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  • Karate-do Kyohan: The Master Text, by Gichin Funakoshi
  • Karate-do: My Way of Life, by Gichin Funakoshi [Autobiography of Master Funakoshi – suitable for all ages]
  • Notes on Training, by Tsutomu Ohshima
  • The Heart of Karate-Do, by Shigeru Egami
Highly Recommended:
  • Tsotomu Ohshima: Carrying the Samurai Spirit into the 21st Century, by Eli Cohen
  • Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi
  • The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
  • The Sword of No-Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu, by John Stevens
  • The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master, by Takuan Soho
  • The Sword and the Mind, by Yagyu Munenori
  • Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  • Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors, by William Scott Wilson
  • The Code of the Samurai, by Yuzan Daidoji
  • Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text, by Gichin Funakoshi
  • The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master, by Gichin Funakoshi
  • Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi
  • Three Budo Masters, by John Stevens
  • Forty-Seven Ronin, by John Allyn
  • Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa

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Saratoga Shotokan Karate Dojo
Southwest YMCA
13500 Quito Road
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: 408-370-1877
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