Other Book Reviews
The following is a listing of various martial art related books, and a short commentary on each of them. Although I'm primarily interested in Judo, I've run across books that I enjoy that aren't, strictly speaking, related to Judo. I've included both fiction and non-fiction here.
Here is the list of other martial art books I review, in alphabetical order:
- Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere - Westbrook & Ratti
- American Law and the Trained Fighter - Carl Brown
- Angry White Pyjamas - Robert Twigger
- A Quiet of Stone - Stephen Leigh
- Armed Martial Arts of Japan - G. Cameron Hurst III
- Art of War - Suntzu [Cleary]
- Art of War - Suntzu [Griffith]
- Art of War - Suntzu [Kaufman]
- Asian Fighting Arts - Donn Draeger & Robert Smith
- Autumn Lightning - The Education of an American Samurai - Dave Lowry
- Bushido - The Soul of Japan - Inazo Nitobe
- Chinese Fast Wrestling - Liang, Shou-Yu & Tai D. Ngo
- Classical Fighting Arts of Japan - Serge Mol
- Code of the Samurai - Daidöji Yüzan
- Cold Steel - Technique of Close Combat - John Styers
- Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu - Conversations with Daito-ryu Masters - Stanley Pranin
- Dance of the Hag - Stephen Leigh
- Fighters Notebook - Kirik Jenness
- Field Manual 21-150 - U.S. Army
- Hagakure - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
- Secrets of Hakkoryu Jujutsu - Shodan - Dennis G. Palumbo
- Secrets of Hakkoryu Jujutsu - Nidan - Dennis G. Palumbo
- Iron & Silk - Mark Salzman
- Jiu Jitsu - Ryoi-Shinto Style - James G. Shortt & Katsuharu Hashimoto
- Karate-Dö - My Way of Life - Gichin Funakoshi
- Kodo - Ancient Ways - Kensho Furuya
- Koryu Bujutsu - Diane Skoss
- Legend of the Duelist - Rutledge Etheridge
- Living the Martial Way - Forrest E. Morgan
- Method of Zen - Eugen Herrigel
- Musashi - Eiji Yoshikawa
- Myths and Legends of the Martial Arts - Peter Lewis
- Persimmon Wind - Dave Lowry
- Secrets of the Samurai - Oscar Ratti & Adele Westbrook
- Secret Weapons of Jujutsu - Don Cunningham
- Self-Defense for Cowards - Alice McGrath
- Slow Fall to Dawn - Stephen Leigh
- The Samurai Sword - John M. Yumoto
- The Sword Polisher's Record - Adam Hsu
- Wayfarer - Dennis Schmidt
- Zen in the Art of Archery - Eugen Herrigel
- Zen and the Art of Street Fighting - Jack Sabat
