We seek learning from many quarters, physical awareness & capability, mental stimulation, and emotional intelligence as learning can be found almost anywhere.

What is increasingly fascinating is to revisit these books sometimes years later to then find new meanings and new insights that was not ready to absorb last time around.

This is a dynamic repository so will over time expand further.

To help you, you can click on the book covers and this will take you to a website that will provide you with additional information about the book. We are not requiring you to purchase the books from the linked book seller as they are not mandatory reads, they have simply proved to be insightful over our years of practice.

If you have difficulty acquiring any of the books below you’d like to read – speak with our club leaders who may be able to help.

Reading Materials

Karate-do The Peaceful Way

Highlights

The Way of Artistry and Grace

Colin Reeve

The Pilates Body

Brooke Siler

The Art of Stillness

Pico Iyer

Zen in the martial arts

Joe Hyams

The Unfettered Mind

Takuan Soho

Mind Over Matter

Shi Ming, Siao Weija

Secrets of the Samurai

Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook

Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts

Alex W. Tong, Frederick Turner

Zen in the Art of Archery

Eugen Herrigel

Riding Towards the Light

Paul Belasik

Science of Yoga

Ann Swanson

Meditation for Dummies

Stephan Bodian

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society

Betty Sue Flowers, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Peter M. Senge

The Leadership Dojo

Richard Strozzi-Heckler

Flow: The Psychology of Happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Touching the Void

Joe Simpson

Be like Water

Joseph Cardillo

Dressage in the Fourth Dimension

Sherry Ackerman Phd

Stillness Speaks

Eckhart Tolle

Bushido - The Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobe

Jonathan Livingston Seagull a story

Richard Bach

Understanding NLP Principles & Practice - 2nd Edition

Peter Young

Karate-Do Kyohan

Gichin Funakoshi

My Way of Life

Gichin Funakoshi

The anatomy of stretching

Brad Walker

Karate-Do Nyumon

Gichin Funakoshi

The Tao of Physics

Fritijof Capra

Heart of Karate-Do

Shigeru Egami

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Modern Bujutsu

Donn F. Draeger

Classical Budo

Donn F. Draeger

Conversations with Karate Masters

Highlights

The Sword of No Sword

John Stevens

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

Illuminated Spirit

Dan and Jackie Deprospero

Sword and Brush

Dave Lowry

The Four Agreements: Practical Guide to Personal

Don Miguel Ruiz