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Below is a list of some books the author of this site or his students have read. Where the book title is underlined, a hyperlink is available, click on it to see the an opinion of that book. The review will open in a new window that you can close after reading the review.

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Ch'i Health & Healing Jeet Kune Do Karate Misc. Philosophy 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 Pressure Point Fighting

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

Gursharan Sahota
	The Shotokan Handbook: Beginner to Black Belt



Goran Powell
	Waking Dragons

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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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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
	Dynamic Nunchaku Date read - November 1994

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Miscellaneous:

Richard Byrne
	The Complete Art of Breaking

Geoff Thompson
	Three Second Fighter
	Dead or Alive

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