Books

[BadgerFu57]

I'm going to be out for a while as I'm getting my wisdom teeth taken out. I was wondering what people's favorite martial art books are as I'm going to have a lot of time to read.

Here are some of mine (in no particular order):
1. The Gloves by Robert Anasi
2. The Rain series by Barry Eisler
3. Against All Odds (Chuck Norris biography)
4. The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

I used to like The Gracie Way, but I'm kind of tired of the BJJ propoganda.

[gregimotis]

'The Fight' by Norman Mailer about Ali vs. Foreman confrontations and background. Not presicely martial arts, but a good read anyway.

[BadgerFu57]

Boxing is very martial and very artful.

[eXcessiveForce]

tao of jeet kune do is an interesting read
Vunak's books are pretty cool too.

Living the martial way is also a very good book.

Sun Tzu the art of war is good.

I personally liked Hagakure

I've looked at the gift of fear by gavin debecker, but haven't had a chance to sit down and read it cover to cover yet.

I just picked up Championship Fighting by Jack Dempsey, a boxing book but it seems very interesting hard to find though and a bit pricey.

[HtTKar]

I just picked up Championship Fighting by Jack Dempsey, a boxing book but it seems very interesting hard to find though and a bit pricey.

Yeah, pretty good. You can find this online sometimes at stickgrappler.tripod.com.

Also, if the books dont have to be about a particular MA, you could read books by any of these guys; Machiavelli, Aristotle. Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Miyamoto Musashi, Pavel Tsatsouline, Karl Marx, R.L Wing, and Jack Dempsey.
All will have something to teach you.