Below is a list of some books the author of this site has read. Where the book title is underlined, a hyperlink is available, click on it to see the an opinion of that book. If you have any opinions of the literature and would like to add them, please e-mail me.

 Ch'i     Health & Healing    Jeet Kune Do    Karate    Misc.   Philosophy    Self Protection   Weapons       

Karate:

                       

     Gichin Funakoshi 
  Karate-do Kyohan
  Karate-do My Way of Life
  Karate-do Nyumon
   
     M Nakayama
  Best Karate vol 1 - Comprehensives
  Best Karate vol 2 - Fundamentals
  Best Karate vol 3 - Kumite 1
  Best Karate vol 5 - Kata: Heian, Tekki
  Best Karate vol 6 - Kata: Bassai, Kanku
  Best Karate vol 7 - Kata: Jitte, Hangetsu, Empi
 

Best Karate vol 10 - Kata: Unsu, Sochin, Nijushiho

  Best Karate vol 11 - Kata: Gojushiho Dai/Sho, Meikyo 
  Dynamic Karate  
   
     Prof. Rick Clark
75 Down Blocks
   
     Bill Burgar
  Five Years One Kata
   
     Chris Parker
  Insights - Along the Warrior's Path
   
     Ian Abernethy
  Bunkai Jutsu
  Karate Grappling Methods
   
     Shihan Tak Kubota
  The Art of Karate
   
     Ken Singleton
  An introduction to Karate
   
     Emil Farkas & John Corcoran
  The Dictionary of Martial Arts
   
     Martial Arts Commission
  KTG Karate
   
     Dr. Clive Layton
  Shotokan Dawn Volume 1
Shotokan Dawn Volume 2
   
   

                                                           

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Jeet Kune Do:              

      Larry Hartsell
Jeet Kune Do - Entering to Trapping to Grappling  Date read - February 2002  ISBN 0-86568-051-5
   
      Larry Hartsell & Tim Tackett
  Jeet Kune Do - Volume 2 - Grappling counters     Date read - February 2002   ISBN 0-86568-081-7
   

                                                     

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Ch'i :

     Geoff Pike & Phyllis Pike
  Ch'i - The Power Within
 

Date read - June 1998                                ISBN 0-8048-3099-1

   
     Paul Dong & Thomas Raffill
  Empty Force - The Ultimate Martial Art
   

        

                       

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Health & Healing:

      Dr Stephen T. Chang
  The Complete System of Chinese Self-Healing
 

 Date read - active                                ISBN 0-85030-771-6

   
   

                     

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Philosophy:

 

     HH Dalai Lama & Howard C Cutler
  The Art of Happiness   Date read - June 2000 ISBN 0-340-75015-4
   
     Miyamoto Musashi
  The Book of Five Rings  Date read - January 1996   ISBN 0-00-638434
   
     Vince Morris
    Zanshin   Date read - March 2002   ISBN 0-87728-756-2
   
   
   
   
   

                                               

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Self Protection:

 

     Geoff Thompson
  Dead or Alive
   
   
   

                     

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Weapons:  

 

        

     Fumio Demura
  Tonfa Date read - June 1995     ISBN 0-89750-080-6
   
     Sid Campbell
  Ninja Shuriken Throwing   Date read - April 1995  ISBN 0-87364-273-2
   
     Hirokazu Kanazawa
  Nunchaku Date read - November 1994   ISBN 0-946062-01-3
   

       

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Miscellaneous:

 

     Richard Byrne
  The Complete Art of Breaking
   
   
   

                     

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Last Updated: 02/09/08