Best Martial Arts Books – Karate, Taekwondo, Krav Maga, etc.

Here is our selection of the best martial arts books ever published. These are our favorite martial arts books and cover a wide range of martial arts techniques, styles and kata. They will help you to learn more about your existing martial arts style and discover new martial arts systems & techniques.

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Best Martial Arts Books – Our favorite martial arts books. These are amazing classics!

• Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method – This highly rated martial arts book “explains how to survive attacks on the street, increase training awareness, and develop body movements”.
• Complete Krav Maga: The Ultimate Guide to Over 250 Self-Defense and Combative Techniques – An book with detailed instructions and pictures for a huge range of Krav Maga techniques.
• Complete Taekwondo Poomsae: The Official Taegeuk, Palgwae and Black Belt Forms of Taekwondo – This popular Taekwondo book helps students learn WTF Taekwondo forms and older Plagwe forms.
• The Fighter’s Body: An Owner’s Manual – Author Loren Christensen and personal trainer Wim Demeere “combine their knowledge of martial arts, weight training, nutrition, diet and exercise to answer your questions and put you on the road to becoming the best martial arts athlete you can be”.
• Jiu-Jitsu University – Extremely popular book focused on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) techniques. This BJJ book is extremely popular with our visitors. Great for people interested in any type of grappling martial arts.
• Karate: The Complete Kata – This highly rated book that helps you to learn kata for Shotokan Karate. This book provides details for each kata movement including timing, rhythm, stances, foot placement, etc.
• Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think – This book provides a “step-by-step approach to applying the Japanese warrior’s mind set to martial training and daily life.”
• Muay Thai Basics: Introductory Thai Boxing Techniques – Given the power & success of Muay Thai strikes, many MMA champions heavily utilize Muay Thai techniques. This popular book helps students learn basic Muay Thai attack techniques.
• Tao of Jeet Kune Do – This book focuses on Jeet Kune Do, the martial arts style created by Bruce Lee. It is very popular and is the top Bruce Lee book purchased by our visitors. The book focuses on the “science and philosophy” behind Jeet Kune Do. It is also full of illustrations drawn by Bruce Lee in order to help explain these martial arts techniques.
• Ultimate Flexibility: A Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts – Ultimate Flexibility is a very useful martial arts book because it tries to help martial artists improve their overall flexibility and reduce the potential for some training injuries (i.e. pulled muscles). When training, we often look at this book for improved pre and post-training stretching & flexibility techniques.