I've been doing more reading than writing and its time to rectify that. Today is the start of a series of ten posts and reviews for the most essential texts on Karate that I have come across. These books are treasures to me. I recently moved in with the love of my life and she asked me when we were moving what was the most important things to take with me. And I looked at my little room, my little bed, my phone and laptop, my shoes, my clothes. My black belt. And then my eyes floated up to my bookshelf - to the top shelf. These are the books on my top shelf. They are what I would save from my room if it were engulfed in flames. Were it not for these words and ideas I would be a very different person, a lesser person. I hope that my enthusiasm in presenting them will encourage you to look for them yourself. And while I may rank them, they are, in my humble opinion, all essential reading for the true deshi - the true karateka.
tbc...
