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What are some books about your style that every practitioner should read? I'm looking for any marial arts book that can help me become a better martial artist. I've been especially interested in Tai Chi since that seems like it'd be good for meditation as well as training my body. Any and all help is appreciated.
Another classic. This book is not so much about the art of archery as it is about the way you teach martial arts. A great read when it comes to insight into the zen mind which is a great asset when embarking in your martial arts journey. A book about letting go, something we could all learn to do a little better.
Another oldie in my collection. Great insight into some of the myths in the martial arts. A book that really throws some light at the superstitions and backwards thinking that has plagued the martial arts for way too long. Good practical wisdom, and a fun read.
I 'hang out' on the rec.martial-arts newsgroup, and once in a while, someone writes something that deserves a wider audience. I asked the author of this commentary, Mr. Busman, if I could post this here, and he agreed. If it saves you the worthless price of one book, it will have been worth it.
"World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets" by Count Dante (aka, John Keehan). This book promises a lot, and delivers crap. Count Dante shows you 1001 ways to rip the skin off your opponents face. Booklet sold to adolescent kids (who didn't know they weren't getting the real thing) through comic books during the '60's & '70's, illegally reprinted by Ashida Kim (real name: Chris Hunter) in the '80's & '90's. Reading level: Grade 2
"Dragon's Touch", "Advanced Dragon's Touch", etc. ANYTHING by Hei Long. This stuff is tae kwon do packaged as an "Ancient martial art". The first book shows models dressed in fancy white ninja uniforms complete w/face masks - and executing TKD type strikes on one another. Later editions show the same unoriginal techniques with boring no-frills drawings - which wouldn't be so bad if they were of any use.
"Introduction to Universal School of Street Fighting Art Of Survival" by Frank de Gourville. Mixes, matches, and mixes up Korean and Japanese terminology, evidently out of ignorance. Dan ranks, from 1-10 are: sho, ni, san, sa, oh, chil, yup, pal, hachi, kaiden. 9th dan is called "hachi" (which is actually Japanese for 8). Some techniques appear questionable, but the models are young and vigorous. Author at least admits, "I mastered my own system by visiting dojos around the United States and overseas, and by observing the performances of great martial artists, including Master Moses Powell, Master David Brooks... Benny Urquidez, Master Joe Lewis, and Mr. Steve Sanders (BKF). I have studied the art of Jiu-Jitsu for over 8 years, and presently hold the rank of Chil-Dan (6th degree black belt)." Chil-dan is Korean for SEVENTH dan.
"The Pinnacle of Karate" and " Karate do: The Supreme Truth" by Robert Trias, which are printed on low-quality photocopy paper, also "The Hand is my Sword" by Robert Trias. Trias may have been a karate Pioneer in being the first person to publicly teach in the U.S. but it is debateable as to how much he actually knew when he began teaching. Virtually all of his ranks were political gifts from Japanese masters wishing to make inroads in the U.S., Trias never tested for a rank. Much of the knowledge in his books is a hodge-podge of facts and myths mixed together, rarely citing sources. Some of the methods for executing techniques are questionable (and have since changed). Good for those interested in U.S. Karate Movements, bad for those seeking a "legitimate lineage" (reaching back to Japan) karate, as Trias's system is not traceable but a unique blend of systems, most of the kata being learned from fellow US martial artists.
"The Boddhisatva Warriors" by "shifu" Nagaboshi Tomio (real name: Terrance Dukes, no apparent relation to Frank Dux other than problems telling the truth). Founder of the homemade Mushindo Karate movement, never studied under a legitimate teacher, or any martial art teacher, never set foot in Asia, completely disproven, shown to have plagiarized many photos and other materials from other published written sources. Of course he claims to have studied under masters in Tibet, and been a disciple of Okinawan Karate teachers - since disproven by such worthy sources as Gorge Mattson, et al. Was involved in an abusive sex scandal with several female students a few years back ("Sleep with me and I'll enlighten you" kinda thing), uses abusive and coercive tactics to control what ex-students say at him, a propaganda liemaster. This book is awful--he quotes secret manuscripts relating to Gichen Funakoshi's teachers, yet has a record of plagiarizing and can't name a single organization in Asia that exists which recognises or remembers him. Not worth your money. Worth seeing some of the Phony Mushindo websites though for the evidence!!
It's a frequently asked question to recommend some Hapkido books and training videos/DVDs; and the answer takes a while. The books and videos referred to on this page are all ones I have owned and/or seen at some time or another, and these are my personal opinions on them. Your Milage May Vary. I've provided links to Amazon for my recommendations when the items are available there.
These are taking sections out of his big Hapkido book with some expanded material to make smaller books at more affordable prices. Generally available at the big bookstores, I've provided links to Amazon above. Tedeschi has also done an excellent book on Essential Anatomy: For Healing and Martial Arts and a very comprehensive book on Taekwondo that I would also highly recommend. I have all of these in my personal library. A
Pelligrini's Combat Hapkido series -Pelligrini does show that he has some skills with certain techniques, but it's nearly all at a surface level; he does not show understanding of the principles of why techniques work. These are really just scattered techniques, with no logical organization to building skills or to what is in the belt levels. Most of these tapes are about 40 minutes, with some promotional crap of pictures he's had taken with known martial arts luminaries taking up some of the time on the tape; yet they claim there's not enough space to show falls? And for a style that supposedly has removed non-practical aspects, he still shows some techniques that are NOT practical that can easily be made so. Definitely not a grandmaster level of skill or teaching. Not quite an F, not totally worthless but misleading, there is just so much more to Hapkido than what this has. D-.
I promise to shoot straight and tell the truth. It's what I've been doing since I wrote Small Dojo Big Profits in 2003, and it's what I'll keep doing. For nearly two decades I've written about how to earn a living teaching quality martial arts while running a small, profitable dojo. That's not going to change. You have my word on it.
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In this paper Daniel asks whether it is possible to reconstruct a lost fighting system from existing books. The answer seems to be that this sort of exercise is much more difficult than we often assume. And while this talk is specifically discussing the reconstruction of Western fight books, I suspect that many of these issues might also be applicable to those thinking about Chinese or Japanese manuals. As such, this paper may be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in the historical martial arts.
As Daniel is a younger scholar who we have not discussed before, a few words of introduction are in order. He is a medievalist with a background in literary studies as well as the history of science and the material culture of the early modern period. He received a PhD from the University of Geneva in 2013, is the co-editor of the Acta-Periodica Duellatorum (which you should definitely check out) and he just co-edited a new volume on Western fight books. Lastly, if you are curious as to what he can actually do in that armor, be sure to check out this clip!
Dear Ben Judkins, related to the general topic addressed in your very interesting recent post inlined below, I want to make you aware of two methodically interesting structure-analytical studies that have been made by Gabriele Berlin (2001: 18-21) on the stick dance of the Tharus from Nepal, and its possibilities of including remnants of an extinct martial art of this people, and, by the same author (2008: 39-42), on bharata natyam postures, martial arts techniques, and the problem of interpreting symbolic movements. References quoted:
MAYTT: It is amazing how you expanded Tambuli Media into different industries! What initially drew you to Eskrima opposed to other martial arts? Was Eskrima your first martial art or did you have prior experience in other styles?
In addition to Eskrima, I also trained heavily in Ngo Cho Kun, Wing Chun, Savate, Wrestling, Jeet Kune Do, Silat, and others. But over time, you realize too many arts makes for a Jack of All Trades. So, I decided to focus on just FMA and Ngo Cho (Fujian Five Ancestor Boxing).
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