Summary: <p> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/file_attach/images/Funakoshi_Oct10_Bonus_Podca.jpg" style="margin: 5px 12px; width: 170px; float: right; height: 241px;">This new website makes it so easy for me to add new content that I’ve been able to put out this “bonus podcast”! I’ve called it a bonus podcast because this is not the scheduled “official podcast” – which will be on stances and be out in a week or so – but an extra podcast on 10 books that I recommend you read (not one of which was written by me … I’m assuming you’ve already got all those ;-).</p> <p> This is not a “top 10” or anything like that because there are loads of other books – which may be discussed in future bonus podcasts – I would also strongly recommend. In this podcast I simply discuss 10 books that I feel all pragmatically minded traditionalists should read. They are a mix of classical books and books by modern authors and in each case I explain why I recommend the book and what can be gained from it. It was a case of hit record and off I went! I hope you enjoy this bonus podcast and that it encourages you to check out some of the books. I’ll be back with the scheduled “official podcast” very soon!</p> <p> All the best,</p> <p> Iain</p> <p> PS The books discussed are listed below.</p> <p> All of the books above are available from Amazon with the exception of Neptune Publication’s Karate-Do Kyohan and Karate-Do Taikan translated by Mario McKenna. For those two books, direct links are provided.</p> <ol> <li> Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi</li> <li> The Way of Kata by Kris Wilder and Lawrence Kane</li> <li> Streetwise by Peter Consterdine</li> <li> Dead of Alive by Geoff Thompson</li> <li> Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller</li> <li> Karate-Do Kyohan by Gichin Funakoshi (Neptune Publications edition – <a href="http://www.neptune-publications.com" target="_blank">click here</a>)</li> <li> Karate-Do Taikan translated by Mario McKenna (<a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/an-overview-of-karate-d%C3%B3/5949358" target="_blank">click here</a>)</li> <li> Four Shades of Black by Gavin Mulholland</li> <li> The Bubishi (as translated by both Patrick McCarthy & George Alexander)</li> <li> Pavement Arena by Geoff Thompson</li> </ol>
