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Books for the Martial Artist to Read

  • Karate-Do: My Way of Life
  • Karate Dojo
  • Weaponless Warriors
  • Living the Martial Way
  • Bushido - Nitobe
  • Quintessence of Classical Martial Arts
  • Martial Arts: History, Traditions, People.
  • Shogun
  • The Teahouse Fire
  • Hagakure
  • Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere
  • Traditional Karate Volumes 1-4 - Higaonna

 
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Profile of the development of a Kung-Fu style (Hung-Gar)
A Shao-Lin temple has existed in China since time immemorial. Da Mo (Daruma) arrived in Guangzhou...
       
Kanryo Higaonna
Goju Ryu: History & Traditions
Kanryo Higaonna was born in Naha, Okinawa on March 10, 1851. (Some sources list the year as 1853) Despite being born as a descendant of a...
     
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Ken Tallack
What Makes a Martial
Art Traditional ?
The field of Martial Arts crosses such a wide spectrum of society, and takes in people with such a variety of...
       
 
Dojo
What is Karate?
If one was to open a map of Japan, towards the south he would see a group of islands floating in the ocean...
       
 
 
Grandmaster Eiichi Miyazato
The Final Interview with Grandmaster Eiichi Miyazato
On Saturday, December 11, 1999 Eiichi Miyazato passed away in Okinawa, Japan. Miyazato Sensei was...
       
 
Morio Higaonna
Morio Higaonna Speaks Out
This interview of Morio Higaonna sensei was first published in issue No.10 of Dragon Times. It is republished here for the benefit of the karate world...
       
 
 
Dojo
Soke: Historical Incarnations of a Title and its Entitlements
Who or what is a soke? If Internet websites can be believed, in the English-speaking world...
     
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Dave Lowry The Luxury of Anger
According to the thinking of many of the swordsmen of old Japan, there were four basic "sicknesses" to which the martial artist could fall victim...
     
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The Tallacks
Sawada Hanae The Meaning of Martial Arts Training
Sawada Hanae has been training for nearly seventy years. She holds the hanshi certification from the...
     
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Sunset
Dianne Skoss Reflections
along the Way
Did I have even the slightest idea of what I was getting into when I started my martial arts training?...
     
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Rob Tallack
Dave Lowry - The Classical Japanese Martial Arts in the West
It is, almost undeniably, a fundamental aspect of the American character to be more or less constantly in search...
     
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Richard Kim
Richard Kim Essays
After a movie around 10 at night, Arai and I were walking down Isezaki-Cho, the main street in Yokohama, when we heard screams, shouts...
       
 
 
Ken Tallack
Karate-do Gairyaku
(General Explanation of Karate)
Karate is an art which cultivates courage and develops physical and mental health through its practice....
       
 
The Tallacks
Robert Dalgleish - The Sensei
The relationship of a Sensei to the dojo is very difficult to define, as it encompasses many varying aspects of life. The Sensei must flow...
     
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Ken Tallack
Kyoshi Ken Tallack Historical notes on Canadian Goju-Ryu
Ken Tallack was one of the first Canadians to travel to Okinawa for the express purpose of studying Budo...
       
 
Mas Oyama
Mas Oyama's 11 Mottos
01. The Martial Way begins and ends with...
       
 
 
Animals of Shao-Lin
Sensei Tallack's Publications
ANIMALS OF SHAO-LIN
CANADIAN KARATE KUNG-FU ASSOCIATION STYLE...
       
 
Ken Tallack
Wayne Muromoto - Is Your Martial Arts School Legitimate?
Let's say you join a martial arts club, partly on the dojo's literature that claims it's the exclusive representative...
     
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