looking for something to read

[miz_sammi_girl]

:t2: hello, can anyone recomend any books aimed towards women in the martial arts? Also can anyone name some insperational or talented women martial artists that i can look up information on....i'm just bored and want to do some reading. thanks

[Frances Haynes]

hi sammi joe - I have one possible antidote - check out our new website! - we hope to have some profiles of great Aussie women martial artists/articles and so on soon. Better still - fill out the application form and come to the 17th National Women in Martial Arts Conference just outside Sydney in October! the more the merrier...

www.womeninmartialarts.org.au

[miz_sammi_girl]

thank you! I will look into going to the conference! It looks great! i didn't know there was anything in australia like that just for women.

[Gene Williams]

I think the best books for women are the same ones that are best for men..."Book of Five Rings," "The Art of War," Kano's book on Judo, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind." Don't limit yourself by being too gender conscious...if you are ever attacked, unfortunately, it will most likely be by a male. :(

[DragonMind]

One I know Jack will back me up with is Kathy Marlor. Also look at Dan Inosanto's daughter.

[Luar]

:t2: hello, can anyone recomend any books aimed towards women in the martial arts? Also can anyone name some insperational or talented women martial artists that i can look up information on....i'm just bored and want to do some reading. thanks

Couple things

1. Go to Amazon and search for "women in the martial arts." Quite a few books show up.

2. Look up "The Warrior's Path" which is a facinating book on the wisdom of current men and women Japanese martial arts masters, most of whom are well past 60.

3. There is a book about the life of Michelle Yeoh.

[Luar]

2. Look up "The Warrior's Path" which is a facinating book on the wisdom of current men and women Japanese martial arts masters, most of whom are well past 60.


Actually I just to add that unfortunately the book only profiles two women, one a naginata master and the other a judo master. Still it makes for good reading.

[DragonMind]

And I almost forgot Graciella Casillas.

[don]

:t2:hello, can anyone recomend any books aimed towards women in the martial arts?

Not a book, but...

http://aikiweb.com/columns/gledyard/2005_01.html



Also can anyone name some insperational or talented women martial artists that i can look up information on....i'm just bored and want to do some reading. thanks

AIKIDO:

Pat Hendricks
Mary Heiny
Patty Saotome
Lorraine DiAnne
Penny Bernath

Also, Ellis Amdur devotes an essay/interview (?) to an older Jpn practitioner of NAGINATA in his book Old School. Excellent. His stuff always is: http://www.ellisamdur.com/OldSchool.htm

[RA Miller]

Sammi-

If you can find a copy, get "The Armored Rose" by Toby Beck.

Not specifically about women, "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker is one of the most valuable self-defense books out there (just keep an eye out for what is good and what is politics).

I recently read "Looking for a Fight" It is an excellent book until the ending. Through boxing, the author got much of what martial arts is supposed to be about... in the end, she ran away from all that she gained. Read it.

Pat Harrington is a high ranking judoka and jujutsuka who has written several books.

Rory

[Joseph Svinth]

I don't know how inspirational any of this is, but online, try:

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_svinth4_1199.htm

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_svinth_0201.htm

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_svinth_1101.htm

http://ejmas.com/proceedings/GSJSA03svinth.htm

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_hargreaves_0901.htm

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_leyshon_0800.htm

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_taylor_0201.htm

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_ginzburg1_0500.htm

http://www.koryu.com/library/wwj1.html

and probably my favorite:

http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsart_mayer1_0200.htm . That's a 4-part series, so be sure to go back to the main page and check out the three subsequent letters. Alternatively, see http://judoinfo.com/mayer.htm , where they have better pictures.

But be careful out there. See Adrian Dater, "Female boxer, 34, dies," Denver Post, April 5, 2005, http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E76%257E2798915,00.html and its prequel, Christine Dell'Amore, "Profile of Heather Schmitz," Denver Post, March 20, 2005, http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E33084%257E2799639,00.html . The boxer who died was a taekwondo student as well as a boxer, and the boxer who survived was a BJJ student as well as a boxer.