Japanese/Okinawan

An amazing book on traditional karate kumite techniques aimed at beginners thru advanced levels.  Written by long time karate ka and quality kumite  fighter Bernardo Mercado, these 240 pages are chock full of terrific combinations up to 6...

Perhaps the most important author in the past 50 years, dealing with Martial Arts - is Donn Draeger.  Through this book you will learn much about Classical Bujitsu, So Jitsu, Kyushujitsu, Hojo Jitsu, the Classical Warrior, Iai Jitsu and lots more.

This is the perfect book for Aikido beginners, as you will learn etiquette, beginner vocabulary, basic movements, the history of Aikido and lots more, all suited to beginners.

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...

Taught by celebrated author Evan Pantazi, this book teaches practical self defense skills with pressure points.  Each of the ten points is well explained and illustrated in full color, easy to follow high quality photographs.  Kyusho Jitsu...

Stephen Turnbull is one of the most knowledgable scholars on the Samurau Warriors of Japan.  This is just one of his books on the Japanese Warrior, featuring 126 pages, including line drawings and full color etchings, which show the most important...

The 20th Century Samurai is a comprehensive look at Richard 'Biggie' Kim's life.  His philosophies and the psychology of the martial arts the way he saw it. It is the first book written on the history, philosophy and psychology of the Japanese...

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...

By Richard Kim 10th dan.  This book like numbers 1 and 3 has easy to follow photos of some of the weapons forms of Hama Higa one of OkinawaÌs most famous kobudo masters. Again easy to follow photos that beginners and instructors can follow...

This Kung Fu movie is about twin brothers, separated at birth by tragedy, both their lives careening towards a deadly showdown since that fateful day.  This is an action-packed  tale of deception and treachery.  Twin boys, born of special...