 | History and Traditions of Okinawan Karate by Tetsuhiro Hokama
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $41.98 Amazing little book on Okinawan MA history. It even includes information on "secret" material like Okinawan Kiko and Ti the royal grappling art of Okinawa
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 | Okinawan Karate: Teachers, Styles and Secret Techniques by Mark Bishop
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.50 Best primer on Okinawan styles including the obscure ones like Motobu ryu Ti (Te)
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 | Unante by John Sells
Buy used from: $200.00 Sells did a lot or work to write this book! I wish there were more like it
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 | Zen Kobudo: Mysteries of Okinawan Weaponry and Te by Mark Bishop
Buy used from: $3.87 Not as interesting as his first book but worth owning if you're interested in Ti (Te)
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 | Okinawa Island of Karate by George W. Alexander
Buy used from: $80.00 Intesting, but not alway accurate.
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 | The History of Karate: Okinawan Goju-Ryu by Morio Higaonna
Buy used from: $199.00 Read anything by Higaonna sensei, that's an order!
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 | Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters (Tuttle Martial Arts) by Shoshin Nagamine
Buy used from: $54.99 Has a lengthy section on Okinawan wrestling (Tegumi)
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 | The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do by Shoshin Nagamine
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.57 A Classic
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 | Traditional Karate-Do: Okinawa Goju Ryu : The Fundamental Techniques by Morio Higaonna
Buy used from: $77.43 Read anything by Higaonna sensei, that's an order!
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![Power Training for Karate (Tsunami) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GS4VRES4L._SL75_.jpg) | Power Training for Karate (Tsunami) [VHS]
Buy used from: $38.00 Watch anything by Higaonna sensei, that's an order!
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![Kobudo Karate Weapon Arts of Okinawa Vol 1 (Tsunami) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N0DPSK0PL._SL75_.jpg) | Kobudo Karate Weapon Arts of Okinawa Vol 1 (Tsunami) [VHS]
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $29.99 Beautiful kata including Gokenki's Hakutsuru!
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 | Hohan Soken The Life of A Grand Master
Buy new: $24.95 Interesting documentary style video on Soken sensei including footage of Matsumura Hakutsuru!
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 | Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi, Vol. 1 (Tuttle Martial Arts)
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $1.90 Okinawan kobudo
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 | Classical Kata of Okinawan Karate (Japanese Arts) by Pat McCarthy
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $5.39 What the title suggests it is.
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| Ryu-Te No Michi: The Way of Ryu Kyu Hands (Classical Okinawan Karate) by Taika Seiyu Oyata
Largely philosophical writings by a living legend.
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 | The Bible of Karate Bubishi
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $6.99 What the title says.
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 | Bubishi: Martial Art Spirit Revised Edition by George Alexander
Buy new: $34.95 / Used from: $29.99 Another translation
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 | The Western Bubishi by Rand Cardwell
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $13.99 A modern approach to similar material
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 | Okinawan Kempo by Choki Motobu
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $55.22 Motobu Choki's 12 kumite drills and more
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 | Advanced Pressure Point Grappling by George A. Dillman
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $13.50 Decent primer on Tuite
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 | Karate's Grappling Methods by Iain Stuart Abernethy
Buy used from: $45.99 More tuite
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 | Okinawan Karate, The Secret Art of Tuite by Javier Martinez
Buy used from: $150.00 Even more Tuite
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 | Advanced Pressure Point Fighting of Ryukyu Kempo: Dillman Theory for All Systems Point Fighting by George A. Dillman
Buy new: $25.51 / Used from: $8.33 Not "advanced" in IMO but a good reference work to own.
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 | The Secrets of Okinawan Karate: Essence and Techniques (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior) by Kiyoshi Arakaki
Buy used from: $37.24 Relaxed whip-like strikes, utilizing gravity/body weight, and mentally projecting an "imagined center of gravity". Discusses how Naifanchi helps develop body management skills.
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 | Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Gichin Funakoshi by Gichin Funakoshi
Buy used from: $204.91 A very nice English translation of Rentan Goshin Karatejutsu
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