Any good non-fiction MA books that you would recommend?
Tat2dDom0105
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Since 2013 has arrived, i think one of my "resolutions" is to start reading more books, and i figured why not start with reading something of interest like Martial Arts. Does anyone recommend anything i can add to my "scarce" library of books?
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"The Art of War" (Sun Tzu)
"The Art of Peace" (Morihei Ueshiba)
"The Tao of Jeet Kune Do" (Bruce Lee)
"Karate-Do: My Way of Life" (Gichin Funakoshi)0 -
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Autobiography of a yogi.0
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Mind Over Muscle: Writings from the Founder of Judo by Jigoro Kano
STRONGLY recommended! Professor Kano's views on the relationship of judo and regular every day life, combat/self-defense aspect set aside. A very enlightening NON-martial arts book... that happens to be about a martial art.0 -
As for technique books, I found that Jiu Jitsu University by Saulo Ribeiro and Guerilla Jiu Jitsu & Submit Everyone (read both back-to-back) by Dave Camarillo were books I kept referring to over and over.0
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As for technique books, I found that Jiu Jitsu University by Saulo Ribeiro and Guerilla Jiu Jitsu & Submit Everyone (read both back-to-back) by Dave Camarillo were books I kept referring to over and over.
Jiu Jitsu University was a fantastic read! Very detailed0 -
Fight Club. True story, I've got the soap to prove it.0
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Today i ordered 3 books through Amazon, and I'm pretty excited about reading them.
They are:
The Fighter's Body by Loren Christensen
The Anatomy of Martial Arts by Norman Link
Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams0 -
Today i ordered 3 books through Amazon, and I'm pretty excited about reading them.
They are:
The Fighter's Body by Loren Christensen
The Anatomy of Martial Arts by Norman Link
Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
I have the Fighter's Fact Book by Loren Christensen...it wasn't a bad read at all. Let me know how The Fighter's Body turns out!0 -
I was going to say The fighters body! good read.0
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Here is a great Judo book. Has also been released in shortened form under the title of "Falling Hard."
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Pyjama-Game-Journey-into/dp/1845133498
http://www.amazon.ca/Falling-Hard-Journey-into-World/dp/1590307151/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359812174&sr=1-1
And this is just a terrific book that explains a misunderstood sport in a way that makes it easily appreciable.
http://www.amazon.ca/Sumo-Thinking-Guide-Japans-National/dp/4805310871/ref=sr_1_24?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359812217&sr=1-240 -
the Bubishi by patrick mcarthy.
he is probably the most respect karate researcher in the world.
most Martial arts books written after this one will have this book listed in the resources.0
