Great Classic Kenpo/Martial Arts Books You Love?

[scfgabe]

I would like to read and learn more about Kenpo and the Martial Arts in general. Are there any books that you have enjoyed reading that you would recommend?

- Thanks

 

[Blindside]

One of my favorites: Zen and the Martial Arts by Hyams. Little book but valuable, and has a couple of views of senior kenpo instructors.

Lamont

 

[MJS]

Infinite Insights into Kenpo vols. 1-5 by Ed Parker.

Very good reading!!

Mike

 

[GAB]

I would like to read and learn more about Kenpo and the Martial Arts in general. Are there any books that you have enjoyed reading that you would recommend?

- Thanks

Hi, I think for a beginner a good one is, Karate's History and Traditions, by Bruce A. Haines, revised edition... Book of 5 rings. You can google, it will come up and you can read it on the net.

Regards, Gary

 

[TheEdge883]

I know I'm kinda strange, and I promise I am not a japanophile, but one of my favorites is the Hagakura. Don't know why, maybe it was because of Ghost Dog.

 

[Colin_Linz]

Mine would be Shorinji Kempo, philosophy and techniques by Doshin So. It has a great section on the history of Kempo in China.