Martial Arts category: 1527 books
The Fighter Within
Everyone Has A Fight-Insights into the Minds and Souls of True Champions
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
**Winner of the Canada Book Award**
**Winner of the Readers' Favorite Gold Award for Non-Fiction Sports**
The Fighter Within is an inspirational mixed martial arts book for fans which brings insider stories, heartfelt moments, and a human element to what's perceived as a savage sport. It reveals...
Samurai Mind
Lessons from Japan's Master Warriors
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
The Samurai Mind is a collection of five seminal Japanese texts that convey the essence of traditional samurai philosophy and ethics from very different, but complementary points of view.
These texts range from the ferocious to the esoteric—with their common thread being the importance of...
Chinese Gung Fu
The Philosophical Art of Self-Defense
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1987
Originally published in 1963, this book includes personal testimonies regarding the author and his art from James Y. Lee, the legendary Ed Parker, and jujutsu icon Wally Jay. Through hand-drawn diagrams and captioned photo sequences, Lee’s text comes to life as he demonstrates a variety of training...
Simplified Tai Chi Chuan
24 Postures with Applications and Standard 48 Postures
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
USA Best Book Award FINALIST - 2015
Learn today’s most popular tai chi forms!
This book is designed for self-study and can help you learn both the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture form and the Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form quickly and accurately.
Simplified Tai Chi Chuan...
Taekwondo Black Belt Poomsae
Original Koryo and Koryo
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
USA Best Book Award WINNER - 2014
Eric Hoffer Award FINALIST - 2014
According to the World Taekwondo Federation, there are over 90,000,000 taekwondo practitioners worldwide. Every level 1 black belt student is required to learn Poomsae Koryo. Yet few are familiar with the ancestral form known...
by Bruce Lee
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1975
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1975
Compiled from Bruce Lee’s notes and essays and originally published in 1975, Tao of Jeet Kune Do is the best-selling martial arts book in the world. This iconic work explains the science and philosophy behind jeet kune do-the art Lee invented-and includes hundreds of Lee’s illustrations. Topics...
by Robert Agar-Hutton
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
The most important thing in ANY martial art is movement - if you stay still you are a ‘sitting target’ - sitting targets tend to get hit, and that’s BAD!!!
This short eBook introduces you to the Seven Keys - these topics are suitable for martial artists of any level.
by Norman Borine
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Born in the Year of the Dragon at the hour of the Dragon, Bruce Lee seemed destined for greatness from birth. Throughout his life people whose lives he touched could sense his inner strength and spiritual awareness and were drawn to it. Later in his film career, that same magnetism coupled with his...
by Robin L. Rielly
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2000
Lean the techniques, strategies and history of Japanese Shotokan Karate with this illustrated martial arts guide.
Generously illustrated with over 700 clear photos, The Secrets of Shotokan Karate offers an in-depth look at the world's most popular martial art, with strategies, techniques, and...
The Swordsman's Companion
A modern training manual for Medieval Longsword
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
A ground-breaking and enduringly popular guide to medieval Italian knightly combat. This book, first published in 2004, started a generation of swordsmen along their path to martial expertise. It includes instruction on both theory and practice, background material about the great swordsmen Fiore...
Code of the Samurai
A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu.
Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a major role in...
The Life-Giving Sword
Secret Teachings from the House of the Shogun
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
The legendary seventeenth-century swordsman Yagyu Munenori was the sword instructor and military and political adviser to two shoguns—and a great rival to Miyamoto Musashi. Despite his martial ability and his political power, Munenori's life was spent immersed in Zen teachings. These teachings formed...
Tao of Jeet Kune Do
New Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Compiled from Bruce Lee’s notes and essays and originally published in 1975, this iconic volume is one of the seminal martial arts guides of its time. The science and philosophy behind the fighting system Lee pioneered himself-jeet kune do-is explained in detail, depicted through hundreds of Lee’s...
The Sword of No-Sword
Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2001
Master swordsman, calligrapher, and Zen practitioner, Yamoaka Tesshu is a seminal figure in martial arts history. John Stevens's biography is a fascinating, detailed account of Tesshu's remarkable life. From Tesshu's superhuman feats of endurance and keen perception in life-threatening situations,...