What martial arts book are you currently reading?

[FieldDiscipline]

Is this good?

Yes I rate it quite highly. Not had the opportunity to use any of the transition drills detailed in it yet, but I have been impressed so far. Will let you know when I have. I like Iain Abernethy's approach to things. I havent jumped 100% on the bunkai bandwagon, but I like this book.

 

[mrhnau]

Is this good?

I just finished a book I learned of here on MT:

HIGHLAND KNIFE FIGHTING
With the Dirk and Sgian​

by Chris Thompson with Louie Pastore​

How was that? I'm curious of Western styles...

 

[arnisador]

Well, there's little to compare it to in that very specfifc domain, but...some interesting anecdotes but no real new technique.

 

[Brian Johns]

Just got done reading "Martial Power" by Steven Pearlman....an interesting and enjoyable read !!

 

[Xue Sheng]

After yesterdays realization that I was not reading any MA books at the moment I panicked and ran out to my nearest Barnes & Noble. I feel better now and I am now reading

Martial Mechanics
By Phillip Starr

 

[Live True]

UechiRyu Karate Do by George Mattson

 

[Ahriman]

As I think strategy, tactics and everything about actually waging war is a part of the arts, so some are not focusing on personal combat.
David Linholm and Peter Svard: Sigmund Ringec's Knightly Art of the Longsword
Machiavelli: The art of war
Sun Tzu: Te art of war
Tamás Csikány: The thirty years war (actually only parts of it belong here)
Ferenc Mitták: Sieges in world history
Talhoffer's fechtbuch, Thott

 

[harlan]

An interesting PhD dissertation titled:

'Taijiquan and the Search for the Little Old Chinese Man: Ritualizing Race Through Martial Arts'

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/etd/d/2003/frankad036/frankad036.pdf

 

[CoryKS]

Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence by Rory Miller. Bought it last weekend, and am finishing a second reading. Wow. Great book. Can't recommend it highly enough.

 

[TwentyThree]

I'm reading:

Modern Arnis: The Filipino Art of Stick Fighting by Remy Presas (aka "the Yellow Book")

And, on loan from my teacher:

Modern Arnis: Phillipine Martial Art "Stick Fighting" by Remy Amador Presas

 

[stickarts]

Lee Wedlake's new book ( 601 ) on Long form 6.

 

[fyn5000]

I'm currently reading Kata and the Transmission of Knowledge in Traditional Martial Arts by Michael Rosenbaum and Fighting with the Quarterstaff: A Modern Study of Renaissance Technique by David Lindholm.

fyn

 

[bowser666]

I am currently reading Shaoling Long Fist Kung FU by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and Jeffrey A. Bolt. Great read so far.

 

[tko4u]

I guess you could call it a ma book. Its chuck liddells My Fighting Life. It is actually a pretty good read. The guy never said he was the best, he just liked to fight.

 

[exile]

Simon John O'Neill's The Taegeuk Cipher: the patterns of Kukki Taekwondo as a practical self-defense syllabus. Long awaited, and very much worth waiting for!

 

[bluekey88]

Simon John O'Neill's The Taegeuk Cipher: the patterns of Kukki Taekwondo as a practical self-defense syllabus. Long awaited, and very much worth waiting for!

Me too.

 

[hapkenkido]

Dan Anderson's Modern Arnis Book of Basics.

 

[stickarts]

Re-reading Labanan Solo by Prof. Anderson

 

[Xue Sheng]

Re-reading "Xing Yi Nei Gong: Xing Yi Health Maintenance and Internal Strength Development"

 

[Xue Sheng]

Li Tianji's The Skill of Xingyiquan