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There is always a tendency in dealing with any fighting art for practitioners to reject and unfairly criticise methods that are not known, or are 'new' to them. Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3.0 out of 5 stars
good source of information but filled with biased.,
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This review is from: Okinawan Karate (Paperback)
There are very good and useful information about some less-popular styles such as Ryuei Ryu and different branches of Shorin ryu. However, the author added so much of his own criticism of instructors, usually about their personalities and manners, and at times I wonder why he has an authority to criticize some senior instructors of Okinawa, the birth place of Karate-do. The author shows very little, and sometimes no respect to Japanese/Okinawa senior instructors. Having said that, this is still a good book and will add some historical perspective to a serious Karate-ka.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Required reading for Okinawan Karate-ka,
By jayslap (Cleveland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Okinawan Karate (Paperback)
Mr. Bishop certainly has provided some good insights into the way of traditional Okinawan Karrate. His first hand accounts add much to the information provided and his story is rich in detail. He dosen't just give you facts, names and dates, but presents the reader with a source on which you will reflect on for some time. There's not much in the way of mystical karate in this book, just good hard facts that are a wealth of information.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Personal Journey Through the Homeland of Karate,
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This review is from: Okinawan Karate (Paperback)
Mark Bishop offers us a look at karate on Okinawa. Not in the usual manner, wherein an author tries to explain techinques through pictures and words, but through descriptions of his discussions with practitioners of different styles of karate and kobudo (traditional weaponry), and descriptions of the many dojo (schools) he visited. Bishop includes photos of the places he visited and the masters he met throughout the volume, and for most schools offers lineage charts showing who the major instructors of each master were, and that teacher's senior students. One emerges with a new awareness of and appreciation for the diversity of Okinawan Karate, both in practice and philosophy.The author breaks down the book into three major sections. The first of these is on styles and teachers of Karate directly related to Chinese Boxing ("kung fu"), such as Jukendo, Ryuei-ryu, Goju-ryu, Uechi-ryu, Pangai Noon, and Kojo-ryu. section Two is concerned with Shorin-ryu styles of karate, including Matsumura Orthodox shorin-ryu, Ishmine-ryu, Tomari-te, Shorinji-ryu, Matsubayashi-ryu, Chuba-ryu, Isshin-ryu, Shorin-ryu (shaolin), Ryukyu Shorin-ryu, Kobayashi Shorin-ryu, Kushin-ryu, Kenwa Mabuni Shiito-ryu, Shinpan Shiroma Shiito-ryu, Tozan-ryu, and Okinawan Kempo. The third section of this book delves into schools and instructors of Kobudo (traditional weaponry), includingHoshin-ryu, Yamani-ryu, Uhuchiku Kobudo, Ryukyu Kobudo, Matayoshi Kobudo, Motobu-ryu, and Bugeikan. Also included are appendixes with a map of Okinawa (detailed names of each region of the Island), a Kata (form) chart showing what kata each school of karate practices, a list and description of Kobudo weapons, and addresses of major teachers and schools in Okinawa. This is probably the best guide to different forms of Okinawan martial arts, since the author is able to include his personal observations, and not simply a collection of data from other sources.
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