Recommended Reading / Bibliography

Listed below are some of the books in my personal library that I recommend to anyone who is honestly serious about training in the warrior arts.

Takamatsu Toshitsugu- the last shinobi - Wolfgang Ettig

The Samurai Leader:

Winning Buisness Battles With The Wisdom, Honor and Courage of the Samurai Code - Bill Diffenderffer

Ninjutsu History and Tradition - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

Togakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

The Essence of Ninjutsu - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

Knife and Pistol Fighting - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi

A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor (Armour) in All Countries and in All Times. - George Cameron Stone

Arms and Armor of the Samurai - I. Bottomly, & A.P. Hopson

The Samurai - Anthony ("Tony") J. Bryant, Angus McBride

Kenjutsu: The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship - Charles Daniel

Taijutsu: Ninja Art of Unarmed Combat - Charles Daniel

Traditional Ninja Weapons - Charles Daniel

The Craft of the Japanese Sword – Leon and Hiroko Kapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara

The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England - H. R. Ellis Davidson

Weapons: An International Encyclopedia From 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. - The Diagram Group

Ninjutsu, The Art of Invisibility - D.F. Draeger

William Wallace, The King's Enemy - D.J.

Gray's Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical - Henry Gray, F.R.S.

Spike and Chain: Japanese Fighting Arts - Charles V.Gruzanski

Stick Fighting Techniques of Self-Defense - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi & Quintin Chambers

Ninja secrets from the Grandmaster - Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi & Stephen K. Hayes

Books by Stephen K. Hayes:

Enlightened Self-Protection - the Kasumi-An

Ninja Arts Tradition Ninja

Spirit Of the Shadow Warrior

Ninja Warrior Ways of Enlightenment

Ninja Warrior Path of Togakure

Ninja Legacy of the Night Warrior

Ninja Lore of the Shinobi Warrior

Ninja Realms of Power The spiritual Roots and Traditions of the Shadow Warrior

Ninjutsu The Art of the invisible Warrior

The Ancient Art of Ninja Warfare Combat and Traditions

The Mystic Arts of the Ninja; Hypnotism, Invisibility, and Weaponry

The Ninja and their Secret Fighting Art C E Tuttle

Tulku, The Wisdom from the Ninja Village of the Cold Moon

Secret Scrolls of The Warrior Sage

Ninja Warrior Bojutsu Defense Techniques - Jack Hoban

Ninpo: Living and Thinking as a Warrior - Jack Hoban

Tantojutsu: A Ninja Defense Technique - Jack Hoban

The Sword and the Centuries: 500 years of European Swords and the Duels that have been fought with them - Alfred Hutton

Zen In The Martial Arts - Joe Hyams

Shuriken-Do: My Study of the way of the Shuriken - Shirakami Ikku-Ken

Shadow Strategies of an American Ninja Master - Glenn J. Morris

Traditional Ninjutsu: Technique and Philosophy of Ninpo - Bo F. Munthe

The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli

A Book of Five Rings: the Classical Guide to Strategy - Miyamoto Musashi

Ninja Knife Fighting Hill - Dr. R. Kelly, Jr. M.D.

Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan - Oscar Ratti & Adele Westbrook

The Japanese Sword - Sato, Kanzan

Paradoxes of Defense - George Silver

Bowie Knife - Raymond W. Thorp

Hagakure - The "Hidden Leaves" Book of the Samurai - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

Blackbelt Course Training Manual - Richard Van Donk, Nidan Level Densho Manual - Richard Van Donk, Kukishinden Ryu Special Report - Richard Van Donk, The Source: Newsletter of The American Bujinkan Dojo - Richard Van Donk, various authors

Swords and Hilt Weapons - Various Authors

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun - Wess Roberts, Ph.D.

Zen and Japanese Culture - Daisetz T. Suzuki

The New Encyclopedia of Knots - Derek E. Avery

The Green Pharmacy - James A. Duke, Ph. D.