What nonfiction book are you currently reading?

[Gyakuto]

 

[_Simon_]

Read a chapter awhile ago, got sidetracked, remembered I had it, finally came back to it! Thoroughly enjoying it thus far

 

[Xue Sheng]

 

[Jared Traveler]

This is a great book for anyone serious about understanding Asia past and present.

 

[Gyakuto]

I always have a few books on the go at once!

Such an incredible system of vast complexity that we take for granted. I wanted to know more.

A period that came to define what we understand as Japanese culture. I wanted to know why.

Most Japanese language books are designed for ‘business people’ of which I have no interest. Then I saw this and thought it might suit my background and knowing the detailed names of body parts is always useful for one’s martial arts practise!

I don’t even like manga, but this forces me to read kana and avoids those silly ‘memory tricks‘ that make memorising kanji even more complex!

 

[BFoley]

Killing Crazy Horse - Bill O'Reilly

 

[arnisador]

WRITE GREAT CODE, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level, 2nd Edition, by Randall Hyde.

 

[Gyakuto]

 

[_Simon_]

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Oooooh I haven't heard of this fellow! All his books look great, adding em to the list!

Another one you might enjoy is by Kenji Ushiro, haven't read yet but it's apparently quite good

Karate and Ki: The Origin of Ki - The Depth of Thought: Kenji Ushiro: 9784904464052: Amazon.com: Books

Karate and Ki: The Origin of Ki - The Depth of Thought [Kenji Ushiro] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Karate and Ki: The Origin of Ki - The Depth of Thought

www.amazon.com

 

[Gyakuto]

Oooooh I haven't heard of this fellow! All his books look great, adding em to the list!

I bought it from ‘Speaking Tree’ in Glastonbury, which has a remarkable range of martial arts and esoteric books! It’s a ‘dense’ read, which I like, but for me, it’s a new perspective on Ki (of which, you can probably guess, I’m naturally skeptical).

The same author’s ‘The Inner Art of Karate: Cultivating the Budo Spirit in Your Practise’ There doesn’t seem to be previews on Amazon, so here’s a small sample.

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[jks9199]

The Violence Project. (The Violence Project Book) Research seems credible, information is good.

 

[Gyakuto]

The Violence Project. (The Violence Project Book) Research seems credible, information is good.

Interesting. It must be a one page book as it’s obvious how to stop mass shootings

 

[_Simon_]

I bought it from ‘Speaking Tree’ in Glastonbury, which has a remarkable range of martial arts and esoteric books! It’s a ‘dense’ read, which I like, but for me, it’s a new perspective on Ki (of which, you can probably guess, I’m naturally skeptical).

The same author’s ‘The Inner Art of Karate: Cultivating the Budo Spirit in Your Practise’ There doesn’t seem to be previews on Amazon, so here’s a small sample.

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Oh brilliant, thanks for that appreciate it! That one stuck out to me as well, and his kata one. And good on you for being open to exploring something you're skeptical on, there's alot to be said for that quality of openness

 

[Gyakuto]

Oh brilliant, thanks for that appreciate it! That one stuck out to me as well, and his kata one. And good on you for being open to exploring something you're skeptical on, there's alot to be said for that quality of openness

I ordered the kata one earlier too!

I want to believe, many things, but rationality keeps getting in the way!

 

[Xue Sheng]

 

[Buka]

The Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard.

 

[isshinryuronin]

Karate Uchina-Di - Okinawan Karate, An Exploration of Its Origins & Evolution

IMO very detailed (sometimes overly so on certain tangential topics), disjointed, often repetitive and very broad in scope which makes it difficult to mentally collate the abundant good information and thoughts in this thick book. Heavy emphasis on Okinawan history and its cultural and martial relationship with China and Japan, putting the entirety of Okinawan karate in perspective. Not for the casual practitioner, but worth the effort for one interested in the background story of what this art is really about and how it came to be what it is.

 

[Gyakuto]

‘Just Good Manners - A Quintessential guide to courtesy, charm and decorum’ by William Hanson.

 

[Stuarto]

Army of the Potomac Trilogy by Bruce Catton

 

[Prince_Alarming]

The greek myths by Robert Graves, it's.... wierd. He has a lot of personal theories that he elevates to the level of established fact