![Bill Dewart's Street Survival Seminar [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/214685.jpg?v=1522037517)
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
Cat.No: 214685
![Jian wu [Paper folder containing eight different handmade papercuts in red, depicting a militant little girl performing a sword routine]](/pictures/thumb/220739.jpg?v=1513220732)
Yangzhou, China: n.pub. [197-]. 6x4 inch printed folder containing eight different smaller papercuts, each preserved between sheets of tissue paper, all still bright crimson red. Yangzhou was a center for papercut crafts. More
Cat.No: 220739
![Jian wu [Paper folder containing nine different handmade papercuts in red, depicting a militant little girl performing a sword routine]](/pictures/thumb/197953.jpg?v=1536696697)
Yangzhou, China: n.pub. [197-]. 6x4 inch printed folder containing nine different smaller papercuts, each preserved between sheets of tissue paper, all still bright crimson red. Yangzhou was a center for papercut crafts. More
Cat.No: 197953
![Laurel Jujitsu [ten items from the women's self-defense dojo]](/pictures/thumb/229914.jpg?v=1539227167)
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
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
Cat.No: 179207
![Shaolin chan si ["Shaolin Zen Temple," ink rubbing on paper, taken from a late Ming dynasty stone engraving]](/pictures/thumb/230194.jpg?v=1539831927)
[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
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
Cat.No: 223788
San Diego: Chris Burns, [1987?]. Six-panel brochure advertising self-defense videos and a Gay Cable Network program on self-defense, taught by the martial arts expert who was active in the San Francisco Gay Guards and other street-patrol groups. Several black and white photos; very good. More
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
Cat.No: 222760
Hong Kong: Sun Wah Printing Co., n.d. 184p., very good hardcover. More
Cat.No: 222885
Huntington, NY: Healing Tao Books, 1986. Paperback. 328p., a word of caution, about the Masters, author's note, interview with an ovarian Kung fu practinioer, bibliography, illustrations, charts, very good first trade paperback edition in pictorial wraps. For women of all ages, single, married, lesbian etc. More
Cat.No: 233474
Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. xiv, 194p., b&w photoillustrations, later printing glossy trade-size wraps, fine clean copy. More
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
Cat.No: 219642
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
Cat.No: 206709
Caracas: Fundación Afroamérica, 2004. 55p., first edition, very good in wraps. OCLC lists two copies. Colección Africaméroca 1. More
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
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
Cat.No: 228454
Moab, UT: Real People Press, 1973. 188p., first printing, wraps lightly worn. By the noted Chinese American calligrapher. More
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
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
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
Cat.No: 119876
New York: Signet, 1974. Paperback. 176p., first printing PBO mass-market paperback in pictorial wraps. Signet Q6012. Second in the African American martial arts series protagonist. More
Cat.No: 226224
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
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
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
Cat.No: 91821
