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...

Fumio Demura America's Karate Sensei will teach you up close and personal in this book onthe Kama the most popular weapon for farmers in Okinawa. You will learn cuts strikes blocks footwork and so much more.

Steve Sanders is one of the founding members of the Black Karate Federation BKF and his tournament fighting skills are legendary. His speed and timing was second to none on the west coast. He fought with the heart of a lion. Nigel Binns as well is a...

David Lowry an accomplished writer has now had these years of columns chronicalized in this book from 1995 to 2005. His writing style of old Japanese stories is second to none and we are positive if you like these old wise tales this book you will read...

Author Tonny Tulleners covers bowing, blocks, punches and kicks, which are fundamental to all martial arts and can be applied to any style. Tulleners was the 1965 middleweight International Karate Champion and is known to have defeated Chuck Norris in a...

Tadashi Yamashita is one of the first Okinawan Masters to teach Shorin Ryu Karate and this is oine of the very first books ever written on Shorin Ryu. Ohara, Black Belts vast library of titles have just re released this book which teaches not just basics...

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!...

The Judo Textbook by Hayward Nishioka, details virtually everything a Judoka needs to know about this art’s throws, chokes and grappling techniques, up to and including the mental preparation it takes to become a champion. Originally published in...

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  

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