Martial Maneuvers
Fighting Principles and Tactics of the Internal Martial Arts
Written by Phillip Starr
Price: $18.95
Blue Snake Books
In Martial Maneuvers, Phillip Starr demonstrates that while the internal martial arts—Taijiquan, Bagua Zhang, and Xingyi Quan—might be considered ineffective for practical self-defense, they in fact have a long history of combat use. Starr argues that most teachers and practitioners of the internal arts have forgotten their rich martial heritage, focusing...
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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking...
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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking...
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On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition
Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
Written by Daniele Bolelli
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
The 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. On the Warrior’s Path connects the martial arts with this...
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Martial Mechanics
Maximum Results with Minimum Effort in the Practice of the Martial Arts
Written by Phillip Starr
Price: $17.95
Blue Snake Books
Interest in a wide range of martial arts grows exponentially each year, but few practitioners understand the scientific forces that underlie these arts. The originators of ancient traditional systems intuitively grasped the body mechanics behind their disciplines, and thus were capable of generating uncanny striking force. Contemporary students, on the other...
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Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals
A Historical Survey
Edited by Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo
Price: $21.95
Blue Snake Books
Secret training manuals, magic swords, and flying kung fu masters—these are staples of Chinese martial arts movies and novels, but only secret manuals have a basis in reality. Chinese martial arts masters of the past did indeed write such works, along with manuals for the general public. This collection introduces Western...
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In Search of the Warrior Spirit, Fourth Edition
Teaching Awareness Disciplines to the Green Berets
Written by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Price: $19.95
Blue Snake Books
The war in Iraq has heightened interest in the military mindset and raised questions about whether it’s possible to be a mindful, moral fighter at a time when impersonal, technology based warfare reigns. In Search of the Warrior Spirit confronts this thorny issue with Richard Strozzi-Heckler’s trademark personal, sympathetic style. In...
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Nei Jia Quan, 2nd edition
Internal Martial Arts
Written by Jess O'Brien
Price: $21.95
Blue Snake Books
In this illuminating book, prominent masters offer an informed, inside view of the Chinese internal martial arts known collectively as “nei jia quan”–those practices that emphasize awareness of the spirit, mind, qi (breath, or energy flow), and the use of relaxed leverage rather than brute force. Drawing from enduring traditions practiced...
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The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi
Combat and Energy Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi and Hsing-I
Written by Bruce Frantzis
Price: $27.95
Blue Snake Books
Originally published in 1998, this book has become a martial arts classic. It provides detailed descriptions of the three main internal martial arts—tai chi (taiji), hsing-i (xingyi) and ba gua (pakua)—and their sub-styles, as well as how they differ from each other and from such external arts as karate, tae kwon...
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Immortal Combat
Portrait of a True Warrior
Written by Bruce Thomas
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
A complete overview of all aspects of combat, from the primitive to the cutting-edge, Immortal Combat uses Bruce Lee’s life and work as a martial artist to examine the crucial differences between the soldier and the warrior. It draws an analogy between the ambitions of the competitive, ego-driven martial sportsman, typified...
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Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters
Training for Muay Thai, Karate, Kickboxing, and Taekwondo
Written by Christoph Delp
Price: $22.95
Blue Snake Books
Martial artists require a unique physical training program, one that ensures that powerful attacking and rapid counterattacking techniques can be used in self-defense performed over the full course of any contest or practice. In Fitness for Full-Contact Fighters, trainer, author, and fighter Christoph Delp presents a fitness training program expertly tailored...
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The Making of a Butterfly
Traditional Chinese Martial Arts As Taught by Master W. C. Chen
Written by Phillip Starr
Price: $16.95
Blue Snake Books
The only American heir to W. C. Chen, Phillip Starr continues the master’s teachings in this useful guide that also profiles the exciting early years when martial arts were still new in America. Through this entertaining collection of personal anecdotes involving Master Chen, the author, and his classmates, readers learn a...
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Combat Techniques of Taiji, Xingyi, and Bagua
Principles and Practices of Internal Martial Arts
Written by Lu Shengli, Translated by Zhang Yun
Price: $22.95
Blue Snake Books
The combat techniques of Tai Ji, Ba Gua, and Xing Yi were forbidden during China's Cultural Revolution, but the teachings of grandmaster Wang Pei Shing have survived. This comprehensive guide, written by one of his students, selects core movements from each practice and gives the student powerful tools to recognize the...
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The Craft of the Warrior
Written by Robert Spencer
Price: $16.95
Frog Books
A big house, fancy cars, and money in the bank seldom lead to a fulfilling life, a life true to one's potential and essential nature. Ordinary life can be a prison, but it doesn't have to be that way.
In this updated edition of The Craft of the Warrior, author Robert Spencer...
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Gravity Never Stops
The Life and Training of a Martial Artist
Written by Ron Sieh
Price: $10.95
North Atlantic Books
There may be no one in the world better at teaching martial arts to pre-teens and teenagers than Ron Sieh. Not just martial arts but values, heart, courage, a sense of humor, a way to turn bullying and teasing into reconciliation and fun. And that's because he's a big zen kid...
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Shadow Strategies of an American Ninja Master
Written by Mark Morris
Price: $18.95
Frog Books
Glenn Morris examines the fabulous Togakure Ryu in ninth century Japan and moves to present day applications of the ancient skills the stealthy ninja must apply to living in the modern world. Mr. Morris' fans will not be disappointed with the riches offered here: secrets of balance and alignment; seeing with...
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Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching
Edited by Carol Wiley
Price: $16.95
Frog Books
Teaching is an art. Effective martial arts teachers must not only be competent practitioners 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...
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Ancient Wisdom, New Spirit
Investigations into the Nature of "Being"
Written by Peter Ralston
Price: $17.95
Frog Books
Adapted from a series of talks and lively question-and-answer sections, this book explores the nature of communication and being that lies at the heart of Ralston's unique martial arts system.
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Mind Over Matter
Higher Martial Arts
Written by Shi Ming and Siao Weijia, Translated by Thomas Cleary
Price: $12.95
Frog Books
This unique book by Master Shi Ming and Siao Weijia explores the Chinese science of mind/body and the refinement of consciousness in the higher martial arts.
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Path Notes of an American Ninja Master
Written by Glenn Morris
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
Using a lively style and the languages of transpersonal psychology, meditation, esoteric magic, and kundalini, Glenn Morris recounts his amazing adventures and hair-raising close calls while training and then practicing as a master of martial arts. Following in the tradition of the legendary Togakure Ryu of Japan, whose fighting techniques and...
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Nuclear Strategy and the Code of the Warrior
Faces of Mars and Shiva in the Crisis of Human Survival
Edited by Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
The preface to this anthology begins, “Nuclear war sits as a kind of zen riddle in the heart of modern civilization.” The goal of Nuclear Strategy is to publish essays, poems, a play, and a round-table discussion in an attempt to go beyond the current fixation of arms-control agendas emphasizing détente...
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Western Boxing and World Wrestling
Story and Practice
Written by John Gilbey
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
John F. Gilbey exposes wrestling as a series of circus exhibitions and decries boxing as an unbalanced martial art, the true purpose of which is to maim. In place of the fake performances of the Hulks of the modern ring, Gilbey offers the great ones, from George Hackenschmidt through Frank Gotch...
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The Dance of Becoming
Living Life as a Martial Art
Written by Stuart Heller
Price: $9.95
North Atlantic Books
The Dance of Becoming is a book that is a must for the library of any serious martial artist or anyone interested in a deeper understanding of self. Stuart Heller's insight into the finer points of visualization and energy are simple in the classical taoist approach.
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Women in the Martial Arts
Edited by Carol Wiley
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
Many women learn of martial arts through a male companion's interest in kung-fu movies or a six-week self-defense course. Some venture beyond. This book contains the stories, in essay and poetry form, of a group of women who have trained for at least seven years in this demanding activity. Many speak...
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The Way of a Warrior
A Journey into Secret Worlds of Martial Arts
Written by John Gilbey
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books
This book is the sequel to the underground classic Secret Fighting Arts of the World, and chronicles the further adventures of the Indiana Jones of exotic martial arts, John F. Gilbey. His fistic and foot festivities take him in and out of dojos and gyms in the United States: to Iceland...
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