Budo Books

We are introducing you to an exquisite and carefully selected Budo literature and martial arts books that we have read ourselves, that have touched us and that lead us inward. The heart of the Bokken shop is the publication and distribution of books by friends, people who accompany us and books that support and enrich our own inner transformation and inner path.

You have a book proposal, have written a book yourself or you have questions about the books - we look forward to hearing from you. We are happy to support you on your Budo path.

Verlag Reinhold Dietrich: I am the road of hope - 23 poems ► www.bokken-shop.de. Poems, wisdom stories. Your Budo dealer!
A collection of 23 poems in a language of the soul, where the word begins to speak. The beauty of the language form carries by itself - it speaks the language of glorification.

Features:
Publisher : Verlag Dietrich
Language : German
Softcover : Paperback 54 pages
ISBN: 978-3-902172-02-9
14,00 EUR
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Dirk Zeuge: Violence prevention in everyday life - self-protection, self-assertion, self-defense ► www.bokken-shop.de. Your Budo dealer!
Many self-defense courses are limited to teaching practical techniques. However, the preliminary stages of the escalating spiral are overlooked. This book is aimed at children, young people and adults.

Features:
Publisher: Schlatt-Books
Language: German
Format: 21 x 15 cm
Volume: 196 pages
Paperback
ISBN: 978-3-347-42046-5
24,99 EUR
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Gabriele and Robert Habersetzer: Encyclopedia of Martial Arts of the Far East ► www.bokken-shop.de. Your Budo dealer!
This encyclopedia is the result of five decades of collecting and methodically reviewing the knowledge of the traditional martial arts, which have been practiced for many centuries in all the countries of the Far East.

Features:
Publisher: Palisander Verlag
Language: German
Author: Gabriele and Robert Habersetzer
Translation from the French by Frank Elstner
Hardcover with 1215 pages and over 1000 illustrations
1. Edition November 2019
ISBN: 978-3-957840-29-5
69,00 EUR
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Siegfried J. Schwemmer: Ki and Karate ► www.bokken-shop.de. Your Budo dealer!
In this book, Siegfried J. Schwemmer deals with the life force concept Qi (Japanese Ki), examines its significance for cultural and intellectual history and the martial arts - not only, but especially in karate. He places the phenomenon in the context of modern science without losing sight of its spiritual roots.

Features:

Publisher: Schlatt Books
Language: German
Author: Siegfried J. Schwemmer
Hardcover with 160 pages
​ISBN: 978-3-937745-346-7
14,90 EUR
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Viola Dioszeghy-Krauß: Aikido - the loving martial art - practicing and teaching ► www.bokken-shop.de. Your Budo dealer!
Viola Dioszeghy-Krauß, 4th Dan Aikikai and instructor in the field of psychotherapy, draws on three decades of experience with body-oriented methods when she describes in this book the healing processes that practicing aikido in a mindful and supportive atmosphere can bring about. A reading and workbook for students and teachers alike, it links classic budo topics with current research, describes the stages of learning aikido for different types of students, and helps answer questions and frame experiences that arise during joint practice.

Features:

Publisher: Verlag Werner Kristkeitz
Language: German
Author: Viola Dioszeghy-Krauß
Hardcover with 400 pages
41 illustrations and diagrams
​ISBN: 978-3-932337-59-8
28,00 EUR
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Taisen Deshimaru-Rōshi: Za-Zen - The Practice of Zen ► www.bokken-shop.de. Your Budo dealer!
This book contains transcripts of the authentic teachings of a great Zen master of our time. Rōshi Taisen Deshimaru came to Europe in 1967 to spread the pure Zen teachings here and to teach Shikantaza, the practice of sitting selflessly in the posture of awakening (zazen). Many illustrations and texts by old masters round out this work into a compendium that has long been considered the introduction to Zen par excellence.

Features:

Publisher: Verlag Werner Kristkeitz
Language: German
Author: Taisen Deshimaru-Rōshi
Hardcover with 144 pages.
20 illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-932337-11-6
14,95 EUR
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Koichi Tohei: Ki in Everyday Life ► www.bokken-shop.de. Your Budo dealer!
Reordered
Kōichi Tōhei, founder of Aikidō in Unity of Mind and Body (Aikidō with Ki) and president of the International Ki Society, shows us in this book how we can regain unity with the laws of life. In addition to effective exercises and behavioral techniques that can be learned by anyone, the author gives us concrete guidance on how to practice and realize the unity of mind and body, especially in our hectic daily lives. A valuable help not only for all practitioners of Japanese martial arts.

Features:

Publisher: Verlag Werner Kristkeitz
Language: German
Author: Koichi Tohei
Hardcover with 184 pages
59 illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-932337-42-0
19,90 EUR
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C. Kühn & M. Dernek: Jin Ryaku no Maki (The Principles of Human Being) ► www.bokken-shop.de
Reordered

This modern denshô should primarily be regarded as basic manual for daily training. Concise explanations, motion sequences of techniques and kata and illustrations are completing this work which describes the most important unarmed forms of movements of the Jin Ryaku no Maki.

This is the 3rd book of the series Tenchijin Ryaku no Maki.

Features:
Publisher: Tengu Publishing Wolfgang Ettig
Language: English
Authors: Carsten Kühn and Manuel Dernek
Hardcover with 136 pages
346 illustrations
Format: 17,5 x 23,5 cm
ISBN: 978-3-924862-43-5

23,90 EUR
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