- Taschenbuch: 96 Seiten
- Verlag: Tuttle Publishing (August 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0804820279
- ISBN-13: 978-0804820271
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,8 x 12,2 x 1,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.080.133 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This is a study of the individual kobudo systems as they are practised in Okinawa today.
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This book is an attempt by Mark Bishop to do a complete history of Te and weapons martial arts in Okinawa. He goes into archeological evidence of early stone weapons in the early parts of this book and then proceeds through generations of royalty and the modern folk tales of weapons and Te experts from the turn of the century.
Unfortunatly, there just isn't a lot to talk about concerning these subjects. Much of the information, especially 100+ years ago is difficult if not impossible to substanciate. I thought that this was going to be another book like his first where he got stories concerning Te and Kobudo and tried to sort through them by comparisons between different masters. This isn't what the book is.
I felt that there wasn't much substance to the book and I was much better off with the Kobudo and Te section from his last book where he wandered from dojo to dojo talking to masters about their styles. Certainly, that section in "Okinawan Karate" was probably larger and certainly meatier than this entire book, which was much too small and unsatisfying.
This is for a die-hard amateur karate historians only. There are some facts (not really fully referenced unfortunately) that aren't available elsewhere that are worth looking at, but they could fit on just a couple of pages.
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Mark Bishop; the next Donn Draeger of this century ! Mr. Bishop with all his usual depth and research plumbs what assuredly is "obscure" to even those who MAY perhaps fathom it. To those of us who ARE fellow practitioners of a given ~martial path~ this work's purpose is somewhat obscure. The intended message is somewhat clouded.... regretably. Perhaps the next time round...
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Dissapointing after his first book
20. Dezember 1999
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This book is an attempt by Mark Bishop to do a complete history of Te and weapons martial arts in Okinawa. He goes into archeological evidence of early stone weapons in the early parts of this book and then proceeds through generations of royalty and the modern folk tales of weapons and Te experts from the turn of the century.
Unfortunatly, there just isn't a lot to talk about concerning these subjects. Much of the information, especially 100+ years ago is difficult if not impossible to substanciate. I thought that this was going to be another book like his first where he got stories concerning Te and Kobudo and tried to sort through them by comparisons between different masters. This isn't what the book is.
I felt that there wasn't much substance to the book and I was much better off with the Kobudo and Te section from his last book where he wandered from dojo to dojo talking to masters about their styles. Certainly, that section in "Okinawan Karate" was probably larger and certainly meatier than this entire book, which was much too small and unsatisfying.
This is for a die-hard amateur karate historians only. There are some facts (not really fully referenced unfortunately) that aren't available elsewhere that are worth looking at, but they could fit on just a couple of pages.
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History of Kubdo
3. Juli 2001
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Mark Bishop writes well, and does so again here. With the title I was expecting more. Like his first book, stories about weapons and the Master's who used them. Instead what we have is a history of weapons. He goes from the stone age through the Okinawan weaponary.
The very first section does a great job of cataloging the various types of weapons practiced with in Okinawa, including the umbrella.... I feel this. like all of Mr. Bishops book should ne in your Martial Arts library.
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useful, but read his other book first
21. April 2012
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While this could have served as a subset of his book about Okinawan karate, it is a very useful overview of the history of Okinawan weaponry. He makes a good case for Okinawan martial arts as essentially weapon arts that also have "empty hand" aspects, which corrects some of the more mythological and popular treatments of the subject in both English and Japanese. The influence of Chinese and Japanese systems are dealt with in detail, concluding that the influence from China is quite strong (owing to trade and diplomacy) and less so with Japan.
So in terms of weapons and general martial history this is a solid book. The Zen aspect of the title is rather misleading, as if to conflate Zen (not to be confused with Zen Buddhism) with Kobudo. If you would like to learn more about Okinawan religion, look elsewhere for that. In particular, Okinawan Religion: Belief, Ritual, and Social Structure by Lebra and Kerr's Okinawa: The History of an Island People (the definitive history of Okinawa in English). I also found his unnecessary comments about Christianity (p 57) both curiously out of place and lacking in scholarship. That the immediate followers of Jesus created a new religion obsessed with death, completely against anything Jesus was about, to "somehow appease their consciences" (whatever that means), is a very accurate description of Mark Bishop's lack of knowledge of the history of Judaism, Zoroastrianism and, in particular, Christianity, and nothing more. An odd addition to an otherwise very useful book.
So in terms of weapons and general martial history this is a solid book. The Zen aspect of the title is rather misleading, as if to conflate Zen (not to be confused with Zen Buddhism) with Kobudo. If you would like to learn more about Okinawan religion, look elsewhere for that. In particular, Okinawan Religion: Belief, Ritual, and Social Structure by Lebra and Kerr's Okinawa: The History of an Island People (the definitive history of Okinawa in English). I also found his unnecessary comments about Christianity (p 57) both curiously out of place and lacking in scholarship. That the immediate followers of Jesus created a new religion obsessed with death, completely against anything Jesus was about, to "somehow appease their consciences" (whatever that means), is a very accurate description of Mark Bishop's lack of knowledge of the history of Judaism, Zoroastrianism and, in particular, Christianity, and nothing more. An odd addition to an otherwise very useful book.
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