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Below are selected references on traditional Chinese martial arts and culture I recommend:

  1. Wang, P. and Zeng, W., 1995. Wu Style Taijiquan. Morning Glory.
  2. Shengli, L., 2006. Combat techniques of Taiji, Xingyi and Bagua: Principles and practices of internal martial arts. Blue Snake Books.
  3. Zhang, Y., Capell P., Darley S. and Ho D., 2016. The Taijiquan Classics: The Essential Translation and Explanation with Commentary on History and Culture. YCGF North America.
  4. Zhang, Y., 2009. The Complete Taiji Dao: The Art of the Chinese Saber. Blue Snake Books.
  5. Zhang, Y., 1998. The Art of Chinese swordsmanship. A manual of Taiji Jian, Weatherhill.
  6. Wang, Mu, 2011. Foundations of Internal Alchemy: The Taoist Practice of Neidan. Translated by Pregadio, Fabrizio. Golden Elixir Press.

Below are selected references on traditional Japanese martial arts and culture I recommend:

  1. Amdur, E., 2015. Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions – Expanded Edition (2nd Edition). Freelance Academy Press.
  2. Amdur, E., 2018. Hidden in Plain Sight: Esoteric Power Training within Japanese Martial Traditions (2nd Edition). Freelance Academy Press.
  3. E. Amdur, 2020. Taryu Shiai and Other Oppositional Matches within Japanese martial traditions. Kogen Budo.
  4. Friday, K.F. and Seki, F., 1997. Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture. University of Hawaii Press.
  5. Hall, D.A., 2012. Encyclopedia of Japanese martial arts. Kodansha USA.
  6. Hall, D.A., 2013. The Buddhist goddess Marishiten: a study of the evolution and impact of her cult on the Japanese warrior. Global Oriental.
  7. Iwasa, M., 2005. Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu. The Origin of Samurai Swordsmanship from Kashima Shrine. Samurai-Bushido Society.
  8. Ishigaki, Y., 1992. Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryū Gokui Denkai 鹿島神伝直心影流極意伝開. Shinjusha.
  9. Karukome Y., Sakai T., 2015. An analysis of the formation of Jikishinkage-ryū in relation to its lineage and transmission. 武道学研究 47―3: 119―138 原著.
  10. Knutsen, R., 2004. Rediscovering budo: From a swordsman's perspective. Global Oriental.
  11. Knutsen, R., 2011. Tengu: The Shamanic and Esoteric Origins of the Japanese Martial Arts, Brill.
  12. Krastev, G., Allera, A. and Takahiro Y. 2023. Unravelling the Cords: The Instructions of a Master in the Tradition of Taisha-ryū. Purple Cloud Books.
  13. Ohgami, S. and Threadgill, T., 2020. Shindo Yoshin Ryu: History and Technique.
  14. Shinto-ryu Tachi Nanae-no-kojo 国会図書館蔵新当流伝書（写） (https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2543186/11).
  15. Togoku Kenki (東国剣記) blog article on Seven Essential Articles (https://tougoku-kenki.hatenablog.com/entry/2022/03/18/210423).
  16. Yamada, J., 1927. Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū 鹿島神傳直心影流. Suishinsha.