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Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo : Mental Stimulation (Vol. 1)
Ed Parker	ISBN: 0910293007 , Paperback - From $19.90 BUY This is a first in a 5-volume series of Ed Parker books explaining the concepts and theories of American Kenpo Karate. First published in 1982, these volumes have become the definitive resource for serious students of American Kenpo Karate, written by the late Senior Grandmaster himself

Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo : Physical Analyzation I (Vol. 2)
Ed Parker	ISBN: 0910293023, Paperback - From $19.94 BUY This is the second in a 5-volume series of Ed Parker books explaining the concepts and theories of American Kenpo Karate. First published in 1983, these volumes have become the definitive resource for serious students of American Kenpo Karate, written by the late Senior Grandmaster himself.

Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo: Physical Analyzation II (Vol. 3)
Ed Parker	ISBN: 091029304X, Paperback - From $21.90 BUY This is the third in a 5-volume series of Ed Parker books explaining the concepts and theories of American Kenpo Karate. First published in 1985, these volumes have become the definitive resource for serious students of American Kenpo Karate, written by the late Senior Grandmaster himself.

Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo: Mental & Physical Constituents (Vol. 4)
Ed Parker	ISBN: 0910293066, Paperback - From $24.00 BUY This is the fourth in a 5-volume series of Ed Parker books explaining the concepts and theories of American Kenpo Karate. First published in 1987 these volumes have become the definitive resource for serious students of American Kenpo Karate, written by the late Senior Grandmaster himself.

Ed Parker's Infinite Insights Into Kenpo: Mental and Physical Applications (Vol. 5)
Ed Parker	ISBN: 0910293082, Paperback - From $19.00 BUY This is the fifth in a 5-volume series of Ed Parker books explaining the concepts and theories of American Kenpo Karate. First published in 1987 these volumes have become the definitive resource for serious students of American Kenpo Karate, written by the late Senior Grandmaster himself, just three years before his untimely death.

The Secrets of Giron Arnis Escrima

Antonio E. Somera

ISBN: 0804831394, Paperback - $11.53 BUY

The Secrets of Giron Arnis Escrima is an engaging biography of Leo Giron, a senior master of escrima and survivor of numerous hand-to-hand encounters in the Philippine jungles. It is also a visual and descriptive survey of Giron's fighting art-a classical weapons and empty-hand self-defense system applicable in today's modern society. Tony Somera is the only person to whom Grandmaster Giron awarded the master's degree in the art of Giron arnis escrima.

The Secrets of Cabales Serrada Escrima

Mark V. Wiley

ISBN: 0804831815, Paperback - $11.53 BUY

Escrima is a highly effective self-defense technique and one of the three major Filipino martial arts. It prepares the warrior for both armed and unarmed combat. Secrets of Cabales Serrada Escrima is a revised, expanded, and updated version of Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima, which has sold over 15,000 copies since originally published in 1994. Writing with the encouragement and assistance of one of the legends of the art, Grandmaster Angel Cabales, author Mark Wiley revisits the homeland of Escrima and adds a fresh perspective to the form and techniques of Escrima.

Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles, and Secret Techniques

Mark Bishop

ISBN: 0804832056 , Paperback - From $8.48 BUY

Written by a well-known figure in the Martial Artsl arts community noted for his outspokenness, this book is an engaging and rich text, certain to provoke and please. Okinawan Karate, long sought after by connoisseurs of Okinawan Martial Artsl arts, is the definitive survey and examination of traditional Martial Artsl arts of the island. With detailed lineage charts of most of the major Okinawan Martial Artsl arts systems, sequential photographs displaying the distinctive techniques of his subjects, solid reportage, and frank quotes from his interview subjects, Okinawan Karate is a complete and encyclopedic source of information.

Cheng Man-Ching's Advanced Tai-Chi Form Instructions

Cheng Man-ch°ing

ISBN: 0912059036, Paperback - $10.95 BUY

About the Author: Of all the modern Tai Chi masters, none have had the impact of the late Cheng Man-Ch'ing. He grew up to become renowned in his own country as a master of the "Five Excellences": painting, poetry, calligraphy, medicine and martial arts. Grandmaster Cheng Man Ch'ing, a student of Yang Cheng Fu and already a renowned teacher across mainland China and Taiwan, came to New York and became one of the first to teach this ancient exercise openly to non-Chinese students.

Tai-Chi Chuan in Theory and Practice
Lien-Ying Kuo, Simmone Kuo, Kuo Ying-Lien	ISBN: 1556432984, Paperback - $9.97 BUY Written nearly four decades ago in China, this is the only book the highly regarded Kuo Lien-Ying chose to publish in English. Rare photographs of Kuo performing this graceful martial art and his reflections on T'ai Chi will provide readers with unique insight into the art, its origins, and its movements

Sampai Kenpo
Michael Persons	ISBN: 0865680248, Paperback - From $32.00 BUY The first and only book ever published on the art of Sam Pai Kenpo, is an eclectic brand of martial arts originating under the Mitose family in Hawaii and perfected under Ed Parker, the pioneer of Kenpo and martial arts in America today. Sam Pai Kenpo was actually perfected under Joe Dimmick, the founder of Sam Pai and Michael Persons' instructor.

The Cosmic Warrior

Michael Persons

ISBN: 1412010829 , Paperback - $18.95 BUY

The Cosmic Warrior is a Martial Arts adventure novel filled with romance, suspense and excitement. Set in the 25th Century it chronicles the journey of the novel's main character, Mikal, to fulfill his destiny. Along the way there are evils to overcome, friendships to preserve and wonders to experience! Authored by 10th Degree Black Belt Michael Persons, The Cosmic Warrior has actual Martial Arts techniques described in the novel's realistic fight scenes. Michael Persons revolutionizes the adventure novel genre by creating the Martial Arts System used in the book, The Cosmic Warrior. Watch for the release of the first of 13 Martial Arts instruction manuals on the "Art of the Cosmic Warrior" to begin your training to become the next Cosmic Warrior.

Small-Circle Jujitsu
Wally Jay	ISBN: 0897501225 , Paperback - From $4.75 BUY The complete system of small-circle jujitsu. Fully illustrated, this book covers falling, key movements, resuscitation, all forms of joint locks, throwing techniques, chokes, and self-defense applications. Jay is a member of Black Belt’s Hall of Fame.

Dynamic Ju Jitsu

Professor Wally Jay

ISBN: 0920129005 , Paperback - BUY

By Professor Wally Jay 10th dan and founder of the Small Circle Style of Ju Jitsu - In this book (which Professor Jay himself says is his best book) you will learn not only break falls but also the intricacies of his Small Circle Theory of Ju Jitsu. You will be able to learn many basic and advanced techniques of the art he spent his life developing. 130 pages you will be happy you attained a copy of this his master text.

Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching

Carol A. Wiley

ISBN: 1883319099 , Paperback - From $4.85 BUY

Teaching is an art. Effective martial arts teachers must not only be competent pratictioners but must also develop the communication and interpersonal skills of any good teacher. In this collection, twenty-six experienced martial arts teachers discuss the process of learning and teaching a martial art, from the 'nuts and bolts' of teaching technique to the philosophical underpinnings of training.

Carol A. Wiley has studied martial arts for fifteen years. She holds a first-degree black belt in aikido and a second-degree black belt in tae kwnon do. She is the editor of Women in Martial Arts (North Atlantic Books), she lives in Bellevue, Washington.

Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Bruce Lee	ISBN: 0897500482 , Paperback - From $4.45 BUY This is Bruce Lee’s treatise on his martial art, jeet kune do. This international best seller includes the philosophy of jeet kune do, mental and physical training, martial qualities, attack, and strategy. BEST SELLER!

The Complete Seven Katas of Judo
M. Kawaishi	ISBN: B0009HAYDC, Paperback - From $2.24 BUY The NAGE-NO-KATA, or Kata of the Throws, the First Part of the RANDORI-NO-KATA, or Forms of Free Exercise, was created by the late Professor Jigoro KANO, who has definitely fixed therein the form and the spirit.