A Martial Arts Library

Here are the books currently in my personal martial arts library. A handful of these I've owned since I was a kid; a number of them I've purchased in the last few years as my interest and involvement in MA study has grown, and one of them I just got for Christmas. I'm still looking for a good book on fencing. In addition, I also enjoy Black Belt Magazine, Jiu-Jitsu Magazine, and a few of the other MA publications out there (I'm not really into the UFC/MMA/WWE magazines or the muscle-head books right now, although I do occasionally read Muscle & Fitness if the cover looks interesting or there's a new workout that looks pertinent to me).

If you have any books to suggest, or appropriate links to throw-up, post them in the comment section. I'm also looking for a good primer on Filipino Martial Arts styles.


Boxing

Boxing Basics (by Chuck Bodak)

The One-Two Punch Boxing Workout (by Andy Dumas & Jamie Somerville)

Indian Martial Arts

Kalarippayat (by D.H. Luijendijk)

Karate

Bruce Tegner's Complete Book of Karate (by Bruce Tegner)

Karate: Basic Principles (by A. Pfluger)

Best Karate Volume 2: Fundamentals (by M. Nakayama)

Karate Basics (by J. Allen Queen)

The Essential Karate Book (by Graeme Lund)

Systema

Systema Manual (by Major Konstantin Komarov)

Judo

Get to Grips with Judo (by Peter Holme)

(Japanese) Ju-Jitsu (and Jutsu derivatives)

Jujitsu: Basic Techniques of the Gentle Art (by George Kirby)

Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai (by Don Cunningham)

Koga Ryu Ninjutsu (by Dr. William Durbin)

Stick Fighting (by Masaaki Hatsumi w/ Quintin Chambers)

Kung Fu/Chinese Styles

Bruce Tegner's Complete Book of Kung Fu and Tai Chi (by Bruce Tegner)

Northern Shaolin Sword (by Dr. Yang Jwing Ming w/Jeffery A. Bolt)

Reference

The Tao of Jeet Kune Do (by Bruce Lee)

Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts (by Donn F. Draeger w/Robert W. Smith)

The Samurai Warrior: The Golden Age of Japan's Elite Warriors, 1560-1615 (by Ben Hubbard)



Good Reading!

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