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• NEW! Injury-Free Karate by Paul Perry (Reviewed by Dr. Selina Farwell)

Previous Reviews

• Advanced Karate-do by Dr. Elmar T. Schmeisser
• Angry White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger
• The Best Karate series, by M. Nakayama:
  • Best Karate 1: Comprehensive
  • Best Karate 2: Fundamentals
  • Best Karate 3: Kumite 1
  • Best Karate 4: Kumite 2
  • Best Karate 5: Heian, Tekki
  • Best Karate Series, Books 6 to 11
• Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata: Volume 1: The Tekki Series by Elmar T. Schmeisser, reviewed by Taniguchi Takao
• Complete Idiots Guide to Karate by Randall G. Hassell and Edmond Otis
• Complete Shotokan Karate by Robin Reilly
• Dynamic Karate by M. Nakayama
• Five Years One Kata: putting kata back at the heart of karate by Bill Burgar (Reviewed by James Lawrence)
• Karate: The Art of Empty Self by Terrence Webster-Doyle (moved from All About Japan)
• Karate: A Step-By-Step Guide to Shotokan Karate by Kevin Healy
• Karate-Do: A Challenge of Self by Mark Passmore
• Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
• Karate In Action: Kata & Self-Defense 1: One on One Frontal Attack by Masatoshi Nakayama
• Karate in Action II: Kata & Self Defence: One on One by M. Nakayama
• Keinosuke Enoeda: Tiger of Shotokan Karate by Rob Butler
• Moving Zen: One Man's Journey to the Heart of KARATE by C.W. Nicol
• The Practical Karate Series, by M. Nakayama and Donn F. Draeger
  1. Fundamentals of Self-Defense
  2. Defense Against an Unarmed Assailant
  3. Defense Against Multiple Assailants
  4. Defense Against Armed Assailants
  5. Self-Defense for Women
  6. Self-Defense in Special Situations
• Rules of Combat by Vince Morris
• Secrets of Shotokan Karate by Robin L. Reilly
• Shotokan Dictionary by Schlatt
• Shotokan Karate: Its History and Evolution by Randall G. Hassell

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