The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship discusses the Japanese Sword, training, Famous Swordsmen, techniques, distance and timing, attacks and counters and more
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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...
Gichin Funakoshi once famously said, ”First control yourself before attempting to control others." Beginners can recite these sayings, but only Karate masters will really understand them. The Twenty Precepts of Gichin Funakoshi by Vincent A. Cruz...
Hiroshi Shinjo was one of the JKA's senior instructors who performs the Kata GojuShi Ho (Sho). Foreward was by Masatoshi Nakayama. This unique book with all the bunkai and exceptional photography and as well an overhead camera make learning this form and...
Deadly Weapons Of Koga Ninja written by Toshitora Yamashiro. You will learn Kenjitsu Tetsu Bishi, Kusari Gama and 15 more art forms of the Ninja. The foreward is particularily interesting by the author and for those interested in Ninjutsu this is a great...
TENGU OF KARATE by Agustin DeMello
Tengu is a novel which will transport the reader into a time when the true spirit of great Karate Masters was alive and well. The author, Agustin DeMello based Tengu on his own martial arts experiences, but also...