What is the oldest book you have? (Martial Art and Non-Martial Art) What are your top 12 Martial Art books?
Bought a book on boxing from a used book store that was first printed in 1938. Besides that, I got Mas Oyama's What is Karate? through my university, I believe that was printed in '63. Top 12? I wish I was home to look, but off the top of my head for martial arts books only (not other stuff) not in order: 1. ITF 15 volume encyclopedia 2. Book of Five Rings 3. Mas Oyama's Essential Karate 4. A Killing Art (taekwondo history book) 5. Sabaki Method: Karate in the Inner Circle (this one is interesting, and different from many of my books in that it gives strategies) 6. What is Karate - Oyama (I love this guys stuff) I know thats not 12 but the rest of the books are really just for fun. I enjoy reading them even if I don't use them in any practical sense. Got lots of books on weightlifting and strength training, but you didn't ask for those, so I won't list my favorites. What are you favorites?
I have so many, that I could not list favorites. I could list thus; Most books from the Tuttle Publishing, as they seem to look for quality Most books from authors such as; Higoanna Morio Motobu Choki Jigorō Kanō Funakoshi Gichin Seikichi Toguchi Nagamine Shoshin Mas Oyama Choi Hong Hi Dr He-Young Kimm Kensho Furuya Patrick McCarthy Mark Bishop Marc Tedeschi Oscar Ratti Bruce Tegner (although a Jack of All Trades-interesting reading in a time upon few books) My oldest book: The Central Conception of Buddhism My Prized Martial Art Book; Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense-FIRST Edition But, I am always collecting books
Nice~ ! I'm a big fan of books in printed form. No matter how many PDF's and books on tape and whatever else I have (1TB's worth at this point!) I still enjoy a properly bound book! I'll have to make up a list of nice finds this year... and yes I really enjoy most anything by Tuttle... very good publishing house for all things Japanese - but written in English!
