Karatex

Competition Karate is a book by Chuck Merriman, a former world class competition and coach. Sensei Merriman demonstrates all his moves including exercises, drills, katas and much more in this book. 93 pages.

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...

SHOTOKAN (松濤館Shōtōkan) KARATE is developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son, Yoshitaka (Gigo) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Funakoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan, and is very widely...

Hundreds of books exist with writings on the various masters of the martial arts, some about single legends, and some with history and teaching from many. What didn't exist until now was a compilation of the philosophies and teachings of the masters of...

 UCHI-DESHI, literally meaning, “inside student,” is a Japanese term for a live-in student or apprentice who trains under and assists a sensei on a full-time basis. This system exists in Kabuki, Rakugo, Shogi, Igo, Aikido, Sumo, Karate...

This book is a compilation of the greatest martial artists of all time including Kung-Fu, TKD, Karate, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Aikido, compilation Thai, Capoeira and many other masters. These are the masters that either created the arts or in some way have had...

Written by Hidetaka Nishiyama, Richard Kim and Don Warrener, this is an amazing book about Traditional Japanese Karate technical excellence.  Filled with rare photos, facts on biomechanics, basics, kata, and so much more.  Guaranteed to improve...

Beginners Guide to Shotokan Karate.  Shotokan is with out a doubt the most popular style of Traditional Japanese Karate in the world today.  With over 336 pages, chock full of information and in its tenth printing.  Taught by Master...

Gogen Yamaguchi, The Emperor of the Scarlet Fist, was written by Don Warrener and is filled with biographies of his top students.  As well, there are never before seen biographies of his teachers and their teacher's teacher's. Stuffed full of rare,...

This ultra rare book on Goju has never before been in print in the English language.  Translated by long time Karate-ka Nobu Kazi, this fabulous book is filled with hundreds of photos and line drawings.  Originally published over forty years...

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...

The Disciples of Chojun Miyagi is a master text which features hundreds of rare photos.  There are over 200 pages of rare information, a lot of it seen for the first time.  Who really inherited Goju Ryu from Master Miyagi?   Find out by...

This is a set of all three of the Classical Man books in a special gift box.  These books are a collection of the terrific stories which Sensei Kim would tell in his classes.

An excellent reference book for Japanese terminology for all Japanese Goju terms, from English to Japanese and from Japanese to English.  Categorized by hands, feet, stances, katas, etc.  This is the best book out there on terminology for all...

Written by Richard Kim and Don Warrener, this is the third and final book in the trilology of books on the samurai stories Sensei Kim told in every day classes.  Richard Kim was a master story teller and these books will teach you his philosophy in...

Written by Richard Kim and Don Warrener, who transcribed many of the dojo stories that Sensei Kim told in his every day classes, making this a story of morals and ethics of the Japanese Samurai.

The Masters Speak is a compiliation of interviews with some of the most famous Martial Artists, dead or alive.  Included are Yagi Meitatsu, Gozo Shiodo, Richard Kim, Gogen Yamaguchi, Shoshin Nagamine and many, many more.

This is KANAZAWA Hirokazu's biography, in Spanish, translated by Alex BENNETT.  He is one of the most influential Japanese Karate masters.  He has devoted himself to the study and promotion of Karate for more than fifty years.  "The more I...