Recommended Books & Reading

There are hundreds of karate books for sale in the UK for karateka to read...but which one to buy?
Here is a list of books which Sensei Sarah and Sensei George highly recommend. Shown here are the books that both own.

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Karate do Kyohan.......................... Karate do Nyumon......................My way of life................................. Karate Jutsu.................................Shotokan Masters

Gichin Funakoshi.............................Gichin Funakoshi....................Gichin Funakoshi............................Gichin Funakoshi...............................Jose M Fraquas









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............................................Dynamic Karate Keinosuke.............................................Enoeda: Tiger of Shotokan Karate
.................................................Masatoshi Nakayama ..................................................Masatoshi Nakayama & Rod Butler





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...............A Shotokan Karate: Book of facts 1, 2 & 3.....................The Kanazawa Years ......Book of Dates............Book of Quotes ......Funakoshi on Okinawa
............Clive Layton, Michael Randall & Michael Nursey ......................Clive Layton ...........Layton & Randall .....Layton & Harry Cook.........Clive Layton




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........Kanazawa 10th Dan ............Karate My Life................ Black Belt Karate....... .............Shotokan Karate International (Kata1, Kata2, Kumite)
..............Clive Layton ...............Hirokazu Kanazawa .........Hirokazu Kanazawa .............................................Hirokazu Kanazawa




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...In Funakoshi's Foosteps ..............Beginner/Advanced guides to Shotokan Karate Kata ....................Shotokan Karate Handbook/Advanced handbook
........John Van Weenen ...............................................John Van Weenen ......................................................................Gursharan Sahota




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................................Shotokan Pocket Book..............................The Karate Dictionary.................................Karate Kata Applications
........................................Ken Lyons......................................................Schlatt..........................................Aidan Trimble & Vince Morris



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The Shotokan Dawn (supplement) ...........Shotokan Horizon................ Shotokan Dawn (Volumes 1 & 2) ..............You don't have to dress to kill
..................Clive Layton .................................Clive Layton.........................................Clive Layton...............................................Clive Layton