Martial Arts History

Product list
    • East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu
    • By: Jonathan Clements
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Clements
    • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 21-10-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From Shaolin warrior monks to the movies of Bruce Lee, a new history of the evolution of East Asian styles of unarmed combat, from kung fu to ninjutsu....

    Non-member price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    • The History and Principles of China’s Most Explosive Martial Art
    • By: Danny Xuan, John Little
    • Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese kung fu in the world today, with more than four million practitioners. This guide will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the martial arts, from beginner to master....

    Non-member price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

    • By: Hiroaki Sato
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors....

    Non-member price: $33.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $33.99 or 1 Credit

  • Non-member price: $15.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $15.99 or 1 Credit

    • The Strategy of Musashi
    • By: Miyamoto Musashi
    • Narrated by: Alec Sand
    • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-2011
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • Legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy and zen philosophy....

    Non-member price: $5.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $5.99 or 1 Credit

    • The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
    • By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Alexander Bennett - translator
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 16-04-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code....

    Non-member price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $24.99 or 1 Credit

    • From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization
    • By: Robert Drysdale
    • Narrated by: David Morden
    • Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 25-07-2023
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Robert Drysdale explores the history of jiu-jitsu by concentrating on the major events and characters that were responsible for turning BJJ into a global phenomenon....

    Non-member price: $27.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $27.99 or 1 Credit

    • A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
    • By: Thomas Cleary
    • Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
    • Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • With a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people....

    Non-member price: $12.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $12.99 or 1 Credit

    • Essays on the Japanese Martial Arts and Ways
    • By: Dave Lowry
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-2014
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The goals of the budo - the martial arts and ways of Japan - lie in refining the body and spirit. These goals are not always the obvious ones - and are learned only through the guidance and direction of great teachers....

    Non-member price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    • The Untold History of Tae Kwon Doe
    • By: Alex Gillis
    • Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
    • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 21-01-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Obscure documents, Korean-language books, and in-depth interviews with tae kwon do pioneers tell the tale of the origin of the most popular martial art....

    Non-member price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    • The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
    • By: Pamela S. Turner
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-2016
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. This epic warrior tale may sound like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai Japanese history....

    Non-member price: $19.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $19.99 or 1 Credit

    • History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts
    • By: Meir Shahar
    • Narrated by: Kevin Young
    • Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 31-01-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The Shaolin Monastery charts for the first time in any language the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts....

    Non-member price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    • Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology
    • By: Daniele Bolelli
    • Narrated by: Kirk Magoon
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 07-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • On the Warrior’s Path connects the martial arts with this larger perspective, merging subtle philosophies with no-holds-barred competition, Nietzsche with Bruce Lee, radical Taoism and Buddhism with the Star Wars Trilogy, traditional martial arts with basketball and American Indian culture....

    Non-member price: $31.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $31.99 or 1 Credit

  • Non-member price: $5.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $5.99 or 1 Credit

    • How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
    • By: Chris Poggiali, Grady Hendrix
    • Narrated by: Grady Hendrix
    • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 15-09-2021
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • When a major Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers on March 21, 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian American audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle's Claw....

    Non-member price: $23.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $23.99 or 1 Credit

    • Internal Martial Arts Before the Boxer Uprising
    • By: Scott Park Phillips
    • Narrated by: Scott Park Phillips
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 20-12-2022
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • The reason you never heard these histories is so dark that few have dared to speak about it, until now. Completely new and meticulously researched, Tai Chi, Baguazhang and the Golden Elixir erases 120 years of confusion and error....

    Non-member price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $26.99 or 1 Credit

    • A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
    • By: Richard Cohen
    • Narrated by: Richard Cohen
    • Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 11-02-2020
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting - a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since....

    Non-member price: $33.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $33.99 or 1 Credit

    • The Education of an American Samurai
    • By: Dave Lowry
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 26-02-2014
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Dave Lowry juxtaposes his singular experience as an adept student of kenjutsu (the art of swordsmanship) under a Japanese teacher in St. Louis with a riveting account of the samurai tradition....

    Non-member price: $22.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $22.99 or 1 Credit

    • Bruce Lee & the Dawn of Martial Arts in America
    • By: Charles Russo
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-2016
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Striking Distance is an engrossing narrative chronicling San Francisco Bay's pioneering martial arts scene and an in-depth look at a widely unknown chapter of Bruce Lee's iconic life....

    Non-member price: $23.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $23.99 or 1 Credit

    • Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 3
    • By: Jin Yong, Anna Holmwood, Gigi Chang
    • Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
    • Series: Legends of the Condor Heroes, Book 3
    • Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • China: 1200 AD. Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus' father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage....

    Non-member price: $30.99 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $30.99 or 1 Credit