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Books and Student Manuals
General Interest
Our "general interest" books are typeset in professional formats with color covers. They are oversized (8.5 x 11) and velo-bound.
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COMPARATIVE AIKI IN ACTION
What would it be like if you had a repertoire of aiki techniques that mutiplied your current knowledge exponentially? Why does each style claim to have "the right way" but no style does it the same way? What is the difference between dojo "exercise" technique and functional "street" technique? Does one lead to the other? If you are interested in expanding your aiki knowledge, you have picked the right book. Over 10 years in the writing with over 700 studio photographs by Toby Threadgill. Shihan Tony Annesi offers his overview of the methods most common among
aiki styles — and the comparative value of eachóso you can grow exponentially!
Velo-bound 239 pages; 700+ photos.
CCA bk: ONLY $40.00 • Sample 1 • Sample 2
CRACKING the KATA CODE — HOW DOES A KATA MEAN?
The new Benchmark in understanding kata! There has never been another book like it. A detailed explanation of the study of kata in karate but applies to any system. Make your kata study infinite! Chapters include: What You See is Not What you Get; Why Methods Die Out; Change of Structure, Change of Meaning; All Kata is Training; The Value of the Kata Training Method; Kata, Waza, Bunkai and Oyo; The Map is Not the Territory; Other Analogies to Kata; The Kata of Code; Cracking the Code; Types and Modes of Bunkai. Over 150 photographs. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Acetate cover, Velo-bound. 160 pages
CKC bk: ONLY $35.00 • Sample 1 • Sample 2
Also see our video section for Cracking the Kata Code DVD set.
PRINCIPLES of ADVANCED BUDO - Takeshin Okuden explained.
Written details to the majority of principles referred to in our wall chart of the same name.
Major Takeshin Okuden explained: details to the majority of principles referred to in our wall chart by the same name (see charts). Now you can understand that which makes your technqiues work and correct them when they donít! Major Principles include Alignment, Allowing, Attack Detail, Attitude, Avoiding Direct Conflict, Conforming, Connection, Context, Continuity, Controlling Circularity, Controlling Vision, Hidden in the Open, In/Yo, Kuzushi Detail, Minimization, Preparing, Relaxation, Sensitivity, Skeletal Locking, Transmutation, Weight Use. Also included are 5 ìuncategorized principlesî including Methods of Power, Principles of Reception, Principles of Kicking, Principles of Training, and Universal Principles.
Newly revised text, layout, and cover with 170 photos. Spiral bound,
8 1/2 x 11 inches, 202 pages,
PAB bk: ONLY $35.00 postpaid • Sample 1 • Sample 2
Also see our video section for Principles of Advanced Budo video set.
Principles of Advanced Budo Book and Chart Set
Consists of the above book, PRINCIPLES OF ADVANCED BUDO,
and the main chart PRINCIPLES OF ADVANCED BUDO.
Only $59.00
PRINCIPLES of ADVANCED BUDO mixed media SET
Including the three PAB DVDs, the book, and 4 charts!
The book complements and supports the videos.
PABmm set: SALE price $169.00
THE ROAD TO MASTERY — Benefits of Budo
You have heard time and again that the study of the martial arts can lead
to many levels of personal improvement. Now, you can find out how! In this ambitious treatment of the non-physical and sometimes non-conscious teachings offered by traditional martial arts instruction, Tony Annesi outlines the essence of self-development as it leads to the higher level of awareness and achievement known as "Mastery." The students who approach Mastery actually travel two roads, one physical and the other conceptual passing by five signposts on their climb up the mountain. Their physical skills hold hidden conceptual lessons and their mental development sometimes reveals reveals spiritual lessons. Beyond the gates of traditional budo lies the Road to Mastery. This is your guidebook.
Newly revised text, layout, and cover. Velo-bound. 190 pages
RtM bk: ONLY $35.00 postpaid • Sample Pages
Also see our video section for the Road to Mastery video set.
This book is also a part of the ROAD TO MASTERY mixed media SET
Including the five ROAD TO MASTERY DVDs (AK-16 to AK-20).
The book complements but does not duplicate the videos.
RtMmm set: SALE price $229.00
EXPRESSING THE BUDO — Traditional Budo Dictionary
Don't look for "gi" or "tsuki." This dictionary is for more inquiring minds. Interested in subtler concepts? You have come to the right place. A four-part (Japanese to English, English to Japanese alphabetically and by subject) Japanese Budo Dictionary with essays to stimulate further thought.
Newly revised text, layout, and cover. Velo-bound 139 pages,
EtB bk: ONLY $25.00 postpaid • Sample Pages
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ELEVATED ELEMENTALS — Kihon as Okuden
Whether your martial art is a "hard-fist" art like karate or "soft-fist" like aiki, you begin with basics. And, if you are like most students, you can't wait until you learn advanced techniques. Surprise! You already have! Tony Annesi guides you through a course in recognizeing higher level skills hidden in both karate and aiki basics. Kihon (basics) is Okuden (advanced teachings) when you understand the intricacies of Elevated Elementals.
Velo-bound 163 pages,
EE bk: ONLY $30.00 postpaid • Sample Pages 1 • Sample Pages 2
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SUDDEN ATTACK DEFENSE —Traditional Ippon Kumite For the Real World
In most schools of karate, one-step sparring is taught as a gradual introduction to freestyle sparring. In reality, freestyle has very little in common with one-step sparring and less with self-defense. The Okinawan masters knew that one-step sparring was the way to apply what was learned in kata. Now you can learn what the masters knew! By varying your one-step sparring practice you learn to react to unexpected attacks. The augmentation of one-step sparring creates an ascending hierarchy to the more realistic drills of SAD (Sudden Attack Defense) and CAD (Combat Attack Defense). This book is about that ascension.
Teachers can enhance their students capabilities by augmenting existing one-step sparring drills. This augmentation creates an ascending hierarchy to the more realistic drills of SAD (Sudden Attack Defense) and CAD (Combat Attack Defense). This book is about that ascension.
Velo-bound 176 pages. Approx. 300 photos,
SAD bk: ONLY $35.00 postpaid • Sample 1 • Sample 2
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TALES of the DOJO — LifeLessons from
the Martial Arts
If you were lectured on the benefits of budo, it might sound like your old Civics teacher. You just might shut your listening aparatus. But, if Sensei starts talking about his past experiences, students start gathering around. Gather around! There are subtle lessons to be learned. And the teaching is not only painless, it is actually enjoyable. From the well-known articles originally published in KICK and INISIDE KARATE, Tony Annesi offers stories from his dojo files that integrate budo with daily life and daily life with self-development.
Velo-bound 186 pages. 10 Illustrations,
ToD: ONLY $35.00 postpaid • Sample 1 • Sample 2
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The DOJO FILES — Martial Arts Lessons from Life
In this sequel to Tales of the Dojo, Tony Annesi inverts the intent: instead of LifeLessons from the Martial Arts, he draws Martial Arts Lessons from life ó from unexpected true life sources, many his own experiences. The dojo files yield never before published stories that take you out of the dojo and into real life. These are not adventures nor stories about street encournters. They are about simple, daily ocurences we often take for granted. They hold unexpected truths that integrate budo with daily life...and daily life with self-development.
Velo-bound 266 pages. 13 Illustrations,
DF: ONLY $40.00 postpaid • Sample 1 • Sample 2
ALL BUSHIDO-KAI TECHNICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS —
A COMPLETE BUDO LIBRARY!
- ROAD TO MASTERY (190 pages)
- Comparative AIKI in ACTION (239 pages)
- ELEVATED ELEMENTALS (163 poages)
- EXPRESSING the BUDO (139 pages)
- PRINCIPLES of ADVANCED BUDO (202 pages)
- CRACKING the KATA CODE (160 pages)
- SUDDEN ATTACK DEFENSE (173 pages)
- TALES of the DOJO (186 pages)
- The DOJO FILES (266 pages)
(All Oversized 8.5 x 11" pages, velobound. See description above.)
ALL bks: ONLY $285.00 postpaid
