My Karate Odyssey

My Karate Odyssey By Hoosain Narker – Chapter 1: Training under Apartheid

The first chapter of Hoosain Narker's book "My Karate Odyssey" tells the story of training in the martial arts during Apartheid in South Africa. South...

Survive A Shooting: Strategies to Survive Active Shooters and Terrorist Attacks

The term "Active Shooter" is an all too common phrase heard in the news these days. It is terrible that we even have words...
The Ethical Protector

The Ethical Protector: Police Ethics, Tactics and Techniques

The Ethical Protector: Police Ethics, Tactics and Techniques was written by Jack Hoban and Bruce J. Gourlie and edited by James V. Morganelli. The Ethical Warrior...
The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings: William Scott Wilson’s Translation

When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy,...
Fumio Demura Books

Books By Fumio Demura

Fumio Demura was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1938. He is a Japanese martial artist and martial arts teacher and he is a 9th...
Evander Holyfield

The Holyfield Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_fM3OIbua4 In 1996 Evander Holyfield; the 34-year-old, undersized, overachieving, polite, humble, and religious former Heavyweight Champion of the World; symbolized all that is honorable and...
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...
The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan

A Continuation of Chen Family Taijiquan

Much has been written of Chen Family Taijiquan, especially the Chen family's old frame and new frames or routines, but very little of the Chen...

Parallel Development of Chinese and Western Wrestling

Since the birth of the human race, people have wrestled. Over the millennia, wrestling has developed from a base form of animalistic fighting to...

The Art and the Way By Robert Hunt

The Art and the Way By Robert Hunt begins in the 15th century when a young Okinawan boy is initiated into the martial arts of...
Chuck and Me

Chuck and Me

Chuck and Me is a funny and interesting autobiographical read about the martial arts journey of Master Barry Cook. The book starts with a single lesson...
Takamatsu Toshitsugu

Takamatsu Toshitsugu The Last Shinobi

Takamatsu Toshitsugu The Last Shinobi the book by by Wolfgang Ettig offers 315 pages describing the eventful life of two restless men who considered themselves...

Pedro Solana Villalobos Books

Fighting Strategies Of Muay Thai: Secrets of Thailand's Boxing Camps There are three elements of Muay Thai boxing: techniques, tactics and strategy. Most Muay Thai...
Samurai Principles & Practices

Samurai Principles and Practices

Samurai Principles and Practices that Help Preteens & Teens in School, Sports, Social Activities & Choosing Careers Japanologist and author Boye Lafayette De Mente says...
Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat

Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat

Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishi was a secret text passed from...
Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit

Cancer is an invisible enemy, and in order to defeat it, Nicolas Goldmeier uses the skills, discipline and mindset he learned from his study...