 | Secrets Of Hakkoryu Jujutsu: Shodan Tactics by Dennis G. Palumbo
Buy new: $17.50 / Used from: $15.00 Shodan - The First degree. Hakkoryu Jujutsu is founded by Ryuho OKUYAMA (pen name for Yoshiharu OKUYAMA. 1901-87). He learned Daitoryu Jujutsu from Masters including Sokaku TAKEDA (1860-1943), The Grand Master. And he reconstructed it after acupoints theories as the Hakkoryu Jujutsu, for everyone to learn easily, even from books!
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 | Secret Nidan Techniques Of Hakkoryu Jujutsu by Dennis G. Palumbo
Buy used from: $12.00 Nidan - The Second degree. If you search the web by the word "Hakkoryu", you can know there are many Hakkoryu Dojos (Schools) all over the world; US, UK, German, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Czech, Romania, Sweden, Denmark, etc.
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 | Techniques of Sandan GI: The Essence of Hakkoryu Jujutsu by Dennis G. Palumbo
Buy used from: $23.95 Sandan - The Third degree. These techniques don't demand your muscle powers, so everyone can use it, even young ladies and/or children. But, you can not master higher degrees, the Fourth, the Fifth, Okuden (Esoteric), Kaiden (Full master), and Sandai Kichu (aka. the eighth and highest degree except the Soke or the Grand Master), from books. Please visit a Dojo in your neighborhood.
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 | Gerald R. Ford by Douglas Brinkley
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $2.88 Did you know former President Gerald Ford had Shodan of Hakkoryu? According to official record of Hakkoryu, he got it in 1979.
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 | The Hidden Roots of Aikido: Aiki Jujutsu Daitoryu - Secret Techniques of an Ancient Martial Art by Shiro Omiya
Buy new: $25.55 / Used from: $14.99 It is said that the Daitoryu Grand Master, Sokaku TAKEDA, has not lost for life. Unfortunately, this is incorrect! He lost only once. Ironically enough, the partner is a young pupil of Okuyama sensei. Although there was inattention, he lost by a pupil of his own pupil.
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 | Best Aikido: The Fundamentals (Illustrated Japanese Classics) by Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $14.91 As you know, Morihei UESHIBA (1883-1969), the founder of Aikido, is also a leading pupil of Sokaku TAKEDA. My younger sister has a Shodan of Aikido, so we are very friendly (^^).
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 | Classical Fighting Arts of Japan: A Complete Guide to Koryu Jujutsu (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior) by Serge Mol
Koryu means traditional (old) schools, and Hakkoryu means the School of Eight Lights after open hand image. You can find some short movies of a Polish Hakkoryu master on his website or YouTube. But probably, you can not understand what occurred, because the master's each technique finished at once.
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 | Jujitsu: Intermediate Techniques of the Gentle Art (Japanese Arts, 441) by George Kirby
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $3.81 Jujutsu or Juhjutsu is also known as Jujitsu or Jiu-Jitsu.
There is also a more simplified version of Hakkoryu for people other than pupils, the "Goshin Kampo" or the Easy Self-Defence techniques. It is revised edition of war time version for peace time. Now, did you know some parts of Hakkoryu Jujutsu are used in FBI? They were brought by ex-Master Michael J. LaMonica.
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 | What is Shorinji Kempo? by Doshin So
Buy used from: $64.50 It is well known now that the Founder of Shorinji-Kempo, Doshin SO (pen name for Michio [later Michiomi] NAKANO. 1911-80), learned Shodan of Hakkoryu. Although he claimed that he had coined the Kempo hinted from Chinese Kung-Fu in 1947, it is apparently based on mostly Japanese traditional martial arts. Probably it was the countermeasures against an opposite policy over them of Gen. MacArthur.
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 | The Taoist Road to Health: The Doin Method by Masao Hayashima
Buy used from: $14.95 The author (1911-99) taught "Daitoryu Aikijutsu" (also known as "Doke Aikijutsu" or Taoistic Aikijutsu). He claimed it had another long lineage apart from Takeda's Daitoryu. But later it was revealed that he is a pupil of Master Toshimi MATSUDA (pen name for Hosaku MATSUDA. 1895-?), a leading pupil of Grand Master Takeda and the main teacher of Okuyama sensei.
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 | Hapkido: Traditions, Philosophy, Technique by Marc Tedeschi
Buy new: $56.70 / Used from: $52.98 Once, such pseudo lineages (even Takeda's) were used in order that a pupil might prevent from founding a freely new school. And...
The founder of Hapkido, Choi Yong Sul (aka. Asao Yoshida) claimed he had been a leading pupil of Sokaku Takeda. But Takeda's pupil list has not his name but other four Koreans only. What?
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 | Mas Oyama's Essential Karate by Masutatsu Oyama
Buy used from: $9.50 In fact, Choi Yong Sul was a leading pupil of Kotaro Yoshida, a leading pupil of Sokaku Takeda, According to Richard Kim, another leading pupil of K.Yoshida. Now, Choi Yeong-eui (Masutatsu Oyama) was also a leading pupil of Kotaro Yoshida. So, they are brother students!
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 | Taekwondo: The State of the Art by Master Sung Chul Whang
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $3.49 'we must look for the influence of karate in modern Taekwondo' It is a taboo in Korea to mention the fact. Old Taekwondo masters know it because they named their schools after Japanese Karate's.
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 | The Alleged "Nanking Massacre": Japan's rebuttal to China's forged claims (English and Japanese Edition) by Takemoto Tadao
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $6.13 Honourary advisor of Hakkoryu, Gen. Iwane Matsui (1878-1948) is the founder of the Koa Kannon temple (Raising Asia Kuan-yin Daibutsu) and was executed for the alleged Nanking Massacre although he was not there!
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 | The Mammoth Book of World Sports: Descriptions, Histories, Rules and Regulations of All the World's Sports (Mammoth Books)
Buy used from: $0.01 [[aditional]] Now, what is "Hakko Denshin Ryu" or "HDR"? It was founded by three "Soke"s: Yasuhiro Irie, Michael Lamonica, and Antonio Garcia. All three are Expelled Ex-masters of Hakkoryu. Yes, it is New school ("Ryuha") based on Hakkoryu. So, they don't use the name "Hakko Denshin Ryu" but "Kokodo" in Japan - You can not find Japanese page(s) of HDR. Please do not confound them.
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