Multimedia Resources

 In your exploration of the arts, I recommend that you educate yourself with outside reading and study.  Here are some suggested titles to get more information about the history and function of the martial arts. 

• Blackbird Martial Arts Student Manual, by Ben Couch, for Karate members
• Flashing Steel: Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship, by Masayuki Shimabukuro
• Katsu Jin Ken: Living Karate, by Masayuki Shimabukuro
• The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi
• The Unfettered Mind, by Takuan Soho
• Meditations on Violence, by Rory Miller
• Scaling Force, by Rory Miller
• Living the Martial Way, by Forrest E. Morgan
• Martial Mechanics, by Phillip Starr