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JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS
DVD The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa Yojimbo, with Toshiro Mifune and Eijirô Tono WEAPONS
(kobudo, bujutsu)

NINJUTSU
(bujinkan, genbukan,  takaharu)
 

Some fun - The Seven Samurai, with Toshiro Mifune Yojimbo, with Toshiro Mifune and Eijirô Tono MUSASHI (1956) with Toshiro Mifune, dvd
Jujutsu Shuri Ryu
Aikijujutsu Shorin Ryu
Shorinji Kempo Shito Ryu
Karate History Ryobukai
Ryukyu Kempo Goju
Shotokan Shorei Kan
Kyokushinkai, Seido Isshinryu
Ashihara Bushido
Enshin Zen
Genwakai (Gensei-ryu) Japanese Fluits (Shakuhachi)

General

USAKF USA Karate Federation, in Akron, OH 

JUJUTSU

Kokushi Ryu Jujutsu
by soke Nobuyoshi Higashi

Koryu Jujutsu - the classical fighting arts of Japan. Historical overview by Serge Mol

Secret Weapons of Jujutsu by Don Cunningham

Tenjin Shinyo Goshin Ryu shihan Calvin Lester at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ 
Danzan-ryu Jujutsu Japanese-American grandmaster Prof. Henry Seishiro Okazaki
(helped write US Army field manual 21-150, teacher of Wally Jay, etc.)
Sosuishi Ryu Jujutsu  Shusaku Shitama (15th generation, 16th century style)
Seibukan Dojo New York, Sosuishi-Ryu Jujutsu (also Isshinryu Karate)
Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Takeda Sokaku
Kindai Ryu
Kokushi Ryu Club at Harvard
Scottish Kempo Academy International dr. Akiyama Shirobi Yoshitoki's style
of jujutsu, Yoshin-Ryu JuJitsu and James Mitose's Kosho-Ryu Kempo.
Hontai Yoshin Ryu 17th century style
Mikuzan Dojo Kawashin-ryu, Goshin Jutsu
Mushin Ryu Jujutsu
Takamura Ha Shindo Yoshin Kai Jujutsu from soke Yukioshi "Yukio" Takamura, dojos in LA,
Dallas, Austin, Pittsburgh and Evergreen, CO
Hakkoryu Jujutsu and Koho Shiatsu Okuyama Ryuho international Honbu Dojo, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Hakko Ryu Kyusho Dojo (reg. 50024) Georges Mets, in Leuven, Belgium
Hakko Ryu Jujutsu style of Ryuho Okuyama, Danny Frederix, in Leuven, Belgium
Hakko Den Shin Ryu Jujutsu in Antonio Garcia, in Hasselt, Belgium
Hakko Den Shin Ryu in Poland
Zanshin Goshin Dojo Hakko Denshin Ryu, also iaijutsu, in Pasadena, CA
Hakko Denshin Ryu Ju Jutsu Kokodo Renmei Europe Hombu dojo, Soke Antonio Garcia, in Hasselt, Belgium 
Tsunami jiu-jitsu club in Leeuwarden (Friesland, The Netherlands)
International Jujutsu Institute Kano Jujutsu, in Australia, Malaysia, Norway
US Jujitsu Federation
Meadowbank Jitsu Club sensei Fiona Cowieson, in Edinburgh, Scotland
Kokusai Jujutsu Ryu traditional Jujutsu


Aikijutsu (Koryu)
 

Aiki Jujutsu Daito Ryu:
The hidden roots of aikido, by Shiro Omiya
Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu the Fuji Yama dojo of Y. Ichikawa and H. Hanmura in St. Catharines, ON
Saigo Ha Daito Ryu home page
Aikijutsu Yoseikan Sensei Jan Janssens in Weelde, Belgium
Takeda Ryu (Dutch & English) (jukempo, aikijutsu, jodo, iaido, etc.) in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tenjin Shinyo Goshin Ryu shihan Calvin Lester, in Blackwood, NJ

Bushido-Kai Hombu Dojo kaiso Tony Annesi, Takeshin Sogo Budo system, Aikijutsu and Karate styles in Framingham, MA

SHORINJI KEMPO Japanese mix of martial arts and Zen
World Shorinji Kempo Organization Official Home Page
Sweden Shorinji Kempo Federation   in Bromma, Haninge (Stockholm), Göteborg, Karlstad
Shorinji Kempo France  from sensei Aosaka
Shorinji Kempo Amsterdam sensei Hiromi Tojo (student of sensei Uchiyama)
British Shorinji Kempo Society
German Shorinji Kempo Union  (since 1947) 
Kenseikai at Tokyo University

More WSKO clubs

Shorinji Kempo New York
World Bank Shorinji Kempo
Alabama
Alberta Canada
British Columbia Canada
Caltech
San Francisco
Shorinji Kempo Peninsula Branch (20 miles south of San Francisco)
South Bay California
Toronto Ontario, Canada
 


KARATE HISTORY
karate - history of Japanese Karate (Ryobukai) karate - The Karate of Choki Motobu
History of Japanese Karate - Shotokan and Ryobukai
Video
Historic footage of the great master Choki Motobu, from the great Tsunami Video
Karate History personal site, short biographies
International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu Research Society Pat McCarthy's website
 


Shindo Jinen Ryu Karatedovideo
Japan Karate Ryobu-kai of sensei Yasuhiro Konishi, the Shindo Jinen Ryu, influenced by many styles


Ryukyu Kempo, with Tuite (grappling) and Kyusho Jutsu (pressure point strikes), Ryute
Popularized by master Seiyu Oyata, taken up by George Dillman and Rick Clarke,
this is pressure point fighting that can be applied to the forms
 
Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata  volume 1: the Tekki Series karate - For the old masters, those of whom may have only practiced one or two kata their entire lives, the repetitions demanded of kata never became a burden because of the meaning, the bunkai. ITF Form Applications COMING SOON
by dr. Elmar Schmeisser,
revolutionary analysis of the Shotokan kata
Shihan-Te, The bunkai of kata by Darrell Craig & Paul Anderson -  ITF Forms Applications
UNIQUE, by master Stuart Paul Anslow

Ryu Te Seiyu Oyata's style
Profile of sensei Seiyu Oyata, the man who introduced Kyusho Jitsu to the west
Academy of Ryukyu Kempo lots of Seyu Oyata kata tapes, dojos listed, in Gladstone, MO
European Kyusho Jitsu Tuite in English and Finish
Dillman Karate International George Dillman's site, in Reading, PA

Ao Denkou Kai International sensei Rick Clark
Seikou Martial Arts Academy sensei Scott Harrell, in Pensacola, FL

Kyusho Jitsu.Com KJ portal, seminars, articles
Kyusho.Com Evan Pantazi's website, in Andover, MA
Authorized Dojo List worldwide
Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do mr. Vince Morris' school, Kyusho Jitsu and Shotokan Karate
Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do sensei Eva Bayerlein, in Beeston, Nottingham, UK
Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do USA branch
Ralph Abernethy a Shotokan analysis of kata and jujutsu techniques, books & videos, UK

Dao Chi Theo de Gelaen, workshops in Brussels, Belgium and Holland 
Chuan Fa Holland Kyusho Jutsu,  sensei Leeroy Roder, in Spijkenisse, NL
Jin Chi Shen dim mak in Haarlem, NL
 

RYU TE Kyushojitsu related Karate
Ryu Te Renmei Oyata Shin Shu Ho Home Page, schools following the methods of soke Seyu Oyata
 


SHOTOKAN
VIDEO
Nakayama's demo of Heian 1-3 Best Karate series, the best books on the Shotokan Kata from sensei Nakayama One of the best advanced karate books by master Shigeru Egami Historical work by master Funakoshi himself
VIDEO BUNKAI - Pinan Kata Karate by sensei Keiji Tomiyama
JKA Unsu kata video from Tsunami videos Karate Fighting Techniques - The complete kumite, by Hirokazu Kanazawa Pinan Katas In Depth by sensei Keiji Tomiyama
Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Assn. shihan Kenneth Funakoshi, Milpitas, CA
Funakoshi Shotokan Dojo sensei Ronald Silverthorne, Crawley Leasure Centre in England
Dr. Elmar Schmeisser Interview specialist in Bunkai/Kata Applications
Karate Do Bond Nederland dutch karate schools (mainly Shotokan, also Goju, Wado)
Cory Searcy's Karate Pages, written kata descriptions, kumite, links to organizations worldwide
Tora Kai Shotokan Karate Club at Edinburgh University
Shotokan Karate of Palm Beach, Florida, local club 
Shotokan World
Joe Lewis Fighting Systems famous karate champ and star of "Jaguar Lives"
Shotokan Karate of America (SKA) sensei Tsutomu Ohshima (1930), in Los Angeles, CA
Karate: The Japanese Way page from Mark Groenewold
Shotokan Karate International (SKI) official home page, sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa's organisation
Shotokan Karate International (UK)  sensei Shiro Asano 9th dan, Nottingham, England
Shotokai sensei Shigeru Egami
24FightingChickens sensei Rob Redmond 
Rising Sun Karate Academy kyoshi Jason David Frank, actor, 2006 Ruffman Grand Champion, in Houston, TX
Shoto Shinkai Karate Dojo sensei Bud Morgan in Fayetteville, NC

Seishin-Do Karate Systems shotokan/combatjujitsu shihan Thomas Foley, in Yonkers, NY

Fan Enterprises Ltd sensei Francis Nwofor, former Great Britain Team Captain, also leadership training, in Watford, UK

Victoria Shotokan Karate-do and Kobudo Association  sensei Peter Lindsay in Victoria, BC


KYOKUSHIN-KAI - "The Toughest Karate"
Kyokushin was created by Masutatsu Oyama Sensei out of Shotokan and Goju Ryu

Essential Karate - kyokushin basics
from founder
Masutatsu Oyama

This Is Karate by
Masutatsu Oyama
(second hand)

Karate School by
Mas Oyama, formerly
"Complete Karate
Course"
Official Home Page in Japan
Kyokushin News Japan
Contact Kicks Kyokushin and Kickboxing from sensei Steve Fogarasi in Denver, CO
Kyokushin Karate Canada in Winnipeg, English and Spanish language
Musashi in Dutch and English, Jon Bluming, also HERE
Muramachi Dojo in Doorn, Holland
Kyokushin Hungary shihan Adámy, cool clips
Kamakura the Gordeau brothers, also Kickboxing, in The Hague, The Netherlands
Dunmow Kyokushinkai Karate Club in the UK
Kyokushin Los Angeles IKO affiliated (kancho Shokei Matsui), Sensei Taka Nakasaka in L.A.
Karate Kyokushin Hikari (dutch) in Hoogerheide & Bergen op Zoom, Holland
Yin Yang Kyokushin in Eindhoven/Budel, The Netherlands
Australian Kyokushinkai  with message board
Karatedo Zendokan in Almere, Holland
Willington Karate Club sensei George W. Saba, in Willington, CT

SEIDO KARATE offshoot of Kyokushin

WSKO - World Seido Karate Organisation
Seido Karate official home page, kaicho Tadashi Nakamura in New York City
 Seido Karate Los Angeles
 Seido Karate San Francisco
 Seido Karate Chicago
 Seido Karate Howard County, Towson, Damascus, Catonsville, MD
 Seido Karate  West Side, New York
 Seido Karate Florence, Italy
 Seido Karate Chippendale, NSW, Australia, also near Sidney, Melbourne,
 Seido Karate Wellington, NZ
 Seido Karate Sao Paolo, Brazil
 Seido Karate Japan
 Seido Karate SOWETO, Capetown, Johannesburg, South Africa
 Seido Karate in High Wycombe, Dover, London, Turnham Green, Tylers Green, UK


ASHIHARA
Style founded by Ashihara Soke, based on Kyokushin, with the emphasis
on street fighting/self-defense instead of competition

NIKO the Ashihara international body
Ashihara Karate Sensei Sunit Kumar Gupta, US in Pomona, CA
Kyoto Gym van Cor van den Adel in Dordrecht
Ashihara Karate sensei Husain Narker, in Retreat, South Africa
Ashihara Bunkai 


Enshin Karate
SABAKI Method - Karate in the inner circle from kancho Joko Ninomiya
Enshin Karate from master Hideyuki Ashihara's 
top student, Joko Ninomiya
kancho Ninomiya's autobiography
Enshin Karate from Ashihara student (kancho) Ninomiya, in Chiba, Japan and Denver, CO

Enshin Karate sensei Ralph Rhoads in Tucson, AZ
Enshin Karate SF sensei Naohiro Tomiyama, in San Francisco, CA
Enshin Karate of Connecticut Robert Thivierge, in Jewett City, CT 
New Jersey Enshin Kai Kan sensei John Arnold in Union, NJ
Oregon Martial Arts Club sensei Steven Ward in Tigard, OR
Enshin Karate sensei Andrew Budd in Austin, TX
Enshin Karate of Virginia sensei Nima Mazhari in Merrifield, VA

Enshin Karate Deutschland from sensei Chandana Muthunayake in Freiburg, Germany
International Karate Organisation Enshin Kai Kan sensei Anton Bodjagin in St. Petersburg, Russia
Enshin Karate UK sensei Gary Chamberlain, in Loughborough, UK


GOJU RYU
VIDEO
Great video, kata, applications from the great sensei Morio Higaonna (Way 
Of The Warrior)
International Meibukan Goju-Ryu Karate Association (IMGKA), history, katas, international dojos listed
Goju kai Karatedo Holland in Rotterdam
Meibukan Goju in sensei Lex Opdam in Nijmegen (Holland)
Meibukan Goju
Meibukan Karate Dojo Brock Iversen on Prince Edward Island, Canada
Tsunami Dojo  naha-te articles, forms and kobudo, sensei Milos Stanic in Yugoslavia
Meibukan Magazine goju magazine and portal
Goju Shorei Systems grandmaster Alexander Archie, in Reno, NV

Online Goju Ryu Kata mpegs on different websites

SHORIN RYU
 
Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu Karate Part 1
Matsubayashi 
Shorin Ryu Karate
Part 1, Video
Chotoku Kyan Video
Seibukan Shorin Ryu from master 
Chotoku Kyan, Video

The Secrets of
Okinawan Karate
by Kiyoshi Arakaki

The Essence Of
Okinawan Karate-Do by master
Soshin Nagamine
Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu vol 2  by Takayoshi Nagamine, Video
Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu vol 2 
by Takayoshi Nagamine, Video
International Okinawan Shorin Ryu Seibukan Karate Do Association Renshi Warren Berto
All Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshin Kan Karate And Kobudo Federation hanshi Fusei Kise
Sian Toma and Seidokan article, history
World Matsubayashi (Shorin Ryu) Karate Assn. Matsubayashi Ryu, Soke Takayoshi Nagamine in Naha and NYC
Shorin Ryu Karate USA grandmaster Ansei Ueshiro
Zen Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karatedo-Kobudo Assn. sensei Eihachi Ota
Seibukan Karate–Do Association International Okinawa Shorin–Ryu
Hawaii Karate Seinenkai since 1933! Nice historical photographs of Hawaiian Karate history.
Shindo Trust sensei Roger Sheldon, in Leeds, England
Seishin Karate Club (SKAA) Sensei Richard and Jo McCulty, in Columbus, OH
Shorin Ryu Karate-Jutsu Association sensei Michael Rosati, in Lynbrook, Long Island, NY

SHOREI KAN - Seikichi Toguchi's style

Shorei Kan USA Home Page Seikichi Toguchi lineage, sensei Scott Lenzi, Peekskill, NY) and NYC
Shoreikan Karate in Canada (BC)
Shorei Kan Canada sensei Vic Hargitt, in Surrey, BC
Shorei-kan Italia in Italian
Shorei Kan Karate Club in Lahti, Finland
Yubukan International sensei Suekichi Naito, in the Dordogne, Charante and Gard, France
Go Rin Kai in Spanish


The Mabuni Kata of
Seito Shito-Ryu, by  Gary McGuiness, video

Japanese Traditional Shito Ryu, kata applications from the great master Shogo Kuniba, video

Shito Ryu Karate - The Island of Budo, by son of the founder, Kenzo Mabuni, video
SHITO RYU
Japan Karate-do Organizationsensei Kenzo Mabuni, son of Kenwa Mabuni
Academy of Asian Martial Arts sensei Fumio Demura and Doug Corlew, in Tucson, AZ
European Shitoryu Union  Carlos Molina in Berlin
Shito-Ryu Karate-do Kofukan International  sensei Keiji Tomiyama, seminars
Shito Ryu Resource Center Canada
Vancouver Shito Ryu Seiko Kai shihan Akira Sato, 8th dan, in Vancouver, Canada
Itosu Kai Shito Ryu & Kobudo, great list of historical Karate master, dojos throughout Canada,
but especially Ontario
Kingsway Shito-Ryu Karate Kaz Hashimoto and Mark Stacey, in Vancouver, BC
Pacific Karate-Do Institute in Santa Barbara, CA
Russian Shito-Ryu Karate Federation in Russia
Shitoryu Karate Cyber Dojo Sensei Tanzadeh 

Articles

Shito Ryu History by sensei John Sells
 

SHUKOKAI KARATE-DO derived from Shito-Ryu

American Shukokai Karate Union
Tenafly Shukokai Karate sensei Gavin Armstrong, in Tenafly, NJ
Bressaw's Middlesex Karate sensei Bill Bressaw, in Fords, NJ
Taisho Do Karate Sensie Mark Raistrick in Whitby, Hertfordshire, UK


ISSHINRYU
of Okinawan master and genius Tetsuo Shimabuku
VIDEO Karate - The Isshinryu Way by Dan Jones
Isshin Ryu Seiuchin Kata - Secrets Revealed. Bunkai from sensei Javier Martinez  Isshin Ryu Kusanku Kata Secrets Revealed by sensei 
Javier Martinez
Karate - The Isshinryu Way
by Dan Jones
DVD, footage from the 1960s
International Isshinryu Karate Association (IIKA) international dojo list
TOKI Traditional Okinawan Karate Institute in Pennsylvania and Darien, GA
Everything Isshinryu Rob Jacob's Isshinryu portal 

American Isshinryu Karate Assn. fees, etc.
Traditonal Isshinryu Karate excellent website from Henk Goslinga, also HERE
OIKKA in Denmark, has Europe's national associations listed
Isshinryu School of Karate of mr. John E. Hughes in Hackettstown, NJ 
Isshinryu Is Life sensei Don Nagle's site
SenseiBryan.com sensei Bryan Winkelman, Isshinryu, Kyusho Jujutsu, in Ontario (?)

SHURI RYU - Sokon Matsumura, Okinawa

Shuri Ryu I.S.A., sensei Robert Trias
Double Dragon sensei Fran Babbino, in New Milford, CT

GENWAKAI KARATEDO from Gensei-ryu (from the Shuri-te of Soko Matsumura)
The Official Genwakai Holland Homepage in Alphen a/d Rijn 

Sindo Ryu Okinawa Te Federation, in Moscow, Russia

KATA APPLICATIONS
Koryu Uchinadi bunkai from sensei Pat McCarthy, also on Youtube (see these excellent 
Koryu Uchinadi Application Drills)
Ryukyu Karate Academy Koryu Uchinadi from Darrin Johnson in Burke, VA
Dr. Elmar Schmeisser specialist in Bunkai/Kata Applications
Dillman Karate International George Dillman's site, in Reading, PA

BUSHIDO
The Sword And The Mind - 17th century master Yagyu Munenori
The Sword And The Mind - 17th century master Yagyu Munenori
Bushido - The soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933)
Bushido - The soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933)
Bushido - The warrior's code by Inazo Nitobe
Bushido - The Warrior's Code by Inazo Nitobe

Hagakure - The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, late 17th century
Samurai - An Illustrated History by Mitsuo Kure
Samurai - An illustrated history by Mitsuo Kure
Bubishi - The bible of karate by Patrick McCarthy
Bubishi - The bible of Karate by Patrick McCarthy
Bushido through Kyuba no Michi, way of the horse and bow
Ten Shin Ichi Ryu from founder ("doshu") Shiro Shintaku in KA, MD, SC, Missouri

Samurai History (articles)

The Budo Page famous samurai listed
What is Bushido?
Sakamoto Ryoma article on the "Renaissance Samurai"
Samurai Archives backgrounds and personalities

 

Obaku Zen - The Emergence of the Third Sect of Zen in Tokugawa Japan (strongest Chinese influence)

The Unfettered Mind - Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho
ZEN BUDDHISM

Zen Buddhist Infoweb at DharmaNet, many schools listed
Soto Zen School in Japan
Kwan Um Schook Korean founder Seung Sahn
Thao Duong Zen School Vietnamese & English
Cambridge Zen Center in Cambridge, MA
Boeddhistische Unie Nederland (Dutch) links
Chapel Hill Zen Center in North Carolina
International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism zen centers worldwide
The Village Zendo Soto
One Drop Zendo Assn Rinzai Zen, Seattle, WA
Kwan Um School Of Zen Korean buddhism of master Seung Sahm, articles, worldwide

Karate And Zen (article) with Soshin Nagamine Sensei

ZAZEN (sitting meditation)
Zazen Posture (article)

Hara Bo Training or qigong for Karate 

KEN NO ICHI RYU - of Karate and Zen

Karate And Zen As One  Shoshin Nagamine, article by Charles Goodin

IOKAI SHIATSU (Dutch) also in English Shiatsu in Amsterdam

SHAKUHACHI/JAPANESE FLUITS 
Shakuhachi - Tai Hei Shakuhachi 
Shakuhachi Australia
Shakuhach Yuu plastic shakuhachis
Nederlands Shakuhachi Genootshap Kaito in Leiden, NL
The International Shakuhachi Society
Deutsch-Japanischen Gesellschaft Siegburg e.V.