with popularizing karate throughout the world. I found this book easy reading and would recommend it (see below)SummaryThis book is the story of Master Funakoshi's life, from a small child and how he grew to learn and love karate and the many turns in his life. It tells about the origin of the term shotokan and karate.The GoodThis book is very straightforward and simple and from the choice of words