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Links
Here you will find links to other karate
clubs, associations and useful
martial arts websites, as well as some suggested books
to read.
If you have a suggestion of a link please contact the webmaster
at webmaster@readingwadokai.co.uk
Other Clubs
Thatcham Wado Kai Karate Club
http://www.thatchamkarate.org/
Local club to Reading, run by Sensei Paul knight
Tadley Wado Kai Karate Club
http://www.angelfire.com/sports/karatewado/
Walton Wado Karate Club
http://www.wado-kai-karate.co.uk/
Great site with kata videos available to download.
Association
Links
England Wado Kai
http://www.englandwadokai.org/
Karate England
http://www.karateengland.org.uk/
Federation of Wado Kai Europe
http://www.wadokai.eu/
W.K.F. World Karate federation
http://www.wkf.net/
Contains useful links to rules of karate competition
S.K.W Swedish Karate Wado Kai
http://www.wadokai.se/skw/
Sensei Shingo Ohgami
JFK Wado Kai Japan
http://www.karatedo.co.jp/wado/w_eng/e_index.htm
Canadian Wado kai
http://www.canadajkfwadokai.org/home.php
New Zealand Wado Kai
http://www.wadokai.co.nz/
Useful
Martial Arts Links
Fighting Arts
http://www.fightingarts.com/
FightingArts.Com is a cyber community and network of traditional
martial artists, historians, and writers dedicated to the promotion
and understanding of their arts through the medium of the Internet.
Japanese<->English Dictionary
http://www.rut.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dict
Japanese Martial Arts Glossary
http://www.aoinagi.org/glossary/agloss_view_tree.htm
Japanese Dictionary
http://home.comcast.net/~aikibudokai/jiten.html
Wado Stances
http://www.sleuteltotinzicht.nl/wa_standen.htm
Wado Videos on YouTube. Katas
Kihons
Kumite
etc
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wado+karate&search=Search
Telford WadoRyu Club
http://www.telfordwado-ryukarateclub.co.uk/
Good section on Ohyo and Kihons
Wado World
http://www.wadoworld.com/index.html
Wado information site
Recommended
Reading
Below are some books that have bee recomended by our instructors
and members. If you would like to suggest a book please contact
us with the title, author and a brief reason why you would
recomend it.
SKW Grading Syllabus
An essential booklet for all those
training under England Wado Kai. Contains all the grading details
from 8th to 1st Kyu and lots of other useful information.
Recommended by: Sensei
Wilkinson
Karate
Katas of Wadoryu by Shingo Ohgami
This covers the five Pinan Katas,
along with Kushanku, Naifanchi, Seishan, and Chinto, and explains
in detail the required stances, moves and some applications.
Recommended by: Rob
Introduction
to Karate by Shingo Ohgami
This is a good book for all Karate
beginners and as a reference book for the more experienced. The
book covers the history of Karate, warming up, stretching, stances,
striking, kicking, blocking, in fact everything except for Kata,
which is covered by the book above.
Recommended by: Rob
Sport
Stretch: 311 Stretches for 41 Sports by Michael J. Alter
This book on stretching is very
useful to those who do martial arts. The 311 stretches cover just
about everything, but its the theories behind stretching and flexibility
that are partucluarly useful. The book gives you an insight into
how to increase your flexibility, which is central to martial
artists who want to kick with perfection. It also outlines the
benefits of flexibility, which are increased power and speed.
Recommended by: Rob
 Angry
White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger
This book is the story of a poet
from Oxford Univertity living in Japan who has just realised that
at 30 he wasn't fit and he wasn't brave.
Not knowing his fist from his elbow he
joins the Yoshinkan
Aikido Hombu Dojo and enrols on their year-long, brutally
demanding Senshusei
course of budo training - specially designed for the Tokyo
Riot Police.
This book is the fascinating account of his journey from White
to Black belt and is a fantastic read (especially before a grading!).
The book is also a brilliant and captivating insight into the
bizarre nature of contemporary Japan.
Recommended by: Rob
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