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By: Dan Cassidy (Registered IP 87.232.1.91) on 22-02-2008 18:27

Karate Do - My Way of Life is a slim volume and disappointing as it adds very little to what is already known about Funakoshi. It sometimes verges on the didactic, perhaps, and once finished I felt as if there was a great deal missed out of this karate-ka's story. Shotokan is the most widely -practised style of karate in the world and I cannot but think that this book was written to reinforce some of the myths surrounding its origins. I once attended a course given by the late Steve Cattle who was quite open when talking about Funakoshi's limitations but Shotokan grew because of his great pupils such as Nakayama, Nishiyama, and later on Enoeda and Kanazawa. I think it would do the reader more justice and the author mmore credit if this book had given a more full and objective account of Gichin Funakoshi's life and art.

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