Martial Arts Books We Like & Recommend


 

bullet The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, translated by Thomas Cleary, Shambhala Dragon Editions, 1988
bullet The Art of Peace, Teachings of the Founder of Aikido: Morihei Ueshiba, compiled and translated by John Stevens, Shambhala Press, Boston and London, 1992
bullet Bushido the Way Of The Samurai, John Newman, B.Mitchell 1989
  Masatoshi Nakayama Best Karate Series published by Kodansha International

 

Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings, Translation & commentary NihonServices Corporation: Bradford J. Brown, Yuko Kashiwagi, William H. Barrett, Eisuke Sasagawa - Bantam Books 1982
  The Book of The Samurai - Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo - Translated by William Scott Wilson, Kodansha  International, 1979
  Japanese Swordsmanship Technique & Practice by Gordon Warner & Donn F. Draeger, Weatherhill Inc. 1982
  The Art Of Japanes Swordsmanship - A manual of Eishin-Ryu Iaido  by Nicklaus Suino, Weatherhill Inc. 1994
  Conversations with the Master: Masatoshi Nakayama, by Randall G. Hassell, Focus Publications
  Karate, The Art of "Empty Hand" Fighting, by Hidetaka Nishiyama and Richard C. Brown, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1959
  Karate-Do Kyohan, The Master Text, by Gichin Funakoshi, translated by Tsutomu Ohshima, Kodansha International, 1973
  Karate-Do Nyumon, The Master Introductory Text, by Gichin Funakoshi, trans. by John Teramoto, Kodansha International, 1988
  Karate-Do, My Way of Life, by Gichin Funakoshi, Kodansha International, 1975
  Moving Zen, Karate as a Way to Gentleness, by C.W. Nicol, William Morrow & Co., 1975
  Shotokan Advanced Kata, by Keinosuke Enoeda, Dragon Books, 1983
  Karate-Do, Perfecting Kumite, by Masahiko Tanaka Translated from Japanese By Schlat,  Michael Gotzelmann 2001
   

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