| Suggested Reading List for Karate Students |
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Required:
� Karate-do Kyohan The Master Text by Gichin Funakoshi � Notes on Training by Tsutomu Ohshima � Karate-do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi � The Heart of Karate-Do by Shigeru Egami Highly recommended: � Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi (Bantam Books) � The Art of War by Sun Tzu � The Sword of No-Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu by John Stevens � The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho � The Sword and the Mind by Yagyu Munenori, � Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo � Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors by William Scott Wilson � The Code of the Samurai by Yuzan Daidoji � Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text by Gichin Funakoshi � The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master by Gichin Funakoshi � Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi � Three Budo Masters by John Stevens � Forty-Seven Ronin Story by John Allyn � Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa |