Via Media Publishing: 57 books
by James Grady, John J. Donohue, Christopher Bates
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
Most learn about martial arts through movies and print publications, primarily fictional. “Fiction is drama, the blood of drama is conflict, and martial arts are rooted in conflict,” writes James Grady in chapter one. Good fiction uses martial arts well, while...
Okinawan Martial Traditions Vol. 1.2
Te, Tode, Karate, Karatedo, Kobudo
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
NOTE: Volume 1 of the print edition was dividend into Vols. 1.1 and 1.2 to make two e-book editions.
What would you like to obtain from your research and practice of an Okinawan martial art? For an academic, it would be to obtain historical and cultural facts and details. For a practitioner,...
by Richard Pegg, Tony Yang, Stephan Berwick
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
The Chinese double-edged straight sword (jian), the “gentleman of weapons,” is the focus of this e-book. There are a growing number of people interested in this fascinating weapon, its history, and its use. For your convenience, this anthology assembles the best...
Okinawan Martial Traditions Vol. 2.1
Te, Tode, Karate, Karatedo, Kobudo
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
NOTE: Volume 2 of the print edition was dividend into Vols. 2.1 and 2.2 to make two e-book editions.
What would you like to obtain from your research and practice of an Okinawan martial art? For an academic, it would be to obtain historical and cultural facts and...
by Jan Kauskas
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
The present volume, Laoshi’s Legacy, takes up where the previous account left off; the student moves beyond his pre-occupation with his own progress to explore the terrain occupied by the teacher. The Way of the teacher, we discover, not only offers insight and reward aplenty, but is every bit as...
Martial Arts in the Arts
An Appreciation of Artifacts
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Combative forms of movement meet all the criteria required to be called “arts”. Additionally, items associated with martial art theory and practice can be shown in a variety media and appreciated as objets d’art in their own right. This anthology presents the aesthetic side of the...
Asian Martial Arts
Constructive Thoughts & Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
This book represents an international gathering of friends who happen to be highly qualified martial art scholars and practitioners. We have come together in celebration of the more than twenty years the Journal of Asian Martial Arts inspired scholarship in this field to higher academic standards...
Medieval Warrior Cultures of Europe and Japan
Body, Mind, Sword
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2015
There are simularities and differences between the European and Japanese medieval warrior traditions that reflect the social evolutions within those cultures. Over the years publishing the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, we published articles that presented the main...
by Robert W. Smith, Donn F. Draeger, Hugh E. Davey
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Donn Draeger was the most influential martial artist/scholar of the 20th century. His more than twenty books and long list of accomplishments support this argument. For this reason, we are publishing this anthology of articles that focus on this outstanding person. Although...
Cheng Man-ch'ing and T'ai Chi
Echoes in the Hall of Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Cheng Man-ch’ing (1902–1975)—also romanized as Zheng Manqing— certainly played a lead role in popularizing tai chi ch'uan throughout the world and greatly influencing the way the art is perceived and practiced. This fact alone should drive all those interested in tai chi to study the man’s...
Martial Musings
A Portrayal of Martial Arts in the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
In every century there are unique individuals whose fate makes them standing symbols of unique merit and accomplishment. Robert W. Smith's Martial Musings stands out as the sole literary work which offers readers a special perspective of martial arts as they evolved during the 20th century.
Smith...
Bagua and Xingyi
An Intersection of the Straight and Curved
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Baguaquan and xingyiquan are two styles that complement each other as yin does yang. Bagua is known for its circular movements and its practice of “circle walking.” Xingyi embodies characteristic linear movements said to be derived from the logical strategies for using...
by Michael DeMarco, Douglas Wile, Arieh Breslow
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
The chapters in this anthology present an encompassing perspective of how some Chinese martial art styles—and most significantly taijiquan—developed and evolved along with deep rooted traditions of spirituality and the quest for health and longevity. Much in this volume deals with Daoist theories...
Karate Kata Vol. 2
For the Transmission of High-Level Combative Skills
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
A kata is much like a family jewel that has passed down through generations. It holds a significance that is difficult to decipher, and many dispute the meaning of every micromovement it contains.
We are thrilled to present a two-volume e-book on this subject. If katas are learning...