Post by AngelaG on Dec 30, 2004 17:34:07 GMT
Just finished Karate-do: My Way of Life, by Funakoshi. (I bought it myself as an early Christmas present 
)
It was an interesting book... and a lot easier to read than Karate-do Kyohan. Is the book heavily edited though? I felt in some parts that it did not seem to flow very well, and that at times Funakoshi contradicts himself. It almost reads like a collection of stories written at different ages.
Some of the stories lack credence (perhaps as a way of maintaining the Oriental mystique?) and I felt needed to be taken with a massive pinch of salt.
All in all it was good, and an enjoyable read. It was nice to get some perspective from the founder of my style - and see his vision of where we should be taking it.
)It was an interesting book... and a lot easier to read than Karate-do Kyohan. Is the book heavily edited though? I felt in some parts that it did not seem to flow very well, and that at times Funakoshi contradicts himself. It almost reads like a collection of stories written at different ages.
Some of the stories lack credence (perhaps as a way of maintaining the Oriental mystique?) and I felt needed to be taken with a massive pinch of salt.
All in all it was good, and an enjoyable read. It was nice to get some perspective from the founder of my style - and see his vision of where we should be taking it.
