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Title: Shihan-Te: The Bunkai of Karate Kata by Darrell Max Craig, Paul Anderson ISBN: 1-886969-88-4 Publisher: YMAA Publications Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Knee deep in it
Comment: No question that Craig is a knowledgeable dedicated martial artist. The book however is a mess. Indeed, it is poorly written, edited and executed. Which in of itself, would be excusable if the book provided the "goods" so to speak. It doesen't. It does convey that the author suffers a bit of the "supreme grandmaster" affliction/delusion though. Find it used and gleen what you can from it. Not a top ten choice for kata research.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Kata guide book
Comment: Mr.Craig's book gives an indepth explanation of the theory, application, and multiple levels of learning associated with karate kata. A long time student of both Japanese and Okinawan martial arts, Mr. Craig's decades of experience shine through in this book. The illustrations are drawn very well, and illustrate the points he makes very clearly. If you thought that kata was just step, punch, kick, and block then this book will change your mind. For the beginner or advanced student this book has something for everyone in it.
Rating: 2
Summary: An Editor's Nightmare
Comment: The book is ok, but it does have a few major errors:
1. It is a total grammatical nightmare.
2. A lot of the sections repeat the EXACT SAME information! I kept thinking I had already read a certain chapter, when it turns out they just repeat themselves!
3. Darrel Craig must have one big ego. At the beginning of each chapter, he has quotes from famous martial artists, i.e. Musashi. However, at one point, he quotes HIMSELF. How egotistical is it when someone quotes his/her self in their own book!?
4. The explanations and analogies are not well formulated.
The book does contain relatively interesting concepts, but it merely scrapes over the surface of the book. Henka, one of the four elements of kata that is talked about, gets a ONE paragraph explanation. No only is this paragraph SOLELY an analogy (NO explanation), but the analogy hardly makes any sense! I was disappointed- it seemed like I was going to learn a lot of the four main elemts of kata, and while these elements were listed, only two recieved any in depth discussion (Bunkai and Kakushi). Oyo was talked about quite a bit, and Henka was hardly even covered, except for the vague confusing analogies. If the book was meant to cover a wider variey of material, I would have understood. But the purpose of the book was to discuss these specific four elements- and the discussion is grammatically flawed, repetitive, and contains ambiguous analogies and confusing explanations. I would recommend borrowing the book from a friend so you can at least (somewhat) familiarize yourself with the terms and concepts, but save your money.
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Title: Okinawan Karate, The Secret Art of Tuite by Javier Martinez ISBN: 0965008584 Publisher: Javier Martinez Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 'Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata Volume 1: The Tekki Series by Elmar T. Schmeisser ISBN: 0911921362 Publisher: Damashi Publications Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Five Years, One Kata by Bill Burgar ISBN: 0954446607 Publisher: Martial Arts Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: The Secrets of Okinawan Karate: Essence and Techniques by Kiyoshi Arakaki ISBN: 4770027591 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi by Gichin Funakoshi, John Teramoto, Tsutomu Oshima ISBN: 4770026811 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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