Suggested Reading

The following books are recommended to the interested student to increase awareness and insight into the Martial Arts.  They are listed in no particular order.  This list is by no means inclusive of all the excellent references available, it is intended merely as a starting point from which to grow.

• A Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi

• The Classical Man - Richard Kim

• Moving Zen - C. W. Nichol

• The Art of War - Sun Tzu

• The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Balthasar Gracian

• Bushido - Inazo Nitobe

• Bubishi - Translations by George Alexander and Patrick McCarthy

• Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts, Koryu Uchinadi - Patrick McCarthy

• Okinawa, Island of Karate - George W. Alexander

• Autumn Lighting - Dave Lowry

• The Way and the Power - Fredrick Lovret

• Karate-Do, My Way of Life - Gichin Funakoshi

• The Way of the Warrior - Reid and Croucher

• Okinawan Karate - Mark Bishop

• Martial Arts - Michel Random

• Zen and Japanese Culture - Daisetz Suzuki

• Living the Martial Way - Forrest E. Morgan

• Hagakure:The Book of the Samurai - Yamamoto Tsunetomo