Reading List Required: 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: Tsutomu 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
