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The club has on hand a number of books relating to martial arts training and philosophy. Here is a comprehensive list of the books available through our club along with links to where you can purchase them online for your own, personal library.
The books are listed in alphabetical order. Simply click on the image of each book to be taken directly to the Amazon page where it can be purchased.

Club members are strongly encouraged to work through this reading list as time allows.

 


The Art of War
Sun Tzu
(translated by James Clavell)

 


Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai
Dave Lowry

 


The Bible of Karate: Bubishi
(translated Patrick McCarthy)

 


A Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
(translated by Victor Harris)

 


Bushido: The Warrior’s Code
Inazo Nitobe, Charles Lucas, & Geraldine Simon

 


Classical Bujutsu (Volume 1)
Donn F. Draeger

 


Code of the Samurai
Thomas Cleary

 


Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts
Donn F. Draeger & Robert W. Smith

 


Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
(translated by William Scott Wilson)

 


The Heart of Karate-do
Shigeru Egami

 


Iai: The Art of Drawing the Sword
Darrell Max Craig

 


Karate ‘Bo’ Take-aways
Guy Trimble III

 


Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi
Gichin Funakoshi & Tsutomu Ohshima
(translated by John Teramoto)

 


Karate-do Kyohan: The Master Text
Gichin Funakoshi
(translated by Tsutomu Ohshima)

 


Karate-do: My Way of Life
Gichin Funakoshi

 


Karate-do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text
Gichin Funakoshi
(translated by John Teramoto)

 


Living the Martial Way
Forrest E. Morgan

 


Notes on Training
Tsutomu Ohshima

 


Persimmon Wind
Dave Lowry

 


Secrets of the Samurai
Oscar Ratti & Adele Westbrook

 


The Sword of No-Sword
John Stevens

 


Thunder in the Sky
by Thomas Cleary

 


The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate – The Spiritual Legacy of the Master
Gichin Funakoshi
(translated by John Teramoto)

 


Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
compiled by Paul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki

 


Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel
(translated by R.F.C. Hull)

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