Kosho Shorei
Ryu is about "true self defense", in Mitose Sensei's words,
in the broadest sense of the term. This includes developing
yourself intellectually as well as physically. I highly
recommend that any individual interested in self develoment
read some or all of the books listed below. Some are required
reading to obtain various rank in Kosho Ryu under my guidance.
Others are still highly recomended nonetheless. Most of
them can be found in popular book stores or by special
order, but if you have problems locating some of them,
just ask me and I can help you find them.
Frank Smith
Sensei
Kosho Shorei
Ryu particular books:
What is Self
Defense? (Kenpo Jiu-jitsu), By James Masayoshi Mitose
Sensei
True and Pure
Karate and Kenpo, By James Masayoshi Mitose Sensei
The Last Disciple,
By Bruce Juchnik Hanshi
Kosho Ryu Kempo,
To Fall Seven To Rise Eight, By Bruce Juchnik Hanshi
Strategies
and Studies of Kosho Ryu Kempo, By Bruce Juchnik Hanshi
Essential Shiatsu,
By David R. LoPriore Shihan
Kosho Shorei
Ryu Shodo, By Sensei Roger Brooks, Ph.D.
Chinese
Classics:
Tao Te Ching,
By Lao Tzu
I Ching
The Art of
War, By Sun Tzu
Japanese
Classics:
The Unfettered
Mind, By Takuan Soho
The Book of
Five Rings, By Miyamoto Musashi
Family Traditions
on the Art of War, By Yagyu Munenori
Other Books:
Three Budo
Masters, By John Stevens
The Craft of
the Japanese Sword, By Leon and Hiroko Kapp and Yoshindo
Yoshihara
