San Francisco: the Seminar, [1982]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good, year rubberstamped on blank verso by the original archivist. Dewart adapted tae kwon do to urban crime defense. The seminar was held at the San Francisco Body Sculpturing Center at 1044 Post Street, which advertised in gay newspapers. The graphic... More about Bill Dewart's Street Survival Seminar [handbill
Cat.No: 214685
Oakland: Laurel Jujitsu, [199-]. Ten brochures and leaflets from the dojo, one with a 1993 date, another from 1992, most undated, plus an eleventh brochure, creased, from the same place in 1987, when it was simply named The Dojo. Includes announcements of classes, advice on preventing assault, etc. The instructor was JoAnn Strang. More about Laurel Jujitsu [ten items from the women's self-defense dojo
Cat.No: 229914
[China]: n.pub. [199-]. 27p., 7.5x10.25 inches, text in Chinese, stapled white wraps mildly worn, red stamp on cover of a life sciences institute in Changsha. Not found in OCLC. Collection of materials, including short articles and speeches, on Qigong and the paranormal. Title may be translated as "New directions in..... More about Qigong yu teyi gongneng yanjiu xin dongxiang. Cankao ziliao
Cat.No: 179207
[Henan province, China]: n.d. 27x50 inch paper sheet, neatly creased from folding, with an ink rubbing taken directly from an engraved stone at Shaolin Temple. This example, which comes with an envelope with explanatory text in Chinese, probably dates to the 1980s; after the 1990s, the taking of such rubbings..... More about Shaolin chan si ["Shaolin Zen Temple," ink rubbing on paper, taken from a late Ming...
Cat.No: 230194
Hong Kong: 1985. [36p.], staplebound glossy promotional booklet for the biographical film, sticker on cover listing the showtime at a San Francisco theater. Photos show such skills as supporting himself on one finger; text (mostly in Chinese) praises his nationalist fervor and claims he can survive without sleep. Also included... More about Shaolin Haiteng fashi / Abbot Hai Teng of Shaolin
Cat.No: 223788
Memphis: n.pub. 1977. 87p., slender paperback, 8.5x11 inches, light handling wear. Black and white photos depicting women's self defense techniques. By a Memphis policeman. The eyebrow-raising title comes from the author's argument that the reader should not think of herself as a cowering potential victim, but as being prepared to... More about Looking forward to being attacked
Cat.No: 235347
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San Diego: Self-published by the author, [1987?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches advertising self-defense videos and a Gay Cable Network program and video on self-defense, taught by the martial arts expert who was active in the San Francisco Gay Guards and other street-patrol groups. Several b&w photos, very good..... More about The Answer to Gay and Lesbian Violence! Chris Burns says "Fight back!" [pamphlet
Cat.No: 189680
Ashgabat: [Wushu Gymnastic Federation of the USSR-?], 1990. 88p., paperback, text in Russian, illustrated with drawings of various poses. Introduction to Wushu (Chinese martial arts). More about Vkhodnyye vorota. Vvodnyy kurs ushu
Cat.No: 222760
Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. xiv, 194p., b&w photoillustrations, later printing glossy trade-size wraps, fine clean copy. More about Pressure Point Fighting; a guide to the secret heart of Asian martial arts
Cat.No: 176735
New York: Fighting Woman News, 1981. Magazine. 32p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, news, articles, reviews, events, services and resources, photos, art, poetry, ownership name printed on page 3 otherwise a very good magazine-format newsletter in stapled pictorial gray wraps. Martial Arts magazine for women. More about Fighting Woman News: vol. 5, #2, whole #24, March 1981
Cat.No: 219642
London: Pan Books Ltd, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. 188p., vignette line-drawings throughout the text, softbound in decorated wraps, a pocket-size original. Paperstock is quite toned (remains supple), a small stain affects half-title and title leaves (crushed insect?), no other damage of any kind nor any owner marks, a good to... More about Self-Defence and Judo. Illustrated. A Pan Original
Cat.No: 235841
Hong Kong: Jingang chubanshe, 1975. 160p., pictorial wraps depicting the two heroines preparing to strike an adversary. Pages evenly toned, otherwise very good. Text in Chinese. "Blood-stained Paradise," one of Feng Jia's martial arts novels featuring the female "Duo in Blue." More about Xue se tian tang
Cat.No: 206709
Caracas: Fundación Afroamérica, 2004. 55p., first edition, very good in wraps. OCLC lists two copies. Colección Africaméroca 1. More about Mokongo ma chévere; danzar la historia... danzar la memoria (introducción a las danzas de...
Cat.No: 134283
Watertown: Charlesbridge, 2008. unpaginated, 9x11 inches, color illustrations, very good first edition in illustrated laminated boards and matching dj. Japanese-Hawaiian author's childrens' book about a boy apprentice to a master swordsmith. More about The perfect sword
Cat.No: 139962
Hong Kong: Tai ping shu ju, 1961. 50p., slender paperback, very good but for San Francisco bookseller's stamp on rear cover. On the technique of martial arts swordplay. More about Long xing jian
Cat.No: 228454
Moab, UT: Real People Press, 1973. 188p., first printing, wraps lightly worn. By the noted Chinese American calligrapher. More about Embrace tiger, return to mountain; the essence of T'ai Chi
Cat.No: 37711
Hong Kong; printed in Macau: Chen Xiangji shuju, [1956-?]. 2, 7, 111p., very good in wraps; text in Chinese. Preface dated 1956. Introduction to judo. More about Rou dao jiao zheng
Cat.No: 186639
Pittsburgh PA: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc., 1996. x, 85p., softback illustrated with b&w site photography, first edition 9x6 inch glossy white wraps. Slightly edgeworn, has a faint small dampstain at the heel unobtrusively affecting a dozen leaves, good copy. The author at writing was living in Brighton MA; his editors..... More about The Pillow Head Collects Your Dreams, a volume of Zen poetry written by Shim Gum Do founding...
Cat.No: 176438
Houston, TX: Xuan Thu, 198x? 1041p., divided among three volumes, with extra advertisements in back. Softcover, worn pictorial wraps. Vietnamese author's version of a martial arts novel originally in Chinese. More about To thu kiep
Cat.No: 119876
New York: Signet, 1974. Paperback. 153p., first printing PBO mass-market paperback in pictorial wraps. Signet Q6012. Fourth in the African American martial arts series protagonist. More about Black Samurai #4: The deadly pearl
Cat.No: 226225
Theodore, AL: Fighting Woman News, 1994. Magazine. 24p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, essays, articles, reviews, poetry, illustrations, directory, services and resources, very good martial arts magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Martial arts and feminist awareness. More about Fighting Woman News Magazine: vol. 20, #1, whole #52, Winter 1994
Cat.No: 221836
Boulder: Paladin Press, 1980. iv, 67p., neatly line-drawn diagrams throughout, first edition decorated trade-size wraps, no blood (actually, pristine). What you will want, how to use, how throw. How to carry and conceal. Training techniques with varieties of "mock" knives; "A wooden knife gives extremely realistic contact.." More about Slash and thrust
Cat.No: 91821
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1990. 101p., wraps, first edition. More about Hsing-I: Chinese Internal Boxing
Cat.No: 152451
Hong Kong: Ta han kuo shu kuan, 1969. 108p., paperback, rear cover and last few pages creased. Black and white photos show the martial arts techniques described. More about Shuai jiao jue zhao
Cat.No: 236917
Hong Kong: Chen Xiang Ji shuju, [preface dated 1953]. 11, 2, 96 p., lightly worn wraps, black and white illustrations of swordfighting poses. Text in Chinese. More about Emei shuang dui jian
Cat.No: 147858
