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Masaaki Hatsumi

Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai

Hiroshi Moriya

The 36 Secret Strategies of the Martial Arts: The Classic Chinese Guide for Success in War, Business, and Life

This collection of ancient Chinese maxims encapsulates some of the Far East's most cunning tactics for battle and deception and offers keys to understanding, interpreting, and countering the actions of even the most daunting opponent.

Kaibara Ekiken

Yojokun: Life Lessons from a Samurai

Hirokazu Kanazawa

Karate: The Complete Kata

Morihei Ueshiba

The Heart of Aikido: The Philosophy of Takemusu Aiki

Gichin Funakoshi

The Essence of Karate

Gichin Funakoshi is a legendary figure and the founder of Shotokan karate, the most popular style of Japanese karate, with millions of practitioners worldwide. In The Essence of Karate, Funakoshi creates, in his own words, a narrative of modern karate. He explains the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings and includes memories of his own training, as well as recollections of other karate masters and the history of the martial art. He also discusses the importance of winning without fighting, and the reason why many great martial artists improve with age. The preface has been contributed by Hirokazu Kanazawa, President of the Shotokan Karate-do International Federation (and Funakoshi's disciple). He fondly writes of his memories of Gichin Funakoshi during his youth and what he learned from the master. In the afterword, the founder's great-nephew, Gisho Funakoshi, shares previously unknown personal anecdotes about his "Uncle Funakoshi."

David Benjamin

Sumo: A Thinking Fan's Guide to Japan's National Sport

The most entertaining and irreverent guide to sumo."--James Fallows, "The Atlantic

Antony Cummins, Natori

True Path of the Ninja: The Definitive Translation of the Shoninki

Koichi Tohei

KI in Daily Life

The principles of "ki" release our natural talents and hidden abilities. This guide offers a number of practical exercises for learning to harness this power as Tohei presents concrete examples of how to apply the principles of "ki" to daily life, unifying the body and mind. Photos.

Giulio Mola

Mou!: L'Avventura Nerazzurra Di Jose Mourinho. Scudetti, Coppe, Provocazioni, L'Addio

Giorgio Piola

Formula 1 Technical Analysis

The 2008 Formula 1 World Championship saw Lewis Hamilton taking the Drivers' Championship, with Ferrari settling for the Constructors' title. Once again the expert Giorgio Piola recounts and illustrates the secrets and technical advances of the season examining the various development phases conducted by the teams during the championship. The chapter devoted to the engines and those dealing with the regulations, tires, aerodynamics, cockpits and chassis complete what has become a "classic" of Formula 1 literature. As always, an extensive section devoted to the leading cars of the 2009 season enhances the book.

Claudio Porrozzi

Superbike: The Official Book 2010 - 2011

The World Superbike Championship has always been considered a spectacle for the more technical enthusiast, the modified mass production bikes, representing the point of contact between the most advanced technology and the machines that we see darting along the public roads every day. All highlighted by the most spectacular pictures of the season.

Dave Van Stijn, Mike Harterink

Scubasigns: The Guide to All Diving Hand Signals

Speak the official scuba diving language. Would you like to be able to always express yourself and communicate with other divers all over the world? Here is your chance. Scubasigns is the definitive guide to all diving hand signals. It will make your dives safer, more interesting, and of course, more fun. It is a book that belongs in every scuba divers library, no matter whether you are a novice or highly experienced. There are hundreds of signals used by divers worldwide to share information, indicate a problem, or point out something interesting. The authors traveled the world to collect all hand signals used by divers. After years of study, the official scuba diving language was created. There are nearly 500 hand signals in the book that were all photographed under water by some of the worlds best underwater photographers, who contributed marine life footage to Scubasigns.

Stefan Stenudd

Aikido Principles: Basic Concepts of the Peaceful Martial Art

Stefan Stenudd

Aikibatto: Sword Exercises for Aikido Students

Aikibatto is a system of sword and staff exercises for aikido students, as well as for anyone interested in the Japanese martial arts. This book presents the basics and principles of the sophisticated sword arts developed by the Japanese warrior aristocracy, the samurai. Although the aikibatto exercises are primarily developed for aikido students, they contain much of the normal curriculum of traditional iaido and kenjutsu. Anyone interested in the arts of the katana, the formidable Japanese sword, will find much of value in this book. Stefan Stenudd is a 6 dan Aikikai Swedish aikido instructor, member of the Swedish Aikikai Grading Committee, President of the Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation, and Vice Chairman of the International Aikido Federation. He has studied aikido and iaido since the early 1970's. He is also a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

Stefan Stenudd

Attacks in Aikido: How to Do Kogeki, the Attack Techniques

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US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76

The US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 is a good basic guide, standard reading for our troops, and unlike some survival manuals, it is fairly well written and organized.

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US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76, Illustrated

The US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 is a good basic guide, standard reading for our troops, and unlike some survival manuals, it is fairly well written and organized.

Stuart McRobert

Brawn

Most bodybuilding books are alike. They are typically a collection of photographs of bodybuilding superstars, together with training routines that never work for the average person. Brawn is totally different and directly challenges most comtemporary body building advice. Most importantly, Brawn focuses on the techniques, routines and strategies that actually work for typical bodybuilders.

Stuart McRobert

Beyond Brawn: The Insider's Encyclopedia on How to Build Muscle & Might

This is the fully updated second edition of the sequel to Brawn, the book that created a body building revolution. This encyclopedia offers the key to training success. By acknowledging each peron's individuality, this book teaches people precisely how to become their own expert personal trainers. Whether readers are male or female, beginners or very advanced, young or not-so-young, want to train at home or in a public gym, this book offers outstanding guidance.