Recommended Reading

The only book written by a westerner about karate and translated into Japanese. 

A more in depth look at the art and a breakdown of Nai Han Chi Kata

 A very detailed look at pressure point grappling.

Ryukyu Kempo is an ancient martial art. It is comprised of five primary elements: 1. Kihon (basic techniques); 2. Kata (forms); 3. Kumite (free-fighting); 4. Kyusho-jitsu (pressure points); and 5. Kobudo (weapons).  The Master's Edition includes all of the material contained in the original, as well as fifty pages of new content developed since the publication of the first edition. 

 Expanding on his Fathers work Prof Leon Jay reviews the original 10 principles of SCJJ in new detail and presents 6 additional principles to the art.  The first book on Small Circle Jujitsu to be released in over a quarter of a century, this work is essential reading for any who study the art, or plan to. It contains decades of collaborative research and development.

An Examination of  Remy Amador Presas--master stick-fighter and instructor extraordinaire--planted a seed in the martial landscape many years ago, which has since grown into the family tree of Modern Arnis. Senior practitioners from almost every branch of this style come together in these pages to share techniques, principles, ideas, and memories of the founder and his art.  

Decades of ideas and training coalesced into Wally Jay's 'small circle theory' in 1977. Those theories refined over a decade into a principle-based system of jujitsu resulting in the publication of this book in 1989.

Prometheus is the first and only biography "authorized or otherwise "of Grandmaster 10th-Degree Black Belt, George A. Dillman . . . irrefutably one of the pioneers of the Eastern martial arts in post-World War II America. Dillman's experience provides a veritable Who's Who of those exciting times. The author is acknowledged as perhaps the foremost authority on Pressure Point Theory applied to the martial arts 

The Art of the Blade is  a guide to the history and use of the modern fighting knife. This book favors the methods and designs of Modern Arnis Grandmaster Bram Frank's "Modular Blade Combat/Concepts" system; it was specifically written, by Bram along with many of his long-time students, for use in conjunction with his tools and teachings. However, many other notable practitioners and designs are touched upon along the way... 

 A seldom seen view of Arnis/Modern Arnis the Filipino fighting art of Professor Remy Presas as seen by 1st Generation student / Senior Master Instructor, Grandmaster of Arnis: Bram Frank. Modern Arnis is seen through the perspective of the family art of the Bolo and knife,(edged tools) rather than a stick. The art of the blade as hidden in Modern Arnis based on the family style of Bolo is shown.  Bram was named by the last of the Presas family GM Roberto Presas and The Worldwide Family of Modern Arnis and Filipino Martial Arts Council as the Guardian of the Legacy of Presas bolo. 

Prof Anderson, perhaps better known as Super Dan, has written over 20 books on Modern Arnis and multiple books on Sport Karate. All of his writings are highly recommended.