Karate-do Kyohan: The Master Text
- Gichin Funakoshi, translated by Tsutomu Ohshima
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Karate-do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text
- Gichin Funakoshi, translated by John Teramoto
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Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi
- Gichin Funakoshi, Tsutomu Ohshima, translated by John Teramoto
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Karate-do: My Way of Life
- Gichin Funakoshi
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The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate - The Spiritual Legacy of the Master
- Gichin Funakoshi, translated by John Teramoto
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The Heart of Karate-do
- Shigeru Egami
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Living the Martial Way
- Forrest E. Morgan
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A Book of Five Rings
- Miyamoto Musashi, translated by Victor Harris
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Secrets of the Samurai
- Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook
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The Sword of No-Sword
- John Stevens
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The Art of War
- Sun Tzu, translated by James Clavell
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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo, translated by William Scott Wilson
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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
- compiled by Paul Reps, Nyogen Senzaki
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Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai
- Dave Lowry
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Zen in the Art of Archery
- Eugen Herrigel, translated by R.F.C. Hull
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Classical Bujutsu (Volume 1)
- Donn F. Draeger
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Persimmon Wind
- Dave Lowry
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Thunder in the Sky
- by Thomas Cleary
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Bushido: The Warrior's Code
- Inazo Nitobe, Charles Lucas, Geraldine Simon
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Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts
- Donn F. Draeger, Robert W. Smith
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Code of the Samurai
- Thomas Cleary
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The Bible of Karate: Bubishi
- Translated with Commentary by Patrick McCarthy
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Notes on Training
- Tsutomu Ohshima
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Karate `Bo' Take-aways
- Guy Trimble III, foreword by Tom Muzila
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Iai: The Art of Drawing the Sword
- Darrell Max Craig
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