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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...

Fumio Demura America's Karate Sensei will teach you up close and personal in this book onthe Kama the most popular weapon for farmers in Okinawa. You will learn cuts strikes blocks footwork and so much more.

Steve Sanders is one of the founding members of the Black Karate Federation BKF and his tournament fighting skills are legendary. His speed and timing was second to none on the west coast. He fought with the heart of a lion. Nigel Binns as well is a...

Author Tonny Tulleners covers bowing, blocks, punches and kicks, which are fundamental to all martial arts and can be applied to any style. Tulleners was the 1965 middleweight International Karate Champion and is known to have defeated Chuck Norris in a...

Tadashi Yamashita is one of the first Okinawan Masters to teach Shorin Ryu Karate and this is oine of the very first books ever written on Shorin Ryu. Ohara, Black Belts vast library of titles have just re released this book which teaches not just basics...

One-step Sparring is recommend it for any intermediate martial artist who has fighting experience and a desire to learn.

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...

Born in Kagashima Prefecture in 1910, Gogen Yamaguchi, the author of Karate Do Kyohan, would become world famous and affectionately known as - The Cat.  He had long black hair and was known to practice his katas in the snow and under waterfalls...

Originally published in Japanese, by the founder of Wado Ryu Karate, Hironori Otsuka and later translated into English by Masters Publication.  This book features hundreds of photos of Otuska himself performing the wonderful flowing style of Wado...

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...

Peter Urban was "America's First Tenth Dan" and truly a one of a kind. This 400 page book + or - will be released in March 2008. Pre orders for this Special Collectors Edition are already coming in. The book will be hard cover, with a laminated dust...

COMING SOON!  Published in 1958 Karate Do Nishigetsusha or Karate Do Kyohan was published the year after the master passed away. The photos inside this original text are of Shigeru Egami who was direct student of the founder Gichin Funakoshi...

COMING SOON!  Written in 1956 Karate Do Ichiro written by the master was just before he passed away April 26th 1957 at 88 years of age. This book is again mostly text but it is evident that the high kicking and spectacular side of karate was...

COMING SOON!  Written in 1951 Josho Karate Do Introduction to Karate Revised Expansion just after Japan had come out of WW2 this book includes many great action photos that were included and this came out just after the ban on all Martial Arts...

COMING SOON!   Written in 1943 Karate Do Nyumon or and Introduction to the World of Karate by the founder of Japanese Karate Gichin Funakoshi. It has a great deal of writing in it and has been translated before but not by Ayano Shimada who is...