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Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era is the classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was...
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

The complete manual to the fighting system of the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) was designed as a...
Clint Emerson Books

Clint Emerson Books

100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation A hands-on, practical survival guide from retired Navy...
Complete Krav Maga

Complete Krav Maga

Darren Levine has my unqualified support and gratitude for his contributions to Krav Maga.” –Imi Lichtenfeld, founder of Krav Maga THE TOP-SELLING GUIDE TO KRAV...
Living the Martial Way

Living the Martial Way

Forrest E. Morgan is the author of Living The Martial Way, a step-by-step approach to applying the Japanese warrior's mind set to martial training...
The Fighter's Body

The Fighter’s Body

You have an owner’s manual for your car, your stereo, and even your blender, so why not your body? The Fighter’s Body is exactly that—an owner’s...

Advanced Brazilian Jiujitsu Techniques

In Advanced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Marcelo Garcia, considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter in the world and the man that...
Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame Books

Martial Arts History Museum Books

Martial Arts History Museum Hall Of Fame: Officially Recognized By The Martial Arts History Museum For Their Historical Contributions To The Martial Martial Arts History...
Karate-Do: My Way of Life

Karate-Do: My Way of Life

In his book, Karate-Do: My Way of Life, Gichin Funakoshi, the "Father of Karate-do," links the time when karate was a strictly Okinawan art...
Jigoro Kano

Kodokan Judo

Judo, or the Way of Gentleness, an ideal form of physical exercise and a reliable system, of self-defense, was specially created from traditional Japanese...
Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai

Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai

The Hagakure is one of the most influential of all Japanese texts—written nearly 300 years ago by Yamamoto Tsunetomo to summarize the very essence...
The Unfettered Mind

The Unfettered Mind

This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since. Written by the seventeenth-century...
Mind Gym

Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence

n Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as...
The Arts of Peace

The Art of Peace

The inspirational teachings in Morihei Ueshiba’s The Art of Peace show that the real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness,...
Principles of Personal Defense

Principles of Personal Defense

This new edition of Jeff Cooper's classic Principles of Personal Defense - with a fitting tribute by firearms expert Louis Awerbuck and all-new drawings...
Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The Tao of Jeet Kune Do compiled from Bruce Lee’s notes and essays and originally published in 1975, is an iconic volume, one of...