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By: Dave Lowry

ISBN: 9781570621154
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1996
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
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Blending autobiography and history, one of the only non-Japanese to have trained in a certain school of swordsmanship, recounts his experience as a teenage student of a Japanese master in St. Louis and traces the history of the samurai.


(Paperback)

By: Shujin Wang

ISBN: 9781583942642
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364636
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364643
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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This book complements volume 3 of this series and, like the earlier volume, includes writings of masters of the martial arts to guide the student toward spiritual awareness and mental maturity. It places kumite in perspective, relating it to training as a whole.


(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364728
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 31st January 2013
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Kata, the formal exercises of karate training, were the essence of practice in Okinawa and China, and are the core training method even today.Detailed here in 1500 sequential photos are the five Heian and three Tekki kata, mastery of which is necessary to attain first dan.


Demonstrated by the author and Yoshiharu Osaka.


(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364667
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364674
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2013
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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The three kata in this volume are on the Japan Karate Association recommended list and are notable for the sticklike use of the arms--Jitte, the circular movements of hands and feet coordinated with breathing--Hangetsu, and easy, agile movements, combined into continuous techniques--Empi.


(Paperback, 2nd edition)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568364681
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2012
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Masatoshi Nakayama

ISBN: 9781568365541
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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Originally published: Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987.


(Paperback)

By: Ruqsana Begum

ISBN: 9781471185175
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 29th April 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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The inspirational story of Ruqsana Begum, who overcame prejudice and illness to become a Muay Thai world champion


(Paperback, Main)

By: Brian Preston

ISBN: 9781843545552
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2007
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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Behind the celluloid fantasies, what is the reality of the Kung Fu lifestyle


(Paperback)

By: Bira Almeida

ISBN: 9780938190295
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
UK Publication Date: 1st February 1993
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Hardback)

By: Cheng Man-ch'ing

ISBN: 9780938190455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Paperback)

By: Mantak Chia

ISBN: 9781594771057
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2006
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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An ancient Taoist system for detoxifying and rejuvenating the internal organs.


(Paperback)

By: Jinsheng Liu

ISBN: 9781583941850
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Paperback)

By: Donn F. Draeger

ISBN: 9780834802339
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
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Describes 16 forms of bujutsu, and emphasizes the practical nature of these martial arts.


(Paperback)

By: Tina Chunna Zhang

ISBN: 9781583941546
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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(Paperback)

By: Phillip Starr

ISBN: 9781583947609
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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""Developing Jin provides a complete and progressive training regimen for increasing and refining chansi-jin, also known as silk-reeling power or coiling power"--Provided by publisher"--


(Paperback)

By: Paul Dong

ISBN: 9781583941348
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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"Paul Dong reveals the secret of empty force, the highest martial arts skill in China--a technique utilizing the power of the body's vital energy or 'chi' to defend against an opponent's attack or heal oneself and others without any physical contact"--Provided by publisher.


(Paperback)

By: Kanshu Sunadomari

ISBN: 9781556434877
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
UK Publication Date: 23rd April 2004
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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Focuses on Aikido's spiritual teachings, drawing on Sunadormari's experiences as a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba. Quotes from the founder and the author's interpretations show how Aikido can develop inner strength and tranquility.


(Paperback)

By: Morihei Ueshiba

ISBN: 9781568364698
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Robert Parry

ISBN: 9781444101119
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2010
UK Publication Date: 29th January 2010
Publisher: John Murray Press
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Use this straightforward and thoughtful introduction to the ancient art of Tai Chi to learn how to find both spiritual and physical well-being.


(Paperback)

By: Christoph Delp

ISBN: 9781583941577
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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Martial artists require a unique physical training program. This work presents a fitness training program tailored to the martial arts. It details the basics of martial arts fitness training and offers a description of its various elements: flexibility, stamina and power.

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