Recommended Reading

In your exploration of the arts, I recommend that you educate yourself with outside reading and study.  Here are some suggested titles to get more information about the history and function of the martial arts.

• Parting the Clouds: A Fighter’s Guide to the Physics of Punching and Kicking, by Grenville Harrop
• The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi
• The Art of War, by Sun-Tzu
• Karate: the Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting, by Hidetaka Nishiyama
• Classical Bujutsu, by Donn F. Draeger
• Meditations on Violence, by Rory Miller
• Scaling Force, by Rory Miller
• Living the Martial Way, by Forrest E. Morgan
• Martial Mechanics, by Phillip Starr

Video Study Aids

I have uploaded some videos as a study aid for my students.  While the videos won't make too much sense without the context I provide in class, all are welcome to view the public videos for information and to hear the beginner's interpretation of a few bunkai from our system.