SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIAL BOOK:

My Journey With the Grandmaster: Reflections of an American Martial Artist on Okinawa",   by retired Marine Major Bill Hayes, originally published in 1997, is now in its fourth printing and is once again available for purchase.  This informative, emotional, award-winning, book presents an insider's unique view of the martial arts and culture of Okinawa based on the author's many years of training there.  Meet Grandmaster Eizo Shimabukuro, 10th Dan, Shorin-ryu, Karate-do, one of the most endearing, enduring, and skilled practitioners in all of Budo.  Learn how a young Marine's life was transformed by the "Way".  Become charmed by the place called "The Land of Propriety" - Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate cost per copy:  $23.00 (includes S&H)  For further information regarding "My Journey" and/or to subscribe to the Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate-do Kenkyu-Kai's newsletter please contact:  

Bill Hayes  1105 Walker Drive, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401-2625. E-mail address is:  oldstudent1@cox.net.

 
Aikido: The Coordination of Mind and Body for Self-Defense, Koichi Thoei

Amazons, Guerrieres, et Gaillardes, Pierre Samuel

American Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring, Dan Anderson

Asian Fighting Arts, Donn F. Draeger

The Book of the Five Rings, Myamoto Musashi

The Bible of Karate Bubuishi, Patrick McCarthy

The Essence of Okinawan Karatedo, Shoshin Nagamine

Fear Into Anger: A Manual of Self Defense for Women, Py Bateman

Fight Back! Feminist Resistance to Male Violence, ed. Frederique Delacost & Felice Newman

The Fighting Arts, Michael Croucher & Howard Reid

Japanese Swordsmanship, Donn Draeger & Gorgon Wagner

Karatedo: My Way of Life, Gichin Funakoshi

Karate-do Foundations, Mark R. Moeller

Karate's History & Traditions, Bruce A. Haines

The Martial Arts, Dr. Richard Chin & Susan Ribber

The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan Series: Classical Begets, Classical Budo, Modern Begets & Budo, Donn F. Draeger

The Martial Spirit, Harmine Kauz

Modern Arnis, Rely Press

Okinawa Island of Karate, George Alexander

Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles & Secret Techniques, Mark Bishop

Moving Zen: Karate as a Way to Gentleness, C.W. Nicole

Secrets of the Samurai, Oscar Ratty & Addle Westbrook

Self Defense for Women, Mary Heiny & Donald Monkerud

Shukokai Karate Kata, Thomas Morris

The Weaponless Warriors, Richard Kim

Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugene Herrigel

PERIODICALS AND PAMPHLETS

Fighting Woman News, Valerie Eads, Ed.

Women's Self Defense: 22 Commonly Asked Questions, Jo Anne Spiro