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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of the original Wado Karate organizations,
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This review is from: Essentials of Wado-Ryu Karate (Paperback)
It appears the author was given the 5th dan and then broke out of his organization (Wado Kai?)to form his own subsystem. Therefore this is probably not Wado Ryu Karate as you have seen it before (it wasn't to me). With due respect to expressions of individualism, please mark the book so readers will know. All in all it smells of premature Su-ha-ri.The quality of the photos and text is not bad, but the book feels static.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Title is misleading -- the emphasis is on a Wado derivative,
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This review is from: Essentials of Wado-Ryu Karate (Paperback)
I was fairly disappointed in this book. I was expecting a basic instructional book on Wado-Ryu Karate. The book does a good job of explaining some of the historical development of the Wado Ryu style. However, the title of the book is somewhat misleading. The style that the author teaches is not Wado-Ryu, but rather is Washinkai, which is based on Wado-Ryu. The Pinan katas emphasized in the book are not the Wado-Ryu versions. The author acknowledges that Master Ohtsuka adapted the Pinan katas developed by Anko Itosu into the Pinan katas taught in Wado-Ryu. However, the author then emphasizes the original Okinawan forms developed by Itosu. While this may be interesting in understanding the historical development of Wado-Ryu, it is of little practical value to students looking for Wado-Ryu instruction. The actual Wado-Ryu versions of these katas are basically left to an appendix. If you are a beginning to intermediate student looking to supplement your instruction in Wado-Ryu, then save your money and don't buy this book -- it will only confuse you. Trying to figure out which parts of the book coincide with the teaching of Wado-Ryu and which are peculiar to Washinkai will only serve to muddy the water. If you are an advanced student interested in exploring the history and development of Wado-Ryu, then this book may be useful.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
very good intro book for people who know nothing about wado,
By A Customer
This review is from: Essentials of Wado-Ryu Karate (Paperback)
the book was very esay to follow except that the most used or recpgnized froms were split between the front and the back of the book. Otsuka's forms should have been shown first in their entirerty
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