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  • Karate's History & Traditions

    by Bruce Haines ...
    A classic text treasured by martial artists for over twenty years, Karate's History & Traditions was long recognized as the most authoritative source on martial arts history and technique. Now Bruce Haines, historian and martial artist, has updated this rich source to reflect changes that have taken place in the last two decades.This detailed but wellrounded martial arts guide covers the history ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • People’s Peace

    Prospects for a Human Future

    by Yasmin Saikia, Lisa Sowle Cahill, David Cortright, Donald L. Fixico, Bruce B. Lawrence, Joel Gereboff, Stuart B. Schwartz, Amanda Izzo, Jackie Smith, Atalia Omer0, Leslie Dwyer1, Chad Haines3 ...
    Series series Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
    People’s Peace lays a solid foundation for the argument that global peace is possible because ordinary people are its architects. Saikia and Haines offer a unique and imaginative perspective on people’s daily lives across the world as they struggle to create peace despite escalating political violence. The volume’s focus on local and ordinary efforts highlights peace as a lived experience that ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition

    Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology

    by Daniele Bolelli ...
    An entertaining and insightful history of martial arts and the role of the warrior, drawing on pop culture, philosophy, mythology, religion, and spiritualityThe urge to forge one’s character by fighting, in daily life as well as on the mat, appeals to something deep within us. More than a collection of fighting techniques, martial arts constitute a path to developing body, spirit, and awareness. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Complete Shotokan Karate

    History, Philosophy, and Practice

    by Robin L. Rielly ...
    Complete Shotokan Karate is actually two books in one: a thorough history of Japanese karate in Asia and the United States, and an instructional manual for students of the Shotokan method.Part One outlines the history of karate from its probable origins in India (or perhaps Greece), and its transmission from China through Okinawa to Japan. Relevant aspects of Japanese history and culture, such as ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Secret Karate Techniques Kata Bunkai

    by Kogel, Helmut ...
    This book is intended to aid both the experienced Karate student and those just starting up to find their way in the theoretical and historical background of Karate. The varied facets of Karate first become obvious to the Karate student after many years of intensive training and study of the roots of Okinawa's Martial Arts. ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Karate Training

    The Samurai Legacy and Modern Practice

    by Robin L. Rielly ...
    This martial arts guide could actually be considered two books in one: a thorough history of Japanese karatedo and a profusely illustrated instruction manual for students of the martial art who have advanced beyond the beginning stages.Part One:Concerned about the misinterpretation of Japanese culture in general and karate in particular by many Western practitioners of karate, the author sets out ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Karate Dojo

    Traditions and Tales of a Martial Art

    by Peter Urban ...
    Learn the background of Japanese Karate along with the ins and outs of belonging to a dojo with this readable martial arts guide.The Japanese martial art of Karate is not only a means of self-defense; it is also a sport and philosophy. The Karate Dojo: Traditions and Tales of a Martial Art examines each of these aspects—through the colorful legends, tales, and traditions that are associated with ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Art of Hojo Undo

    Power Training for Traditional Karate

    by Michael Clarke ...
    ADDING POWER TO THE FIGHTING TECHNIQUES OF KARATEHojo Undo means 'supplementary training', and using these tools is the key for developing the devastating power of karate techniques. Without Hojo Undo, a practitioner cannot reach the profound strength levels required for a lifetime of karate training.This book details how to construct and use many training tools; provides accurate mechanical ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Way of Judo

    A Portrait of Jigoro Kano and His Students

    by John Stevens ...
    A martial arts biography of the legendary founder of judo, Jigoro Kano, and the colorful coterie of disciples who wanted to carry on his legacyKodokan judo, one of the most well-known martial arts in the world today, was originated by Jigoro Kano (1860–1938), a martial artist and career educator who developed the art after studying several types of jujutsu, sumo, and Western wrestling. Openness ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Bubishi

    The Classic Manual of Combat

    Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishiwas a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Five Ancestor Fist Kung Fu

    by Alexander L. Co ...
    Simple, direct, and deadlyit's the art of ngo cho kun, or fists of the five ancestors.In its approach to iron body training, its reliance on the sam chien stance, and its special emphasis on hard and soft techniques, this Fukien style of kungfu is believed to be the root of the Gojuryu and Uechiryu Okinawan karate systems.During the declining years of the Ching dynasty, Sijo Chua Giok Beng ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kano

    by Brian N. Watson ...
    In 1882, Kano opened his Kodokan dojo in Tokyo, where he taught jujutsu to his first class of nine students. His choice of the name Kodokan symbolizes precocity in one so young and is highly significant, for it means the institute where one is guided along the road to follow in life, that is to say, a road that one travels as a means of self-cultivation, which Kano regarded as the optimum way to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD