MARTIAL ARTS BOOKS

SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE

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This is a list of some of the interesting books on martial arts. A few of these are available to club members through the Club Library.


Karate-do Kyohan - The Master Text
- Gichin Funakoshi, translated by Tsutomu Ohshima

Available in East Asia Library and IMA Administrative
Office during business hours

Buy online!
Karate-do Nyumon
- Gichin Funakoshi, translated by John Teramoto

  (available in club library)
Notes on Training
- Tsutomu Ohshima
Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi
- Gichin Funakoshi, Tsutomu Ohshima, translated by John Teramoto

  (available in club library)
Karate-do: My Way of Life
- Gichin Funakoshi

  (available in club library)
The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate
- Gichin Funakoshi, translated by John Teramoto

  (available in club library)
The Heart of Karate-do
- Shigeru Egami

  (available in club library)
Karate `Bo' Take-aways
- Guy Trimble III, foreword by Tom Muzila
Living the Martial Way
- Forrest E. Morgan

  (available in club library)
A Book of Five Rings
- Miyamoto Musashi, translated by Victor Harris

  (available in club library)
Secrets of the Samurai
- Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook

  (available in club library)
The Sword of No-Sword
- John Stevens

  (available in club library)
The Art of War
- Sun Tzu, translated by James Clavell

  (available in club library)
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo, translated by William Scott Wilson

  (available in club library)
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
- compiled by Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki

  (available in club library)
Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai
- Dave Lowry

  (available in club library)
Zen in the Art of Archery
- Eugen Herrigel, translated by R.F.C. Hull

  (available in club library)
Classical Bujutsu (Volume 1)
- Donn F. Draeger

  (available in club library)
The Code of the Samurai
- Daidoji Yuzan, translated by A.L. Sadler
Persimmon Wind
- Dave Lowry

  (available in club library)
Thunder in the Sky
- by Thomas Cleary

  (available in club library)
Bushido: The Warrior's Code
- Inazo Nitobe, Charles Lucas, Geraldine Simon

  (available in club library)
Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts
- Donn F. Draeger, Robert W. Smith

  (available in club library)
The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War
- Yagyu Munenori
Karate Master: The Life and Times of Mitsusuke Harada
- Clive Layton