Aikido is a martial art developed in Japan by Master Morihei Uyeshiba. It is only in recent years - since World War II - that it has spread outside Japan.

At this juncture, as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Founder of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei, it behooves us to reflect deeply on at least two things.

The Art of Wan is the oldest military classic in the whole corpus of Chinese literature.

Hagakure ("In the Shadow of Leaves") is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of short anecdotes and reflections that give both insight and instruction in the philosophy and code.

This manual is for the information, guidance, and use of all Black Dragon Fighting Society personel.

Yukio Mishima was the best-known writer of his generation in Japan. His death by hara-kir in 1970, combined as it was with an abortive attempt at a coup d'état, caused an international sensation.

THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF JAPAN is a classic of its kind on the strength of the author's discovery of an esoteric principle underlying virtually all the Japanese martial arts

written by martial arts veterans who know how to fight in an arena that isn't anything like the clean, open space of a training facility.

"The supreme book on strategy... If you have wondered how it is that the Japanese can cleave through Western business communities like a samurai sword through butter, the answer lies

This unique protection principle, developed and used by Geoff Thompson successfully thousands of times in live situations, is explored in this book in its entirety.

Ju jitsu is a grouping term for various traditional Japanese martial arts. The basic elements of Ju jitsu include pushing, pulling, kicking, tripping and hitting

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