Arys Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Could anyone recommend some Martial Arts Books? Maybe something on Jeet Kune Do or other arts like Hapkido? Or just basic philosphy and theory? Anything that is interesting.. I would greatly appreciacte! -Arys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensai Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Sure thing, a good general book is "The Ulimate Book of Martial ARts" by Fay Goodman. If you go to Amazon, and type in JKD or Hapkido, you will get a few results. Good Hapkido books, basically anything by Marc Tedeschi. JKD, is not really a style, it has no set moves, so anything by Bruce Lee. Anyone that is trying to teach JKD as a style is bascially lieing to you, so watch out for that. But for the basic ideas behind JKD, look at books by Ip Man, he is the Wing Chung master that taught Bruce Lee. Take Care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-san Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams give some wonderful perspectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaF Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 There have been several book recomendation threads, see the links below http://www.karateforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4722&highlight=books http://www.karateforums.com/forums/books.php Goju Ryu Karate-do and Okinawan Kobudo, 17 Years Old 1st kyu Brown Belt in in Goju Ryu Karate-do, & Shodan in Okinawan KobudoGiven enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result.I AM CANADIAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 the Tao of Jeet Kune Do is a world famous book, it is slight confusing if you arent that experienced in the martial arts but if you are i wouldnt think it would be hard to understand if your looking for something more philosophical, try The Art of War by San Tzu, an anicent book with deep meanings. Brown Sash Hsing I/Lau Gar Kung FuBrown Belt San Shou17 yr oldhttp://www.selfdefencehelp.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnifinite Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I was wandering a book store today and took a long look through "Hapkido: An Introduction to the Art of Self-Defense" by Marc Tedeschi (the guy Kensai mentioned). It looks pretty comprehensive, and everything is presented very nicely. I'd like to take a look through his other book now, "Hapkido: Traditions, Philosophy, Technique". 1100+ pages with 9000+ images. Sounds very... informative. However I've heard the joint locks in that book aren't very advanced, and I didn't notice the locks in the book I flipped through being particularly impressive either. However I did look at another book called "Comprehensive Applications of Shaolin Chin Na" by Jwing-Ming Yang that had a huge number of impressive locks. My favorite book I saw today however was "The Power of Internal Martial Arts" by Bruce Kumar Frantzis. It gives some amazing accounts and discoveries throughout the author's very long journey of personal betterment and reminded me of all of the things I start to lose sight of when I get too focused on the mechanics of what we do. I'm going to be all over Ba Gua someday if the universe will bless me with a mentor. I had to be born a Westerner, didn't I. But this is starting to have nothing to do with Hapkido or JKD . 1st Dan HapkidoColored belts in Kempo and Jujitsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Please continue this discussion in the other threads about books that have already been started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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