Japanese/Okinawanx

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...

This is a set of all three of the Classical Man books in a special gift box.  These books are a collection of the terrific stories which Sensei Kim would tell in his classes.

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...

Written by the President of Budo International Alfredo Tucci, Cross Roads takes you inside the way of the Warrior of the 20th Century.  Mr. Tucci gives you his take on everything from self defense to politics, friendship to culture and lots more...

Taira Shinken, founder of Okinawan Ryu Kyu Kobudo wrote this book many years ago. Masters Publication was first to re-publish this book with the original photos.  180 pages.

Born in Kagashima Prefecture in 1910, Gogen Yamaguchi, the author of Karate Do Kyohan, would become world famous and affectionately known as - The Cat.  He had long black hair and was known to practice his katas in the snow and under waterfalls...

Tetsuhiro Hokama is the owner, curator and operator of the Okinawan Karate Martial Arts Museum.  This book features his rare collection of photos and information, for anyone interested in studying the roots of karate.  151 pages.

Originally published in Japanese, by the founder of Wado Ryu Karate, Hironori Otsuka and later translated into English by Masters Publication.  This book features hundreds of photos of Otuska himself performing the wonderful flowing style of Wado...

To-Te Jitsu by Gichin Funakoshi was originally published in Japanese, just as Karate was being introduced to Japan from Okinawa.  Masters Publication was first to translate this original Japanese work into English.  This book gives the reader...

There was only one Peter Urban!  He was one of the most fortunate martial artists in America because he was trained by three of Japan’s modern day masters.  These masters were - Mas Oyama, Gogen Yamaguchi and Richard Kim.  Originally...

The Classical Man by Richard Kim is Masters Publication’s number one selling book.  The book is a collection of stories, told only the way Richard Kim could tell them.  Always entertaining, as well as information, The Classical Man is not...