• Nobu<br>The Cookbook

    NobuThe Cookbook

    • Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
    • Translated by Laura Holland
    • Photographs by Fumihiko Watanabe
    • Introduction by and Preface by Robert De Niro
    • Foreword by Martha Stewart

    Tantalizing seafood recipes from the kitchens of a superchef. Nobu Matsuhisa should need little introduction. With his multinational and ever expanding empire of twelve restaurants in the United States, United... Read more

  • Japanese Kitchen Knives

    Japanese Kitchen Knives

    • Hiromitsu Nozaki and Kate Klippensteen
    • Photographs by Yasuo Konishi

    Sales of Japanese kitchen knives are booming, but how many people have the skills to use these superbly crafted tools to full advantage? Now, renowned chef Hiromitsu Nozaki shares his expertise and insights in a book that... Read more

  • The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook

    The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook

    • Kit Pancoast Nagamura and Kyoko Tsuchiya
    • Narrated by Reiko Matsunaga, Tatsuhiro Nishinosono, Katie Adler and Jeff Gedert

    No matter how long you've been studying the language, no matter how many words you've memorized, it seems you never stop wondering, How do I say X in Japanese? The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook, the world's first... Read more

  • Kodansha's Katakana Workbook

    Kodansha's Katakana Workbook

    • Anne Matsumoto Stewart
    • Illustrations by Noriko Murotani

    Kodansha's Katakana Workbook is an all-new, streamlined workbook designed for beginner-level students who want to learn katakana, the Japanese script used for writing loanwords, as efficiently as possible. It presents each... Read more

  • Making Sense of Japanese

    Making Sense of Japanese

    • Jay Rubin

    Making Sense of Japanese is the fruit of one foolhardy American's thirty-year struggle to learn and teach the Language of the Infinite. Previously known as Gone Fishin', this book has brought Jay Rubin more feedback than any... Read more

  • Karate-Do Kyohan

    Karate-Do Kyohan

    • Gichin Funakoshi
    • Translated by Tsutomu Ohshima

    Nineteen kata(“forms”) of karate—the art of selfdefense without weapons—are presented here in complete detail. They are the one selected by the great master and teacher, Gichin Funakoshi, to give comprehensive training in... Read more

  • Manga! Manga!

    Manga! Manga!

    • Frederik L. Schodt
    • Introduction by Osamu Tezuka

    Since its publication in 1983 Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics has been the book to read for all those interested in Japanese comics. It is virtually a “bible” from which all studies and appreciation of manga... Read more

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DAVID A. HALL is one of today’s foremost experts on Japanese combative culture. He has trained in martial arts for over 45 years, both in the U.S. and in Japan, and continues to study and teach in Rockville, MD. In additional to his martial studies, David Hall was ordained as a Buddhist priest in 1978, and integrated his religious training with graduate research, receiving a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies/Military History from the University of California, Berkeley. Hall has conducted his research in many languages, including modern and classical Japanese, classical Chinese, Sanscrit, Pali, and French. He was co-director of the International Hoplology Society, which studies combative behavior, systems, and performance; was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for study in Japan; and is the author of numerous published papers on both martial arts and topics related to Buddhism. Hall is currently a professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, where he is also a Director of CyberWatch, a National Science Foundation-supported center dealing with information assurance and security.

David Hall speaks about his book, the ENCYCLOEPDIA OF JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS in this video clip:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_cvduNJ9KY

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IT’S THE PERFECT TIME TO KICK YOUR MARTIAL ARTS LIBRARY UP A NOTCH!

David A. Hall’s authoritative and fascinating new ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS is one of the most important books on Japanese combative culture ever to be published in English. Organized to make using the volume as easy as possible, the ENCYCLOPEDIA features over 4,000 entries on every topic related to martial arts.

Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced-level martial artist – and no matter what system you study (Aikido, judo, karate, etc.) --  this extraordinary  work will be your go-to resource. It’s also invaluable to scholars, translators, writers, filmmakers, pop culture fans, and anyone with an interest in Japan.

And don’t forget  these two other recent titles:  THE SPIRIT OF AIKIDO  by Kisshomaru Ueshiba (available for the first time in hardcover) and AIKIDO: MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY by Gozo Shioda.

Follow this link for more exciting books on the subject:

http://www.kodanshausa.com/categories/martial-arts/

 

 

 

                

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