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Title: Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi (Tuttle Martial Arts) by Pat McCarthy, Patrick McCarthy, Yuriko McCarthy, Koryu Uchinadi, Shinken Ryukyu Kobudo Taikan Taira, Chojun Karatedo Gaisetsu Miyagi ISBN: 0804831475 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.31
Rating: 5
Summary: Karate Weapons
Comment: Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi; volume one and volume two, ISBN 0-8048-3147-5, work well separately but best when taken together. I will review volume one here separately from volume two so that one might make a better decision when it comes to purchasing.
This volume deals with Kobudo (or the art of Karate weapons), widely considered an advanced topic in Karate-do. As such I would not recommend it to the novice Karate-ka. But I would definitely recommend it to those who wish to get a better grasp of Karate-do-- especially an Okinawan variety, to those looking to a different perspective on Kata, and to those studying Isshin-ryu Karate-do.
For those looking for a different perspective on Kata this volume is for you since it illustrates techniques solely through Kata. Six weapons Kata are described here which is not bad considering that most book an Karate rarely even describe one Kata. As for those studying Isshin-ryu Karate-do, you'll be interested in this book since it features a text written by O'Sensei Shimabuku's teacher Taira Shinken.
This book contains six Kata, as mentioned: three for the Bo and one for Sai, Tuifa (or Tonfa), and Nunchaku each as well as instructions on how to make a Bo. For those looking for an introduction to weapons this is an excellent book. If what you want is Okinawan Karate-do technique none surpasses The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do by Shoshin Nagamine, ISBN 0-8048-2110-0 which compliments this book. If what you are interested in is more specifically the history of Okinawan Karate-do and Kobudo get volume two along with Patrick McCarthy's Bubishi: the Bible of Karate, ISBN 0-8048-2015-5.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not what I was expecting
Comment: The information is pretty good in the book, I would have liked to have seen more notes from the translator on some of the references made by Taira Sensei, but I'm sure that the translation is correct. For instance on page 10, Taira lists a group of well known kobujutsu masters and whether they lived more than or less than 100 years ago. None of this was clarified in the translation. Also, this very same information was included in an article by Mr. McCarthy in Bugeisha magazine article but never credited there to Taira Shinken, I don't know why.
The production quality isn't quite what I've come to expect from Tuttle and Mr. McCarthy, the photos are a little fuzzy and don't stand out as exceptional. Also, there are a quite a few typing mistakes throughout the text. The numbering of the photos is quite sub-standard and all of the photos are simply numbered sequentially from 1 to 408, they don't match the kata numberings. I don't know if this is from the original translation or not.
Apart from that, there isn't a single historical photo of Taira Shinken, all of the photos except the cover are Mr. McCarthy and an uncredited individual demonstrating the weapons techniques.
Except for the translation itself and the article at the back written by Mr. McCarthy, there isn't much else to this book, certainly not any new photographs which would have been great to see.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book on Kobudo is a geat reference text!
Comment: This text has included a great amount of info on Shinken Taira and his great teachers. There also is a fantastic listing of Okinawan kobudo katas. Mr McCarthy has done a great job on history tracking on this topic
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Title: Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters (Tuttle Martial Arts) by Shoshin Nagamine, Patrick McCarthy ISBN: 0804820899 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Classical Kata of Okinawan Karate by Pat McCarthy, Mike Lee ISBN: 0897501136 Publisher: Black Belt Communications, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Bible of Karate: Bubishi by Patrick McCarthy, Patrick McCarhty ISBN: 0804820155 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles, and Secret Techniques by Mark Bishop ISBN: 0804832056 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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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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