Good Kumite books?

[D.Ram]

Hi! I just joined this board, please excuse, and correct, in case I'm making any mistakes in my method of posting!

I've been on the lookout for good (and affordable) Kumite books. I fell in love with Kanazawa's "Karate Fighting Techniques", but it went out of stock just before I could get my hands on a copy! I'm now waiting, impatiently, for it to get printed again!

In the meanwhile, do you know of any very good Kumite books, that are still in print?

Thanks!
Dram

[malk103]

Welcome to the forum Dram, I was also after Kanazawa's book so can't really offer any good alternative's but please let us know if you get a good one.
There are some good Youtube video's that include plenty of Kumite and its sometimes easier to understand than looking at pictures.
I find a lot of the sets are a bit unworkable but always good to drill.

[Deleted]

I have kanazawas karate fighting techniques, got it from amazon within the last eighteen months. It's a good book. Have you tried looking on eBay? I picked up some good books from eBay last year

[Rob S]

If ebay is no good look at www.abebooks.com!

[D.Ram]

Thanks Rob, Alan, for your suggestions! I checked out both eBay and Abe now - the cheapest available copy is at 77 USD! That's a bit too steep for me - furthermore, I had checked with the publishers, and they seem to think it will be re-printed within a few months...perhaps I should just wait!
I have read in many places about Tanaka's book on the topic, and that it's a gem - unfortunately, that seems to be out of print as well...

[malk103]

Something to keep you busy....

Found some online pics of Kumite sets, we use a lot of them in our syllabus.

cfts-karate.co.uk/content/category/14/53/43/

cfts-karate.co.uk/content/category/14/54/30/

cfts-karate.co.uk/content/view/322/28