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Book cover for Andrew Adams: Ninja

Ninja : The Invisible Assassins

Andrew Adams
Paperback - $32.95

Andrew Adams, a journalist for many years with Japan Times, describes the ninja's purposes, their espionage and fighting techniques, and their rise and fall as a class of people in Japanese society during Japan's feudal era in this illustrated volume ...

Book cover for Frank Albert: One-Strike Stopping Power

One-Strike Stopping Power : How to Win Street Confrontations with Speed and Skill

Frank Albert
Paperback - $33.95

The author, a veteran street cop, knows the dangerous "rituals" of violent encounters. Here he reveals the vulnerable targets of the human body that can result in your attacker collapsing to the pavement in pain or unconsciousness. Also learn how str ...

Book cover for Scott Allbright: Aikido and Randori

Aikido and Randori : Reconciliation of Two Opposing Forces

Scott Allbright
Paperback - $54.95

Aikido is a defensive martial art that uses throws and joint locks. Tomiki Kenji, the founder of Shodokan Aikido, introduced randori, or freestyle format, into Aikido practice. This book sets out to explain the need for and scope of randori in Aikido ...

Book cover for Frank Allen: Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan

Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan : The Fighting Art of the Manchurian Palace Guard

Frank Allen
Paperback - $35.95

Here is the original, rarely seen Tai Ji developed by Yang Lu Chan over 150 years ago. While other styles branched off into sport, health, and meditation, Yang's disciples preserved the traditional ways. This book covers the principles, characteristi ...

Book cover for Frank Allen: The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang

The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang : The Art and Legends of the Eight Trigram Palm

Frank Allen
Paperback - $35.95

This is the most complete book on the art of Ba Gua Zhang ever presented in English. It tells the story of the history and legends of the art and its most famous masters as well as presenting the basic training, forms, fighting and weapons of Ba Gua ...

Book cover for Vincent Anthony: Against the Edge

Against the Edge : The Instructor's Guide of Countermeasures to Knife Attacks

Vincent Anthony
Paperback - $27.95

When confronted by an attacker armed with an edged weapon, are you really prepared to do what it takes? Do you have the facts? Do you have the real-world skills required to survive? Revolutionary in all aspects, Against the Edge takes defending again ...

Book cover for Rex Applegate: Combat Use of the Double-Edged Fighting Knife

Combat Use of the Double-Edged Fighting Knife

Rex Applegate
Paperback - $17.95

Before arming yourself with a fighting knife, arm yourself with the facts. Colonel Applegate, the world's foremost authority on close combat, wrote this book to instill in readers the skills necessary for contemporary knife fighting. Now you, too, ca ...

Book cover for Rex Applegate: Kill or Get Killed

Kill or Get Killed : Riot Control Techniques, Manhandling, and Close Combat, for Police and the Military

Rex Applegate
Paperback - $62.95

This is the best and longest-selling book on close combat in history. Reprinted and in current use by the U.S. Marine Corps as an official training manual, it details methods of self-defense, offensive close combat, combat shooting and crowd-control ...

Book cover for Ricardo Arrivabene: Masterclass Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Masterclass Brazilian Jiu Jitsu : Ultimate Armlocks

Ricardo Arrivabene
Paperback - $47.95



Book cover for Al Arsenault: Chin Na in Ground Fighting

Chin Na in Ground Fighting : Principles, Theory and Submission Holds for All Martial Styles

Al Arsenault
Paperback - $47.95

This self-defense guide focuses on the use of joint locks, cavity presses, and bone misplacement to subdue any aggressor. Theory, principles, and techniques are included.

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