Classical Fighting Arts #1

•Goju Ryu Karate: An Interview with An’ichi Miyagi
•Taekwondo: An Historical Appraisal
•Karate First Day Covers: The Naihanchi Stamp
•Notes on Bassai Kata
•Okinawa Kata Classification
•A Meeting with Chosei Motobu
•Sub Lu Tang: Fighter, Scholar, Image Maker.

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Classical Fighting Arts #2

•Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics
•The Truth About Taekwondo: Scandals, Scoundrels and Skullduggery
•Karate Fist Day Covers - The Kumite Stamp
•Toyama Ryu Batto-jutsu- Sword method of the Imperial Japanese Army
•Tong Zhong Yi Chinese Wrestler, Author, Organiser

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Classical Fighting Arts #3

•Suparinpei: Goju Ryu’s Supreme Kata
•Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics, Part 2.
•James Mitose’s Kempo Karate
•Japanese Swordsmanship: Toyama Ryu Iai Part 2
•Remembering Taizaburo Nakamura Sensei
•Jiang Rong Jiao-Mater Martial ArtistNunchaku - Ryukyu •Kobudo’s Most Misunderstood Weapon.

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Classical Fighting Arts #4

•Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics, Part 3
•Karate Stamps - First Day Covers
•Motobu Udundi - An Interview with Matsuo Kanenori Sakon
•Kei Miyagi - The History of Karate
•Shintaiikudo by its Founder Sensei Makoto Hirohara
•Sun Xi Quan and “The Real Teaching of Ba Gua”

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Classical Fighting Arts #5
•Some Notes on the Evolution of Modern Karate
•Dan Smith, Seibukan Karate Pioneer: An Interview
•Ju-Jitsu v Wrestling & Boxing
•Magical Martial Arts:What Really Makes a Best-seller.
•The Problems with Toude and Karate
•Karate Ni Sente Nashi: What The Masters had to Say

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Classical Fighting Arts #6
•Some Thouhts on the Vital Points
•Dan Smith, Seibukan Karate Pioneer: An Interview Part2
•Ju-Jitsu v Wrestling & Boxing Part 2
•Taiwan Martial Arts Festival
•Taiji Kase Sensei - An Orbituary
•An Interview with Keiji Tomiyama
•The Chinese Sai & Jutte

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Classical Fighting Arts #7
•Death Touch, Fact or Fiction! Part 2
•Bushi: The Gentlemen of Karate
•Shotokan Legend Hirokazu Kanazawa
•Chinese Police and the Martial Arts
•Keiji Tomiyama of Shito Ryu
•Juhatsu Kyoda: Forming Personality Through Karate

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Classical Fighting Arts #8
•Ch'i (Ki) and the Martial Arts
•Kentsu Yabu's Senior Students in Hawaii
•Shotokan Legend Hirokazu Kanazawa Part 2
•Buddhism and Karate
•General Ch'i and the Roots of Heian Kata
•Success in Chinese Wu-Shu Training

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Classical Fighting Arts #9
•Reflections on the Power Of Ch'i in the Martial Arts
•The Why of Bunkai-A Guide for Beginners
•Bartitsu-The New Art of Self-Defence
•Wu Xia-Art Imitates Life-Life Imitates Art
•Jigen Ryu Swordsmanship and its Influence on Karate Do
•The Ways of Buddha & The Empty Hand

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Classical Fighting Arts #10

• Memories of a Karate Man by Miyagi Hisateru Translated by Mario McKenna, M.Sc.
• Reflections on the Power of Ch’i and the Martial Arts Part III • by Harry Cook, B.A.
• Karate-Do No Kokoroe — The Teachings of Karate-Do by Chosin Chibana. Translation and Commentaries by Pat Nakata
• Bartitsu —The “New Art of Self-Defence” Part II by Tony Wolf
• Jack Dempsey-Master of Xingyiquan by Brian L. Kennedy, J.D. and Elizabeth Guo, B.A.
• Katsuhiko Shinzato’s Whole Body Karate by Charles Goodin, J.D.
• Taiji Kase: A Fond Farewell by Graham Noble, B.Sc.
• JKA Shotokan Karate — Thoughts From Japan by David Hooper, Ph.D

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Classical Fighting Arts #11
•Choki Motobu's Lost Interviews from 1936
•O Sensei Ueshiba: Aikido Memoirs
•The Last Samurai: Karate Master Kentsu Yabu
•The Evolution of Karate-do Kata
•Kenwa Mabuni: Practice Kara Correctly
•Chinese Pici Weapons Fighting
•Zanshin: More Than Words

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Classical Fighting Arts #12
•Are There Really Different Styles of Karate?
•The Evolution of Kata & Bunkai Part II
•The Karate Odyssey of Pat Nakata
•Aikido Memoirs Part II: Training with O Sensei Ueshiba
•Bruce Lee and The Jing Wu Association
•Martial Arts Tricks: How to Pose As A Strong Man
•Samurai and Guns
•The Imaginary World of Buddhism and Martial Arts
•Martial Arts Legends: Taizaburo Nakamura, 10th Dan

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Classical Fighting Arts #13
•Marutani: The Ultimate Competitor
•Japan Karate Association: Alive and Kicking
•Death Touch: The Medical Facts
•The Karate of Pat Nakata Part II
•Jiffa: Okinawa's Deadly Hairpin
•Taijiquan: The Fighting Art
•Martial Discipline and The Way of Peace
•Funakoshi: Shotokan's Founder
•Professional Sport and Traditional Karate:
A Winning Combination

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Classical Fighting Arts #14
•Enoeda: The Shotokan Tiger's Jiin Kata
•The Lost Art of Kojo Ryu Karate
•Karate Odyssey lll: An Interview with Sensei Pat Nakata
•Karate's First Generation: In The Beginning There Was Azato
•Bridges and Knives
•Martial Discipline and The Way of Peace ll

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Classical Fighting Arts #15
•Chotoku Kyan's Memories of Karate (1942)
•Delayed Death Touch-A Medical Possibility
•Fumio Demura-The Interview
•Kenwa Mabuni The Father of Shito Ryu
•Yong Chun Boxing & Its Transmission to Okinawa
•GIRI-The Samurai & Their Obligations
•The Hawaii Karate Museum

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Classical Fighting Arts #16
• An interview with Fumio Demura Part 2
• Martial Arts Legends: Mabuni Kenwa Part 2
• Chinese Martial Virtue
• One Heart One Still-Isshin Ryu Karate's Tsuyoshi Uechi Sensei on his style.
• Training at the Birthplace of Karate-The trip of Lifetime!
• Bodhidharma, Shaolin, & Chinese Boxing in the eyes of Japan's Karate Pioneers.
• Some Thoughts on Teaching Karate.

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Classical Fighting Arts #17
• Minoru Higa, 10th Dan - Master of the Kyudokan Dojo
• The Place of Competition Karate
• Recollections of Choki Motobu
• The Central National Arts Academy
• "There are no Fixed Postures in Karate"
• Budo As a Religion
• Chinese Martial Arts Research

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Classical Fighting Arts #18
• Hojo Undo - The Powerhouse of Goju Ryu
• Martial Arts and The Law
• Uechi Ryu Legend Ryuko Tomoyose 10th Dan Hanshi
• Kata & Bunkai
• China's Central Academy of Martial Arts II
• JKA Sochin Kata
• Martial Daoism
• Tak Kubota: The Master of Disaster
• Nittten Soji - Ritual Cleansing

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Classical Fighting Arts #19
• Isamu Arakaki - The Leader of Okinawan Karate
• On the Karate Mentality
• Many Students or Few: How to Judge Success
• Shotokan Kata by Keinosuke Enoeda: Sochin Part II
• Uechi Ryu Grand Master Ryuko Tomoyose Interview Part II
• Awamori: The Spirit of Okinawa
• Oriental and Western Fighting Arts
• Swordsmen to Civil Servants

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Classical Fighting Arts #20

• The Karate of Chotoku Kyan
• A Shimabukuro Family Tradition
• Kenwa Kanna: The Emperor's Admiral,
Karate's First Ambassador
• Shotokan Weapons: Gichin Funakoshi's Forgotten Arts
• Goju Ryu Kata: Timeless and Unchanging
• To'on Ryu: Goju Ryu's Elusive Cousin
• O-Tsuna Hiki: The Naha Giant Tug-of-War

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Classical Fighting Arts #21

• Yoshio Kuba, 9th Dan Goju Ryu
• Okinawa: A Karate Pilgrimage
• The Karate of Chotoku Kyan, Part 2
• The House of Chan Mi Gwa
• Tou'on Ryu II: Goju Ryu's Elusive Cousin
• "Defendo"
• Ankoh Itosu Remembered

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Classical Fighting Arts #22

• Interview with Seisho Itokazu Konan Ryu's Iron Man
• Shotokan: Lacking in Circular Techniques?
• Training in Okinawa
• Chotoku Kyan: Milk for Karate
• The 1867 Martial Arts Demonstration
• Is It Really Zen?
• Okinawan Dance & Karate

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Classical Fighting Arts #23

• An Interview With Tsutomu Nakahodo 10th Dan Uechi Ryu
• Satori Through Karate
• Japan Karate Association: The Good old Days
• Chan Mi: Milk for Karate Part II
• Funakoshi’s New Shotokan Techniques
• Isshin Ryu: A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma
• Judo as Moral Education

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Classical Fighting Arts #24

• An Interview with Eiki Kurashita - Goju Ryu Master
• Three Heroes of Karate
• The Empty Cup Myth
• Judo As Moral Education
• Kousaka Yokota on Shotokan Karate
• Chotoku Kyan: Milk for Karate III
• Shotokan's Heian Bunkai Mysteries
• Qi Jiguang Chinese Boxing

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Classical Fighting Arts #25

• An Interview with Morio Higaonna Sensei, 10th Dan Hanshi
• How to Stand by Isamu Arakaki Sensei, 10th Dan Hanshi
• History of Uechi Ryu by Kyoshi Takamiyagi Sensei 10th Dan
• Karate Danwa, Conversations with Karate Masters. Part II
• Okinawa Kata Champion-Kazuko Arakaki
• JKA-Thoughts from Japan by Dr. David Hooper
• Secret Key Points of Shotokan's Tekki Shodan-
Kousaku Yokota 8th Dan

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Classical Fighting Arts #26

• The Goju Ryu Centenary Event, Okinawa 2015
• An Interview with Morio Higaonna Sensei Part 2
• Inside the JKA: Training at the World Headquarters of Shotokan in Tokyo
• The Future of Okinawan Karate, Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei
• Interview of Okinawan Kata Champion K. Arakaki
• In The Footprints of Kanbun Uechi: The History of Uechi Ryu, conclusion

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Classical Fighting Arts #27

• An Interview with Takenobu Uehara Uechi Ryu 10th Dan Hanshi Yoshitaka Funakoshi: Father of Shotokan Karate?
• Memories of the Oyama Dojo
• Bushido: The Way of the Knight
• The Role of Boxing in Ming Period Martial Arts
• The Bujutsu-Budo Stereotype
• Japan Karate Association Report

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #51

• An Interview with Hiroshi Akamine Sensei Kiyoshi, 8th Dan.
• An Interview with Shuichi Aragaki Sensei
• Yoshitaka Funakoshi: Father of Modern Shotokan?
• Japan Karate Association ( 日本空手協会 ) Report
• Memories of the Oyama Dojo Part II
• Conversations with Franz Bork: Karate Needs Perseverance
• The Tenchi Dojo

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #52

• Giko Funakoshi: Father of Modern Shotokan? III
• JKA Shotokan: Too Many Experts!
• Fighting Tradition of Japan
• Memories of the Oyama Dojo Part III
• Karate Poems
• Shinyu Gushi: Real Karate!

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #53

• Hirokuni Yamashiro: The First Interview
• Gogen Yamaguchi: The Cat of Goju Ryu
• JKA Shotokan: Thoughts from Japan
• Keinosuke Enoeda's Kanku Sho Kata
• Ju-jitsu: The Ancient Art of Self-Defense by Sleight of Body
• Memories of the Oyama Dojo Part 4

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #54

• An Interview with Yoshio Kuba
• Modern Martial Arts
• Twenty Questions and Answers with Lou Angel
• Translation Problems in Funakoshi’s Biography
• Kanku Sho Kata Part 2
• Memories of the Oyama Dojo Part V
• Balance: From A Textbook of Ju-jutsu as Practiced in Japan
• Ken and Hanako: A Karate Saga

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #55

• Choko Kiyuna Sensei, 10th Dan
Director General, Karate Shinkokai
• Hiroshi Higaonna’s The Japanese Way of Karate Do
• Stick Fighting: The Path to Zen Ken Ren Jodo
• Japanese Jujutsu: Leopold the Great
• The Japanese Crane, A Quiet Awareness
• Ken and Hanako: A Karate Saga

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #56

• Okinawa Karate Kaikan
• Choshin Chibana's Karate Legacy
• Kanazawa's Nunchaku
• Training at the Gokokuji Shrine
• Jiu Jitsu Combat Tricks
• The Ripper!
• Ken & Hanako: A Karate Saga

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #57

• An Interview with Isshin Ryu’s Tsuyoshi Uechi
• Choshin Chibana’s Karate Legacy Part 2
• The Truth About Gichin Funakoshi’s Shotokan
• Kanazawa’s Nunchaku Part 2
• Morihei Ueshiba’s Aikido
• The Medical Implications of Karate Training

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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #58

• Machi Dojo:The Past and Future of Real Karate
• Kuramoto Sensei at the CFA Seminars
• Olympic Karate: JKA Thoughts from Japan
• Tsutomu Nakahoho, CFA Interview
• Tsuneo Kinjo Sensei: Talking About Karate
• Gichin Funakoshi’s Exquisite Art Part II
• Shotokan’s Gankaku Kata by Keinosuke Enoeda
• The Soft Touch Method of Katsuhiko Shinzato Sensei

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