Japanese/Okinawan

Author: Yuichi Hirose    Photographs by  Sumiyuki Kotani

A true staple for many martial arts students and practitioners, The Japasese Fighting Arts holds a wealth of information and delivers to the reader a valuable discussion of the principal forms of the Japanese martial arts. this unique book, provides...

Sensei Willy J. Ortiz, a 6th degree black belt, began his love of Shotokan Karate at an early age. Some of his former teachers were Nakayama, Okazaki, Mori, Kaze, Mikami, Kanazawa, Enoeda, Otsuka and Yamaguchi. Throughout this book Ortiz you will find an...

THE SECRET OF THE STAHARA In this course each trick is practiced separately and formally, it being arranged beforehand who will act as aggressor. This system will give quicker results in learning the art than any yet devised.

Okinawan Karate Question and Answer Book THIS GREAT BOOK contains everything you ever wanted to know about Shorin Ryu Karate --- from theory, philosophy and technique, to dojo rules and how to properly tie a Gi. Shorin Ryu is the leading style of karate...

153 Pages chocked full of hand to hand combat techniques used in Ninja training including everything from Basic techniques to tactics and Intuition plus for those with no teacher how to train on your own to discover the way of the Ninja Japan's assassins...

Almost 100 pages of inside information rarely ever taught or shown outside of old Japan. The book in tales a series of rare interviews with the Grandmaster of Ninja plus countless rare photos demonstrating the use of an umbrella Naginata and so much more...

Elmar T. Schmeisser, Doctor of Medical Physiology and Master Instructor certified by the American Teacher's Association of the Martial Arts, brings together his scientific background and more than 25 years of experience in karate for the benefit of...

The "empty hands" or the "flowery hands" was a science, an art, a philosophy. It was practiced by monks who were devout believers in nonviolence more than 1500 years ago. Today we call it "Karate" and in our young country we think of it as something new!...

This book is devoted to the fundamentals of Shotokan kumite. Through excellent photos, Hirokazu Kanazawa shows you exactly how to perform kumite, for all levels, up to and including black belt. Several examples are shown for each type of kumite, with a...

Shotokan International Kata VOL 2- Kanazawa with photos DIGITAL DOWNLOAD VERSION  

Shotokan International Kata- Kanazawa Vol 1- with photos Digital Download version

During the early 1970's Richard Kim famous historian and author of several books would give lectures to his students and followers at the Chinese YMCA in San Francisco's China Town. He gave a rare series of these lectures on Yoshida Kotaro and Yoshida's...

Written in 1952 by Giken Hotta, this book also features illustrations and a few photographs, Reading the author’s notes will transport you back at least seventy years. This is when Karate was starting to come into the America. Shihan Hotta...

Wisdom of the Masters is a unique book full of great inspirational and captivating quotations by some of the worlds greatest martial arts masters.. Compiled by Emil Farkas internationally known author and martial arts historian, the book is divided into...

An amazing book written in 1942 by Frederick Lowell teaches all the techniques that were eliminated from Judo by Jigaro Kano deeming them just too dangerous for sport Judo. They include Chokes, arm locks and throws, plus lots more

During the 1960's England was one of the power houses in Japanese Judo. Two of the leaders in England were Maynard and Menzies who have scribed this fabulous book "Attacking Judo" which in detail describes each of the major throws of Judo. It also shares...