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Gichin Funakoshi
KARATE-DO My Way of Life
ISBN 0-87011-463-8 |
For the first time in paperback, the life
story of the father of modern karate-do.
"His childhood and young manhood in Okinawa, his
struggle to refine and popularize the art of karate, his
prescription for longevity....his unique personality...Through
this volume the follower of karate-do will gain greater insight
into the master's own way of living and thinking, and a sharper
understanding of the art of self-defense" - Genshin
Hironishi (President, Japan Karate-do Shoto-kai).
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Robert Twigger
Angry White Pyjamas
ISBN 0-75380-858-7 |
Adrift in Tokyo, translating obscene rap lyrics for giggling
schoolgirls, Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself:
he wasn't fit and he wasn't brave.
In a
bid to escape further physical decline, Twigger sets out to
cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow,
the author is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and
joins the Tokyo Riot Police on their year long, brutally
demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation
soon comes up against blood stained dogis and fractured collar
bones.
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Major W.E
Fairbairn GET TOUGH!
ISBN 978-087364002-2 |
W.E
Fairbairn is considered the father of practical hand-to-hand
combat, and Get Tough is his classic text on the topic.
Fairbairn developed the ruthless techniques in this book after
years of dealing with the criminals, thugs and bullies in one of
the roughest seaports in the world - Shanghai, China - then
taking what he learned to train U.S Marines stationed in
Shanghai in the 1930's, the famed British Commandos, and other
soldiers and intelligence operatives who fought during World War
II and beyond. The brutal, anything-goes
techniques in this book form the foundation of many of today's
most respected close-combat programs.
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Patrick McCarthy
The Bible of Karate: Bubishi
ISBN 0804820155 |
Treasured for centuries by karate's masters, The Bubishi was a
secret text passed from master to student in China and later in
Okinawa. Dealing with philosophy, strategy and medicine as they
relate to the martial arts, it has been studied and taught from
by all of karate's legendary masters.
This English translation includes numerous explanations and
notes to ease comprehension. The author also includes research
on Okinawan and Chinese history as well as the fighting and
healing traditions that developed in those countries, making it
useful for researchers and practitioners alike.
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James Clavell
Shogun
ISBN 0340839945 |
This
is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the
struggles and strife of feudal 17th Century Japan. Both
entertaining and incisive, "Shogun" is a stunningly dramatic
re-creation of a very different world.
Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the
novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled
foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually,
Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.
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Geoff Thompson Dead or
Alive
ISBN 1840242795 |
One of the few real
self-protection guides on the market today, this book will teach
you first and foremost how to avoid violent situations. But
should you find yourself in one, it will also show you how to
control yourself and your emotions so you can function on a
physical level to defend yourself.
This step-by-step guide to winning
fights is also an in-depth study of the criminal mind at work.
Murderers, rapists and muggers reveal why they target certain
people, which crimes are opportunistic and which are
premeditated.
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