Japanese/Okinawanx

Truly an enigma within the realm of martial arts instructional literature is the evolution of the BUBISHI. While few of the scores who have plagiarized from this great book over the decades give it credit from its English translation, this is the...

THE JAPANESE SWORD is a weapon steeped in history and long-developed over many centuries. Swords may differ in size, shape, field of application and method of manufacture --- the most commonly known types of Japanese swords are the katana, wakizashi, and...

This is one of the very few Japanese Kobudo books featuring both the Tongfa of Hama Higa and the Sai of Tsukenshitahaku. These two books rolled into one teach several techniques against swords and other weapons, and include the step-by-step instruction...

An amazing, high quality book containing an array of great photos and includes a complete history of Judo and Kano. Coverage of all the 10th Dans of Judo, and many other interesting and valuable sections. Also included are special rare photos never...

Alfredo Tucci is a world class author and one of the greatest photographers in the martial arts.  He has taken the knowledge of several famous individuals and placed them with some of his best photos, the result is a brilliant text, that will help...

Written by Hidetaka Nishiyama, Richard Kim and Don Warrener, this is an amazing book about Traditional Japanese Karate technical excellence.  Filled with rare photos, facts on biomechanics, basics, kata, and so much more.  Guaranteed to improve...

This hard cover book is not just another version of the absolute classic work The Art Of War by Sun Tsu.  This book takes each of the thirteen chapters and features a discussion by two Martial Arts historians and educators, mainly J.M. Barrio and...

This is a - whose who of Martial Arts Masters - from around the world.  The World Head of Family Sokeship Council, is a group of distinguished Masters who have joined together to help propagate and preserve the history of the World Martial Arts...

Gogen Yamaguchi, The Emperor of the Scarlet Fist, was written by Don Warrener and is filled with biographies of his top students.  As well, there are never before seen biographies of his teachers and their teacher's teacher's. Stuffed full of rare,...

This ultra rare book on Goju has never before been in print in the English language.  Translated by long time Karate-ka Nobu Kazi, this fabulous book is filled with hundreds of photos and line drawings.  Originally published over forty years...

Budo is perhaps the most significant of all the Japanese cultural exports.  Literally millions of people practice Japanese Budo around the world, such as Karate, Judo, Aikido, Kendo and so on.  Despite the remarkable post war international...

The Disciples of Chojun Miyagi is a master text which features hundreds of rare photos.  There are over 200 pages of rare information, a lot of it seen for the first time.  Who really inherited Goju Ryu from Master Miyagi?   Find out by...

An excellent reference book for Japanese terminology for all Japanese Goju terms, from English to Japanese and from Japanese to English.  Categorized by hands, feet, stances, katas, etc.  This is the best book out there on terminology for all...

Written by Richard Kim and Don Warrener, this is the third and final book in the trilology of books on the samurai stories Sensei Kim told in every day classes.  Richard Kim was a master story teller and these books will teach you his philosophy in...

Written by Richard Kim and Don Warrener, who transcribed many of the dojo stories that Sensei Kim told in his every day classes, making this a story of morals and ethics of the Japanese Samurai.

The Masters Speak is a compiliation of interviews with some of the most famous Martial Artists, dead or alive.  Included are Yagi Meitatsu, Gozo Shiodo, Richard Kim, Gogen Yamaguchi, Shoshin Nagamine and many, many more.

The Secrets of Muso Shinden Fudo Ryu Ju Jitsu is a small book, filled with ancient - and we do mean ancient - information when techniques were handed down from one Master to the next.  This book was photographed in an old Ninja school during the...

This is KANAZAWA Hirokazu's biography, in Spanish, translated by Alex BENNETT.  He is one of the most influential Japanese Karate masters.  He has devoted himself to the study and promotion of Karate for more than fifty years.  "The more I...