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 ...an incomplete list...
  
 A:  
  Advanced Nunchaku     Fumio Demura
     
  Aikido     Morihiro Saito
     
  Aikido     Westbrook, Ratti
     
  Arms and Armour     Frederick Wilkinson
     
  Arms and Armour of the Samurai     Bottomly, Hopson
     
  Art & Science of Fencing     Nick Evangelista
     
  American Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring     Dan Anderson
     
  Ancient Martial Arts of the Ryu-Kyu Islands     Ryusho Sakagami
     
  Anything Goes: Practical Karate for the Streets     Loren W Christensen
     
  Asian Fighting Arts     Donn F. Draeger
     
 B:  
  Battles of the Samurai     Stephen Turnbull
     
  Blade Master     John Sanchez
     
  Bo Karate Weapon of Self Defense     Fumio Demura
     
  Bokken     Dave Lowry
     
  Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Basic Training    Bruce Lee
     
  Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Basic Training Vol 2     Bruce Lee
     
  Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Skill in Techniques Vol 3     Bruce Lee
     
  Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Advanced Techniques Vol 4     Bruce Lee
     
  Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way     Bruce Lee
     
  Bruce Tegner's Complete Book of Self-Defense     Bruce Tegner
     
  Buddhism in a Nut Shell     Narada Thera
     
  Bushido     John Newman
     
  By the Sword     Richard Cohen
     
 C:  
  Capoeira: African Brazilian Karate      Yusef A. Salaam
     
  Chinese Gung Fu: The Philosophical Art of Self Defense     Bruce Lee
     
  Classical Begets, Classical Budo, Modern Begets & Budo     Donn F. Draeger
     
  Classical Bujutsu     Donn F. Draeger
     
  Classical Kata of Okinawan Karate      Pat McCarthy, Mike Lee
     
  Cold Steel     John Styers
     
  Complete Book of Karate Weapons      Theodore Gambordella
     
  Complete Idiot's Guide to Karate      Randall G. Hassell
     
  Complete Karate      J. Allen Queen
     
  Complete Martial Artist Vol 1     Cho Hee, Hee Il Cho
     
  Complete Martial Artist Vol 2     Hee Il Cho
     
  Complete Taekwondo Hyung Vol 2      Hee Il Cho
     
  Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts     Donn F. Draeger, Robert W. Smith
     
  Crimson Steel     Toshishiro Obata
     
  Custom Knife Making     Tim McCreight
     
 D:  
  Deadly Karate Blows: The Medical Implications      Brian C. Adams
     
  Double Edged Fighting Knife     Rex Applegate
     
  Do you want to Meditate?     Eric Harrison
     
  Dynamic Karate: Instruction by the Master     Masatoshi Nakayama
     
  Dynamic Stretching and Kicking     Bill Wallace
     
 E:  
  Early Japan     J. N. Leonard
     
  Essence of Ninjutsu     Masaaki Hatsumi
     
  Essentials of American Karate      Jan Wellendorf, Dale Brooks
     
 F:  
  Facing the Double Edged Sword: The Art of Karate for Young People      Terrence Webster-Doyle
     
  Family Karate      Kathryn Ewing
     
  Famous Warrior of Sixteenth Century Japan     W. M. Hawley
     
  Fencing     Allan Skipp
     
  Fear Into Anger: A Manual of Self Defense for Women     Py Bateman
     
  Fight Back! Feminist Resistance to Male Violence      Frederique Delacost
     
  Fighting Karate      Tak Kubota
     
  Fight for Honor (Karate Club, No 1) Vol 1      Carin Greenberg Baker
     
  Fighting Power     Loren Christensen
     
  Filipino Martial Arts     Mark Wiley
     
  Flashing Steel Eishin Ryu     Masayuki Shimabukuro, Leonard Pellman
     
  Fundamentals of Buddhism     Peter Santina
     
  Fundamental Karate      Aidan Trimble, Dave Hazard
     
 G:  
  Get to Grips With Competition Karate     Bryan Evans
     
  Get to Grips With Karate: An Introduction to Competition Karate     Bryan Evans, Ronnie Christopher
     
  Goju Ryu Karate Do: Fundamentals for Traditional Practitioners     Motoo Yamakura
     
  Granny Karate's Kitchen     Glenn E. Carlson, George Kral
     
 H:  
  Hands Off     Bob Jones
     
  Hand-Fighting Manual for Self-Defense and Sport Karate      Fred Neff
     
  High Pressure (Karate Club, No 2) Vol 2      Carin Greenberg Baker
     
  History of Chivalry     Kottenkamp
     
  His True Art of Defense     DiGrassi
     
  His Practice      Vincentio Saviolo
     
 I:  
  Iai     Darrell Craig
     
  Iaido      Michael Finn
     
  Injury-Free Karate      Paul Perry
     
 J:  
  Japanese Karate: A Warrior's Spirit      Dan Ivan
   
  Japanese Military Swords     R. Gregory
   
  Japanese Mythology     Juliet Piggott
   
  Japanese Sword Blades     Alfred Dobree
   
  Japanese Swords     Nobuo Ogasawara
   
  Japanese Swordsmanship     Warner & Draeger
   
  Japanese Swords in the WA Museum     George Trotter
   
  Japanese Sword Terms     W. M. Hawley
   
  Jeet Kune Do The Text Book     Chris Kent, Tim Tacket
    
  JO: The Japanese short Staff     Don Zier, Tom Lang
   
  Judo on the Ground     E. J. Harrison
   
 K:  
  Kaizen
   
  Kama Karate Weapon of Self Defense     Fumio Demura
   
  Karate     Fumio Demura
   
  Karate: Beginner to Black Belt      Bruce Tegner
   
  Karate: Defense and Attack      K. Enoeda, J. Chisholm
   
  Karate for Street Self-Defense 1 (unarmed)     Dan Ivan
   
  Karate for Street Self-Defense 2 (weapons)     Dan Ivan
   
  Karates’ History & Traditions     Bruce A. Haines
   
  Karate-Do Taikan-Pinan     Ryusho Sakagami
   
  Karate-Do Taikan 39 Kata     Ryusho Sakagami
   
  Karate: Technique and Spirit      Tadashi Nakamura, Tom Grill
   
  Karate-Do Foundations     Mark R. Moeller
   
  Karate-Do: My Way of Life     Gichin Funakoshi
   
  Karate: The Art of Empty Self      Terrence Webster-Doyle
   
  Karate: The Art of Empty-Hand Fighting      Hidetaka Nishiyama, Richard C. Brown
   
  Karate: The Complete Course      Tommy Morris
   
  Karate: Olympic Style Kumite      Robert Thoburn
   
  Karate: The Skills of the Game      Vic Charles
   
  Karate Breaking Techniques: With Practical Applications to Self-Defense      Jack Hibbard
   
  Karate Do the Way of Shito-Ryu      Del Saito
   
  Karate Dojo: Traditions and Tales of a Martial Art      Peter Urban
   
  Karate Dynamics: The Ukidokan System      Benny Urquidez
   
  Karate Everyone      Mike Sawyer
   
  Karate Kata       Vince Morris, Aidan Trimble
   
  Karate Kata Training       Geir Store, Paul Crompton
   
  Karate Knife & Weapon Disarms       Guy L. Trimble III
   
  Karate Made Easy      Ralph Corrigan, Deborah Dutko
   
  Karate: Scattered Reflections of a Traditional Art in a Modern Society          Doug Stein
   
  Karate School      Mas Oyama
   
  Karate Techniques; Tactics (Martial Arts Series)      Patrick M. Hickey
   
  Karate Training Methods      Paul H. Crompton
   
  Karate Warrior: A Beginner's Guide to Martial Arts      Austin St. John, Steve Rowe
   
  Karate and Judo: How to Play the All-Star Way (How to Play the All-Star Way)      Thomas Nardi
   
  Karate and Judo Exercises      Bruce Tegner
   
  Karate by Pictures      Wolf Dieter Wichmann
   
  Karate for Beginners      Pierre Blot
   
  Karate for Beginners Vol 1      Keith Vitali, Kent Mitchell
   
  Karate for Kids       J. Allen Queen
   
  Karate for Kids      Tom G. Lewis
   
  Karate of Okinawa Building Warrior Spirit        Robert Scaglione, William Cummins
   
  Karate's History and Traditions      Bruce A. Haines
   
  Karate-Do: My Way of Life      Gichin Funakoshi
   
  Karate-Do: The Way of the Empty Hand      Eddie Ferrie
   
  Karate-Do Foundations      Mark R. Moeller
   
  Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text      Gichin Funakoshi
   
  Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text      Gichin Funakoshi, John Teramoto
   
  Kata & Kumite for Karate      Chris Thompson
   
  Kenjutsu Shoden     Frederick Lovret
   
  Kenpo Karate 201: The Basics and Exercise Forms      Lee Wedlake
   
  Knife Defense for Combat     Michael Echanis
   
  Knife Fighting      Jannich
   
  Knife Fighting     J. Tourrette
   
  Knife Fighting     William Cassidy
   
  Knife Fighting      Don Pentecost
   
  Knives, Knife Fighting     Marc MacYoung
   
  Kodo Ancient Ways     Kensho Furuya
   
  Kung Fu     Felix Dennis, Paul Sommons
   
  Kung Fu & Tai Chi     Bruce Tegner
   
  Kung Fu and Tai Chi: Chinese Karate and Classical Exercises      Bruce Tegner
   
 L:  
  Laminating Techniques in Japanese Swords     W. M. Hawley
   
  Learning How: Karate       Jane Mersky Leder, Jody James
   
  Learning How: Karate (Learning How Sports)      Jane Mersky Leder, Sue Boulais
   
  Lives of Master Swordsmen     Makoto Sugawara
   
  Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think     Forrest E. Morgan
   
  Living by Zen     D. T. Suzuki
   
 M:  
  Manual of Karate     E. J. Harrison
   
  Martial Arts     Michel Random
   
  Mas Oyama's  Essential Karate      Masutatsu Oyama, Mas Oyama
   
  Master of the Blade     Richard Ryan
   
  Maximize Your Martial Arts Training: The Martial Arts Training Diary     Art Brisacher
   
  Medieval Sword Fighting     John Clements
   
  Meditation     Alahn Chah
   
  Military Swords of Japan     Fuller & Gregory
   
  Modern Karate: Scientific Approach to Conditioning and Training      Milorad V. Stricevic
   
  Modern Sports Karate: Basics of Techniques and Tactics      Rudolf Jakhel
   
  Moving Zen: Karate as a Way to Gentleness     C. B. Knuckle
   
  Musahi      Eiji Yoshikawa
   
  My Journey in Karate       Ninomiya
   
 N:  
  Naked Blade     Toshishiro Obata
   
  Ninja     Stephen Turnbull
   
  Ninja     Andrew Adams
   
  Nunchaku Karate Weapon of Self Defense     Fumio Demura
   
  Nunchaku and Sai Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts     Ryusho Sakagami
   
 O:  
  Official History of Karate in America: The Golden Age 1968-1986     Al Weiss, David Weiss
   
  Okinawa Island of Karate     George Alexander
   
  Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles & Secret Techniques     Mark Bishop
   
  One Hundred Deadliest Karate Moves       Ted Gambordella
   
 P:  
  Paradoxes of Defense     George Silver
   
  Police Karate     Scott R. Bartels
   
  Power Training in Kung Fu and Karate      Ron Marchini, Leo Fung
   
  Principles of Unarmed Combat
   
 Q:
 
   
 R:  
  Real Fighting: Adrenaline Stress Conditioning Through Scenario-Based Training     Peyton Quinn
   
  Renaissance Sword Fighting     John Clements
   
 S:  
  Sai Karate Weapon of Self Defense     Fumio Demura
   
  Sai of Tsukenshitahaku Series II     Ryusho Sakagami
   
  Samurai Aikijutsu     Toshishiro Obata
   
  Samurai the Cultured Warrior     Barry Till
   
  Samurai Hagakure     Yamamoto Tsunetomo
   
  Samurai Warfare     Stephen Turnbull
   
  Samurai Warlords     Stephen Turnbull
   
  Samurai Warriors Stephen Turnbull
   
  Secrets of the Samurai     Ratti & Westbrook
   
  Secret Fighting Arts of the World     John F Gilbey
   
  Secure From Crime     Huber, Paul
   
  Self Defense     Joan Nelson
   
  Self Defense for Women     Mary Heiny, Donald Monkerud
   
  Self-Defense for Everybody a Primer in Applied Karate      Bernd W. Weiss
   
  Self-Defense Nerve Centers and Pressure Points for Karate, Jujitsu and Atemi-Waza      Bruce Tegner
   
  Sevillian Steel     James Loriega
   
  Shihan-Te: The Bunkai of Karate Kata       Darrell Max Craig
   
  Shinkendo Toshishiro     Obata
   
  Shiriken Jutsu     Michael Finn
   
  Shito-Ryu Karate     Fumio Demura
   
  Shito-Ryu Karate The Island of Budo     Kenzo Mabuni
   
  Slash and Thrust     John Sanchez
   
  Solo Training: The Martial Artists’ Guide to Training Alone     Loren W. Christensen
   
  Sport Karate      Vic Charles
   
  Street Survival: A Practical Guide to Self-Defense     Fumio Demura
   
  Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living     Bruce Lee, John Little
   
  Super Kung Fu     Various
   
  Swords and Hilt Weapons     Various
   
  Sword & the Brush     Dave Lowry
   
 T:  
  Tae Kwon Do: Secrets of Korean Karate      Sihak Henry Cho
   
  Taking Charge (Karate Club, No 7) Vol 7      Carin Greenberg Baker
   
  Taking Control Womens’ Self Defense     Lynsey de Paul
   
  Tales of Samurai Honour     Ihara Saikaku
   
  Tao of Jeet Kune Do     Bruce Lee
   
  Tao Te Ching     Lao Tzu
   
  The Art and the Way    Robert Hunt   (Book Cover Art by Jacki Long)
   
  The Art of Expressing the Human Body Volume 4     Bruce Lee, et al
   
  The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship      Nicklaus Suino
   
  The Art of War       Sun Tzu
   
  The Arts of the Japanese Sword      B.W. Robinson
   
  The Basic Formal Exercise of Nunchaku Series I     Ryusho Sakagami
   
  The Beginner's Guide to Shotokan Karate: Beginner to Black Belt     John VanWeenen
   
  The Book of the Five Rings      Myamoto Musashi
   
  The Book of the Samurai     Stephen Turnbull
   
  The Book of the Sword     Sir Richard Burton
   
  The Bruce Lee Story     Linda Lee, et al
   
  The Complete Tae Kwon Do Hyung Vol 3     Cho Hee, Hee Il Cho
   
  The Craft of the Japanese Sword     Kapp & Yoshihara
   
  The Deadliest Men     Paul Kirchner
   
  The Deity & the Sword Part1     Otake
   
  The Deity & the Sword Part2     Otake
   
  The Deity & the Sword Part3     Otake
   
  The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do     Shoshin Nagamine
   
  The Fighting Arts     Michael Croucher & Howard Reid
   
  The Japanese Sword     Sato
   
  The Knife Fighting Encyclopedia 1     Hock Hockheim
   
  The Knife Fighting Encyclopedia 2     Hock Hockheim