Older Updates and Additions

December 25, 2005

Updated Australia in the Dojo Directory.

December 18, 2005

Added two new kata PDFs from John Hackett to the kata section.

December 3, 2005

Lots of new stuff in the All About Japan section:

• No One is Perfect (by Hirotada Ototake) reviewed by Mark Groenewold.
• Confessions of Love (by Uno Chiyo) reviewed by Mark Groenewold.
• The Master Race an article by Mark Groenewold.
• Zen Archery (by Eugen Herrigel) reviewed by Kris Chapman.

November 26, 2005

A new section! Karate Resources.

Added two new book reviews and two new articles to the All About Japan section.

• After the Quake (by Haruki Murakami) reviewed by Mark Groenewold.
• Barefoot Gen (by Keiji Nakazawa) reviewed by Mark Groenewold.
• Inro by Mark Groenewold
• Welcome to Our Dojo by Mark Groenewold

November 21, 2005

"Books about Japan", "Articles on Japan", and the "Floating World" sections have been combined into a new section All About Japan.

November 3, 2005

Still more updates and additions to the Dojo Directory.

Review of the works of Laura Joh Rowland in the Books on Japan section.

October 30, 2005

Several more updates and additions to the Dojo Directory.

October 24, 2005

Several additions to the Dojo Directory.

October 13, 2005

One new page in the karate articles section:

• Notes On Teaching Karate by Mark Groenewold

Two new reviews in the Books about Japan section:

• Embracing Defeat (by John W. Dower), reviewed by Mark Groenewold
• Rising Sun (by Michael Crichton), reviewed by Mark Groenewold

October 9, 2005

The Karate Underground Forums are back.

Two new pages in the karate articles section:

• Change The Channel by Mark Groenewold
• The Great JKA by Mark Groenewold

October 4, 2005

• The Karate Underground Forums are temporarily down.

September 27, 2005

• A new section! KATA

September 5, 2005

• A new Admin Note
• New Section: The Dojo Directory
• Mark's Soapbox: Part 4 in Mark's Soapbox and Letters.

August 2, 2005

Mark's Soapbox: Part 3 in Mark's Soapbox and Letters.

Some new book reviews:

• Norwegian Wood (by Haruki Murakami), reviewed by Matthew Oosterhuis, in the Books on Japan section.
• Injury-Free Karate (by Paul Perry), reviewed by Dr. Selina Farwell, in the Books on Karate section.

June 11, 2005

Mark's Soapbox: Part 2 in Mark's Soapbox and Letters.

Essential Shotokan (Book and DVD Review). Reviewed by Mark Groenewold.

New in the Books on Japan Section:

• The Meaning Of Ichiro (by Robert Whiting)
• Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation (by Karl Taro Greenfield)

February 5, 2005

New page of letters (Now “Mark's Soapbox and Letters” )

January 30, 2005

Lost Japan (by Alex Kerr), in the Books on Japan Section.

Considering Kime by Mark, in the Articles on Karate Section.

January 24, 2005

Engineered Punching by Dick Clark in the Articles on Karate Section.

Three new reviews from Mark:

• Keinosuke Enoeda: Tiger of Shotokan Karate by Rob Butler in the Books on Karate Section.
• Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Marukami in the Books on Japan Section.
• The Last Samurai in the Floating World Section.

September 20, 2004

Added two new book reviews to the Books on Japan Section.

There are two new articles in the Articles on Japan Section.

There are three new reviews in the Floating World Section.

KTJW now has a favicon. Many thanks to John O'Donnell.

September 15, 2004

It is with great sadness that we add a page on the passing of Ken Robertson.

June 27, 2004

Added Sean Hardie's Guide to Learning Japanese to the Articles on Japan section.

June 5, 2004

Added a review of Nijushiho - The Principles and Bunkai in the Karate Videos section

May 28, 2004

Added In the Beginning was ENIAC by

May 27, 2004

Updated the look of the letters pages.

May 22, 2004

Added Five Years One Kata: putting kata back at the heart of karate by Bill Burgar (Reviewed by James Lawrence)

May 9, 2004

• Redid the front page, added a link to the Karate Underground Forums.
• Added a new page of Letters

April 29, 2004

• Added the Karate Underground Forums.

March 18, 2004

• Updated the Channan section.

March 17, 2004

• There are five new articles in the Floating World section as well as a gallery of ukiyoe images.
• Two new articles in the Articles on Japan section as well as a gallery of sumo images.
• Added a new page of Letters
• Mark reviews Vince Morris' Rules of Combat in the Books on Karate section.
• Added Jason Stanley's review in the Reviews of KTJW section.
• Two new video reviews in the Video Reviews section.
• There are three new articles in the Articles on Karate section.
• Added three new reviews to the Books on Japan section.

January 13, 2004

• Added a new section in UPJ: Channan
• Added a new Admin Note
• Added a new page of Letters
• Three new reviews in the Books on Japan section.
• Two new book reviews in the Floating World section.
• Added a review of Best Karate 6 to 11 in the Karate Book Reviews section.
• Two new articles in the Articles on Karate section.
• One new article on Japan.

December 13, 2003

• Added a bunch of new links.

October 11, 2003

• A new Admin. Note
• Two new sections:
  • Usagi Press Japan
  • The Floating World
• Updated the About this Site and About the Author pages
• A new Letter
• Two new reviews in the Books on Japan section.
• Two new book reviews in the Karate Book Reviews section.
• Two new articles in the Articles on Karate section.
• A new review in the Review of KTJW section.
• Several new goodies in the Research section.
• A new Article on Japan.

June 15, 2003

• A new Admin. Note
• New Letters
• Two new reviews in the Books on Japan section.
  • Max Danger (by Robert J. Collins), reviewed by Mark Groenewold
  • Memoirs of a Geisha (by Arthur Golden), reviewed by Mark Groenewold (moved to the Floating World Section)
• Two new Articles on Japan.
  • A Tale of Two Car Wrecks by Mark Groenewold
  • JET Interview by Mark Groenewold
• One new review in the Karate Books section: Best Karate 4: Kumite 4 (by M. Nakayama) reviewed by Mark Groenewold
• Three new Articles on Karate.
  • Correct Training by Vince Morris
  • Hobby Horses by Vince Morris
  • The Prize Divides by John Hackett
• Four new Links

April 23, 2003

• Two new sections:
  • Reviews of Karate the Japanese Way (the book). There are currently six reviews.
  • Articles on Japan. Three articles from Mark to start this section off.
• Three new reviews of books on Japan:
  • Geisha: A Life (by Mineko Iwasaki), reviewed by Mark Groenewold
  • Pink Samurai (by Nicholas Bornoff), reviewed by Mark Groenewold
  • Tokyo Confidential (by Mark Schreiber), reviewed by Mark Groenewold
• Two new karate book reviews:
  • Best Karate 3: Kumite 1
  • Karate-do: My Way of Life
• There are a several new letters.

March 1, 2003

• Two new karate book reviews:
  • Best Karate 2: Fundamentals
  • Secrets of Shotokan Karate (a new and improved re-review).
• One new video review: Budo: the Way of Halting Conflict
• One new review in the books on japan section: Tokyo Underworld
• There are a several new letters.
• There is a new article (My Way or the Highway), by Mark Groenewold.
• Added a few new links.

January 11, 2003

• There is a new Admin Note. Please read it if you haven't already.
• Added two new sections to Karate the Japanese Way:
  • The KTJW the Book Section
  • The Books on Japan Section, with nine reviews of, well, books on Japan. (To avoid confusion, the “Book and Reviews” section has been renamed “Karate Books and Reviews” on the site index page).
• Speaking of which, there are two new karate book reviews:
  • Best Karate 1: Comprehensive
  • Secrets of Shotokan Karate
• Added a whole new page of letters.
• Continuous Improvement in Karate, an article by Cory Searcy, is now available in the articles section.
• The links pages are now divided into geographical areas, all accessible from the main page. Included are a bunch of new links.

November 26, 2002

• There is a new Admin Note. Please read it if you haven't already.
• Added two new sections to Karate the Japanese Way:
  • The KTJW on Tour Section
  • The Karate Publications Section
• Added a guestbook. Please check it out and sign it if you would like.

• Added a whole new page of letters.

• Added one new link and redid the page a bit as well. New links are now at the top, not the bottom.
• Made the books index page easier to navigate and then added three new reviews:
  • Advanced Karate-do
  • Karate in Action II
  • Shotokan Karate: Its History and Evolution

October 27, 2002

• Added a whole new page of letters

• Added two new links
• Added three new book reviews:
  • Practical Karate 5
  • Practical Karate 6
  • Shotokan Dictionary
• Added two new video reviews:
  • Tsuyama Katsunori Part I
  • Tsuyama Katsunori Part II

September 19, 2002

• Added some brief admin notes
• Added four new articles:
  • Is Karate Really for Everybody?, by David Gomez
  • Boot to the Face, by Mark.
  • Karate Sucks, by Mark.
  • Take It Like A Man, by Mark.
• Added a bunch of new letters and links.

August 2, 2002

• Added several new letters.
• Added a review of “Battle of JKA: Best Bout 10” to the videos section.
• Added a whole lot of new links.
• Added reviews of Karate in Action 1 and Practical Karate 4 to the books section.

May 24, 2002

• Added a new Admin Note.
• Mark's thesis is now up and in the Research section.
• Added Eat the Peach in the Articles section.
• Added a new letter.

April 14, 2002

• Added three book reviews.
• Added some new letters.

March 11, 2002

• Added one book review.
• Added some links.
• Added two letters.

February 2, 2002

• Added one video review.
• Added one book review.
• Added two articles.
• Added a bunch of links.
• Added one letter.

January 13, 2002

• Added a bunch of new links.
• Added several new letters.

November 26, 2001

• Added three new links.
• Added a new letter.
• Added one new book review.

November 10, 2001

• We now have an Administration Notes page. Basically, it is stuff related to the site but that doesn't quite fit into the letters page.
• Several new Video Reviews.
• A new article.
• Some new Letters. Also, we moved the previous letters to a new page.

October 20, 2001

• Added several new links.
• Added two new Letters.

October 13, 2001

• The Dojo Kun section is now up!
• Added several new links. Also re-did the page, so it should be a bit easier to read.
• Added a review of “The Complete Idiots Guide to Karate” in the book review section.
• Added ISOK to the research page.
• As usual, there are many small changes: fixing the occasional broken link, adding pictures here and there, stuff like that.

September 23, 2001

• Added Walking the Thin Line by Bob Davis to the Articles Section
• Added a review of Dynamic Karate
• Added the Videos Section with 2 reviews:
  • Essential Basics, Volume One
  • Advanced Shotokan Kata, Volume One
• Added 2 new links
• Added a picture to the article no aru taka wa tsume o kakusu
• Fixed the link to Shotokan Research Society International website. The link may or may not have worked for you before, but it will work now.
• Fixed many small things (typos mostly), inserted a few pictures on pages that didn't have one yet.

September 10, 2001

Added the credits page.

September 8, 2001

• Added the Research page
• Added a review of Kumite Kyohan
• Two new links
• Fixed the broken link to The Human Heart Needs to Be Freed

September 2, 2001

• This "what's new" page
• A whole lot of new links
• A letter from Robert Davis
• No Aru Taka Wa Tsume o Kakusu in Articles

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