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Stick Fighting: Techniques of Self-Defense (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior)

29 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi, Quintin Chambers

Kodansha America, 1981

Advice from a martial arts instructor
The techniques in this book are efficient and to the point. They work and work well. I have taught them to law enforcement and military police. If you are going to pratice these techniques with a partner I suggest you use a length of PVC pipe of the appropriate length and pad it with foam insulation and go slow, otherwise you will need to find a new partner each time and shortly run out of people ...

The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training

26 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

McGraw-Hill, 1988

Small Book, Big Lessons
Sometimes, the best books to learn from are books of interviews with a master of some particular thing. This book is no exception and packs a lot of good info in a very few pages. The questions and answers that go back and forth between students and teacher reveal much and hint at even more. I return to this book every year or so and seem to find more in it at every read! (Always a good ...

Advanced Stick Fighting

13 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Kodansha International, 2005

One of the best Martial Arts Books i have read
Dr. Hatsumi Sensei brings in a very clear presentation, the ABC of the long stick. But it is not only the photos that are of great value. It is the words that find their place between them, bringing the life wisdom of one of the great leaders of the Martial art world of this era. What is a true martial art, how can we differentiate the fake from the real the illusion from reality. Learning the Bo ...

Ninpo: Wisdom for Life

6 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Vivisphere Pub, 1998

Inside the Mind of a Ninja
Any translation issues aside, this English version of Hiden Togakure Ryu Ninpo is a profound and useful text for a student of the Bujinkan arts. There have been many books in which Hatsumi sensei is interviewed about or writes regarding the martial arts, but in Ninpo: Wisdom for Life, the number of topics discussed is overwhelming! From diet to personal relationships, the Grandmaster reveals ...

Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai

9 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Kodansha International, 2006

Rich in biographical surveys and cultural insight
Relatively little has been written covering Samurai sword fighting techniques: here ninja grandmaster provides both a history of the art of Japanese swordplay, rich in biographical surveys and cultural insight, and a survey of classical techniques used in two-sword fighting. Vintage and modern black and white photos and illustrations pack an account that blends step-by-step how-to photos with ...

Ninjutsu: History and Tradition

30 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Unique Publications, 1981

a good read
This is a definite must for beginning ninjutsu students. I found it extremely informative, even though some of the pictures are a little hard to identify. it has really interesting insight and description for all aspects of ninjutsu, as well as some interesting history. I found it especially helpful because there is not a ninjutsu school near me and therefore i have had to train by myself.

The Way of the Ninja: Secret Techniques

16 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Kodansha International, 2004

Another great Kodansha publication!
Incredibly crisp photos, tons of information about ninpo taijutsu, impressive jacket, everything you could want. Kodansha publications might cost a little more, but I think they're worth every cent. If you have an interest in ninpo, jujutsu, taijutsu or koryu arts in general, be sure to pick this up.

Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai

10 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Kodansha International, 2008

More than a martial arts book
Fighting Techniques is a multi-layered book. While sold as a martial arts book, it is also an art book and a book on philosophy. The martial arts portion consists of the scrolls, both in photographs and translation, of the various schools of martial arts that the author holds. These scrolls at one time were secret and never revealed to the public. The art book is obvious from the photographs and ...

Knife and Pistol Fighting

7 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Paladin Pr, 1987

supreme book of fighting
I am a member of Bujinkan,and this is something what everyone of us must have.I practice in Bujinkan 10 years and I am 2 Dan. and support this book.

Essence of Ninjutsu

20 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

McGraw-Hill, 1988

An exceptional view of Ninjutsu
Massaki Hatsumi gives an exceptional view of Ninjutsu that is practically unparelled to the rest. One such interesting notion is that ninjas are not cold-blooded murderers. Hatsumi states that hundreds of years ago Togakure ninjas avoided killing anyone in the enemy's camp and only did it when there was no other choice. This I would say is a perfect example of the difference between a ninja and ...

Tetsuzan
masaaki Hatsumi

Buyu Shoseki Shuppan, 2004

Tetsuzan means iron mountain. This book contains in chapters 1 through 6 original selctions of the Tetsuzan newsletter series. Fully illustrated with techniques and instructions.

Ninja Secrets from the Grandmaster

4 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi

Contemporary Books, 1987

The Ideal Relationship Between Teacher and Disciple
Hayes has done us an incredible favor in offering a glimpse of what a relationship between a teacher and a disciple should be. This volume is one long interview between Hayes and his teacher, Bujinkan Taijutsu (ninjutsu) Headmaster Masaaki Hatsumi. The dialogue is occasionally spiced with interjections from Mrs. Hatsumi and Hayes' wife Rumiko, as topics ranging from medicine, fighting, Tibetan ...

Understand? Good. Play!--Words of Consequence

10 reviews
Masaaki Hatsumi, Benjamin Cole

Bushin Books, 2001

Instructional on a deeper level
This is not the sort of book that you sit down and read straight through. It's not a training manual, not a "how to" ready-made recipe book for ninja enthusiasts. In fact, if you haven't seen Hatsumi or his better students train, then much of this may be plainly unintelligible. In this way it is reminiscent of the densho of old- they only make real sense to the initiated (something I suspect is ...

Secrets from the Ninja Grandmaster: Revised and Updated Edition

3 reviews
Stephen K. Hayes, Masaaki Hatsumi

Paladin Press, 2003

The Welcome Return Of An Old Classic
Palladin Press has certainly done an outstanding job of reissuing a definite classic in the canon of Ninpo books. The harcover edition is built for endurance, a thankful thing in my dog-eared library of martial arts texts. If you've never experienced authentic ninjutsu before (because there are certainly plenty of fraudulent hucksters out there purporting to teach the real thing) then this book ...

Togakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu; Ten Ryaku, Ten Chi, Jinryaku No Maki. Book of Heaven, Earth, and Human ...

1 review
Soke Masaaki Hatsumi

Bushindo, 1983

Stepping out into the world
Soke begins this book with gratitude and a sense of sublime respect towards his own teacher, Takamatsu-sensei, and he ends it with the same. In between, we catch a glimpse of Hatsumi-sensei exploring the secrets of his martial art through the printed word and in his own words "...to bare and show budo to the world and in becoming bare finding the resolve to face death." A book of this nature ...

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