Martial arts research library

[kikr]

Col Dave Grossman "On Killing"

Gavin DeBecker "The Gift of Fear"

Rick Fields "The Code of the Warrior"

Plus many of the books mentioned already. Remember The more you know, the less they can use against you.

[rompie]

"zen in martial arts" is pretty good

[css1971]

Ian Abernethy's Bunkai Jutsu.

Plus the videos. It's all about real practical karate. It completely opened my eyes to some of the long forgotten and truly brutal techniqes encoded into the kata and to the meaningless irrelevance of styles. If you never read any other book on karate, this one is something you absolutely must read.

also

Ian Abernethy's Karate's Grappling Methods

This book shows the true nature of karate. A mixed martial art from the beginning. It isn't just kickboxing.

[ff100]

The Kyokushin way: Mas. Oyama's karate philosophy

[alsey]

Ian Abernethy's Bunkai Jutsu.

Plus the videos. It's all about real practical karate. It completely opened my eyes to some of the long forgotten and truly brutal techniqes encoded into the kata and to the meaningless irrelevance of styles. If you never read any other book on karate, this one is something you absolutely must read.

also

Ian Abernethy's Karate's Grappling Methods

This book shows the true nature of karate. A mixed martial art from the beginning. It isn't just kickboxing.

YES!!! these are the best modern books on karate IMO.

[scottnshelly]

Martial Arts Teaching Tales of Power and Paradox: Freeing the Mind, Focusing Chi, and Mastering the Self by Pascal Fauliot.

Karate Dojo: Traditions and Tales of a Martial Art by Peter Urban

These are great books for anyone who is interested in the stories behind the Martial Arts. These books are particularly great for Instructors.

They go great with Secret Tactics by Kazumi Tabata (see also: http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=244847#244847)

[mavi]

Right....

Bruce lees tou id defenitely one of the best.

Should be right on top

[NightOwl]

A hard to find and very technical book, but one of the best on the history of Chinese martial arts:

The Spring and Autumn of Chinese martial Arts -5000 years-

by professor Kang Gewu

[bushido_man96]

I have decided to post the books that I have in my library. My library is not all-inclusive, by any stretch of the imagination, but I would like to share what I have.

It is quite a list, so I will post it in chunks. I may also give a little synopsis of each that I have read, just to give an idea of what the book is about, and if it may be one that interests some of you.

I'll start with Korean Styles:

The Way of Traditional Taekwondo, 11 volumes

Grand Master Haeng Ung Lee

Encyclopedia of Taekwon-do, 15 volumes

General Choi Hong Hi

Man Of Contrasts

The Complete Tae Kwon Do Hyung, 3 volumes

The Complete Black Belt Hyung W.T.F.

The Complete Master’s Kick

The Complete Master’s Jumping Kick

The Complete One & Three Step Sparring

The Complete Martial Artist, 2 volumes

Master Hee Il Cho

The Complete Book of Taekwon Do Forms

Keith D. Yates

The Secrets of Tae Kwon Do

Jennifer Lawler, Ph.D.

Ch’ang Hon Taekwon-do Hae Sul Real Applications to the ITF Patterns

Stuart Paul Anslow

Taekwondo Kyorugi, 2 editions

Sang H. Kim, Ph.D., w/Kuk H. Chung, Kyung M. Lee

Tae Kwon Do The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World’s Most Popular Martial Art

Yeon Hee Park, Yeon Hwan Park, Jon Gerrard

Black Belt Tae Kwon Do The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World’s Most Popular Black Belt Martial Art

Yeon Hwan Park, Jon Gerrard

Tae Kwon Do The Korean Martial Art, 2 editions.

Advancing in Tae Kwon Do

Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do Korean Art of Self-Defense

Richard Chun

Taekwondo Techniques and Tactics Skills for sparring and self-defense

Yeon Hwan Park, Tom Seabourne, Ph.D.

Hapkido Korean Art of Self-Defense

Scott Shaw

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tae Kwon Do

Karen Eden, Keith Yates

Taekwondo The State of the Art

Master Sung Chul Whang, Master Jun Chul Whang, Brandon Saltz

Authentic Tang Soo Do The Traditional Martial Art of Korea

Chun Sik Kim, Joe Goss

Taekwondo Textbook

Kukkiwon

Complete Taekwondo Poomsae

Kyu Hyung Lee, Sang H. Kim

Chon-Ji of Tae Kwon Do Hyung

Tan-Gun and To-San of Tae Kwon Do Hyung

Won-Hyo and Yul-Kok of Tae Kwon Do Hyung

Chung-Gun and Toi-Gye of Tae Kwon Do Hyung

Jhoon Rhee

A Killing Art The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do

Alex Gillis

Edited March 11, 2009 by bushido_man96

[bushido_man96]

My books on Japanese styles include:

Jujitsu Techniques and Tactics: skills for sparring and self-defense

Doug Musser, Thomas A. Lang

Karate Techniques and Tactics: skills for sparring and self-defense

Patrick M. Hickey

Judo Techniques and Tactics

Jimmy Pedro

Aikido Techniques and Tactics: the ultimate system for street defense

Gary Bennett

Dynamic Aikido

Total Aikido The Master Course

Gozo Shioda

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Karate

Randall G. Hassell, Edmond Otis

Kodokan Judo

Jigoro Kano

Small-Circle Jujitsu

Wally Jay

Secrets of the Samurai The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan

Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere

Adele Westbrook, Oscar Ratti

The Way of Sanchin Kata The Application of Power

Kris Wilder

Best Karate series

1. Comprehensive

2. Fundamentals

3. Kumite 1

4. Kumite 2

5. Heian, Tekki

6. Bassai, Kanku

M. Nakayama

Karate's Grappling Methods

Bunkai-Jutsu The Practical Application of Karate Kata

Iain Abernethy

Edited March 11, 2009 by bushido_man96