True Budo Classics - Essential Texts for all Martial Artists

Bushido:

The Soul of Japan

A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics

by Inazo Nitobe

Bushido:

The Soul of Japan

 by Inazo Nitobe

Hagakure

(Hidden Behind the Leaves):

The Book of the Samurai

(Similar to the Bushido: The Way of the Samurai)

by Tsunetomo Yamamoto

& William Scott Wilson

Bushido:

The Way of the Samurai

(Based on the Hagakure)

by Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Karate-do

My Way of Life
by Gichin Funakoshi

Founding Father of Shotokan Karate

The Art of Peace

by Morihei Ueshiba

Founding Father of Aikido

The Unfettered Mind:

Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman

by Takuan Soho

translated by

William Scott Wilson

The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

The Classical Man

by Richard Kim

The Weaponless Warriors

by Richard Kim

The Book of Five Rings

by Miyamoto Musashi

& William Scott Wilson

(Gorin No Sho)

Samurai Strategies:

42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's Book of Five Rings(Gorin No Sho)

author Miyamoto Musashi

by Boye De Lafayette Mente

The Life Giving Sword:

Secret Teachings from the House of Shogun

William Scott Wilson

by Yagyu Munenori

The Sword of No-sword:

Life of the Master Warrior [Yamaoka] Tesshu

by John Stevens

Yamaoka Tesshu

Budo Secrets:

Teachings of the Martial Arts Masters
by John Stevens

Three Budo Masters:

Kano, Funakoshi, Ueshiba

by John Stevens

The Code of the Samurai:

A Contemporary Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke by Daidoji Yuzan

translated by Thomas Cleary

Martial Arts Teaching Tales of Power and Paradox:

Freeing the Mind, Focussing Chi and Mastering the Self

by Pascal Fauliot

Budoshoshinshu:

The Warrior's Primer of

Daidoji Yuzan

translated by William Scott Wilson

The Code of the Warrior:

Daidoji Yuzan

by D. E. Tarver