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Lost Samurai School: Secrets of Mubyoshi Ryu by Antony Cummins, MA
$39.99 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
Available for the first time in English, this book is both an illustrated samurai arts manual and a groundbreaking historical account of the teachings of a Japanese samurai who formed a school known as Mubyoshi Ryu in the 1600s. Abundantly illustrated with more than 350 images representing the practices ...Show more
Secrets from the Ninja Grandmaster by Stephen K. Hayes
$0.00 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
This is a collection of heart-to-heart lessons from ninja grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi to his senior student and first American disciple, Stephen K Hayes. When this book was first published in 1987, Western martial artists could learn for the first time what the grandmaster himself had to say about the e ...Show more
Art of Peace - Pocket Edition by Morihei Ueshiba
$18.95 NZD
Category: Martial Arts | Series: Shambhala Pocket Classics
New York Times Bestseller These inspirational teachings show that the real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. Drawn from the talks and writings of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the popular Japanese martial art known as Aikido, The Art of Peace, presented ...Show more
The Fundamentals of Pakua Chang by Park Bok Nam & Dan Miller
$46.95 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
The Method of Lu Shui-T Ien as Taught by Park Bok Nam Pa Kua Chang is one of China's foremost internal martial arts, based on the pa kua or eight trigram symbol. In this book, world renowned pa kua chang master Park Bok Nam describes in detail the various components of pa kua chang's basic training a ...Show more
Essence of Budo: Secret Teachings ... by Matsaaki Hatsumi
$79.99 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
Budo is the spiritual way of the martial arts that all practitioners must follow if they are to be true martial artists. In this book, Masaaki Hatsumi explores the very essence of Budo, and demonstrates an array of important techniques relating to this essence, explaining how the concept of Budo transce ...Show more
Flashing Steel : Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship by Leonard J. Pellman
$59.95 NZD
$75.95 (21% off)
Category: Martial Arts
This book is much more than an introductory guide to Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu Iaijutsu. It manages to emphasize a melding of the Eastern philosophy and the technique of the art, in a marvelously eloquent yet concise manner. Flashing Steel describes and pictures forty-two kata (formal training patterns) w ...Show more
Best Aikido by Kisshomaru
$79.95 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
A complete and authoritative introduction to all the fundamentals of Aikido, co-authored by the two direct successors to the founder of the martial art, Morihei Ueshiba. This is the quintessential training aid for all Aikido practitioners who wish to further their understanding of the forms and spiri ...Show more
Code of the Samurai (A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke by Thomas Cleary; Oscar Ratti (Illustrator)
$32.00 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu. Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a significant role in s ...Show more
Competitive Judo by Ron Angus
$45.00 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
Judo is known as the gentle martial art, but when two judokas square off, the action is fast and furious. Yet the art and sport forms of judo both require great control and swiftness. Indeed, a key to greatness in the sport is the ability to use an opponent
The Complete NinjaThe Secret World Revealed by Masaaki Hatsumi
$69.99 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
The ninja were the true embodiment of budo, the warrior spirit. Rather than using techniques of assassination to protect themselves, ninja relied on their senses, and on an acute awareness of their natural surroundings, In fact, ninja avoided unnecessary conflict, and used weapons such as knives and swo ...Show more
STEP BY STEP TAI CHI by Master Lam Kam-Chuen
$49.95 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
Tone your body, relax your mind. Whatever your level of fitness, Step-by-Step Tai Chi offers a simple but effective program of exercise and stress reduction, based on the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi. In addition to learning the fundamentals of Tai Chi through his carefully designed four-level progra ...Show more
From Lee to Li: An A-Z Guide of Martial Arts Heroes by Ben Stevens
$29.00 NZD
Category: Martial Arts
An A-Z guide to martial arts heroesWho gave Bruce Lee advice on kicking and taught Muhammad Ali how to punch? Which Welshman is revered in Japan as a karate expert, novelist and environmentalist? On which film did Jackie Chan fracture his skull and almost lose his life? All these questions and more are ...Show more