Resources
The following are lists of books and other resources that we recommend, and other dojos that we have trained with.
Other Dojos
Recommended Reading
California
Washington
Books
Read, John Thomas; Aikido Aikibojitsu and the Structure of Natural Law, Minneapolis: Mill City Press Inc. 2010
Dobson, Terry; It’s a Lot Like Dancing, Berkeley, North Atlantic Books, 1985
Krishnamurti, J. & David Bohm; The Ending of Time, New York, Harper Collins, 1985
Krishnamurti, J.; Commentaries on living, Wheaton IL, Quest Book. 1967
Perry, Susan; Remembering O’Sensei, Boston, Shambala, 2002
Heckler, Richard; In Search of the Warrior Spirit, Berkeley, North Atlantic Books. 1990
Heckler, Richard, ed.; Aikido and the New Warrior, Berkeley, North Atlantic Books,1985
Lowery, Dave; Autumn Lightning, Boston & London, Shambala, 1985
Musashi, Miyamoto; A Book of Five Rings, trans. Victor Harris, Woodstock NY, Overlook Press, 1974
Hsiu, P’ei; The Zen Teaching of Huang Po, trans. John Blofeld, New York, Grover Press, 1958
Stevens, John; Abundant Peace; the Biography of Morihei Ueshiba, Boston, Shambala, 1987
Stevens, John; Aikido, the Way of Harmony, Boulder & London, Shambala, 1984
Saotome, Mitsugi; Aikido and the Harmony of Nature, Boston & London, Shambala, 1993
Saotome, Mitsugi; the Principles of Aikido, Boston & London, Shambala, 1989
Sato, Hiroake, trans.; The Sword and The Mind, Woodstock NY, Overlook Press. 1985
Soho, Takuan; The Unfettered Mind, New York, Kodansha America, 1986
Suzuki, D.T.; Zen Buddhism, New York, Doubleday. 1956
Suzuki, Shunryu; Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, New York, Weatherhill. 1970
Tsu, Lao; Tao Te Ching, trans. Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English, New York, Random House Vintage Books, 1972
Ueshiba, Morihei; Budo Training in Aikido, Tokyo, 1997
Ueshiba, Kisshomaru'; The Spirit of Aikido, Tokyo and New York: Kondansha International, 1988
Ueshiba, Kisshomaru; Aikido, trans. Kazuaki Tanahashi & Toy Maurer Jr., Tokyo & San Fransisco, Hoazansha Publishing. 1978
Warner, Brad; Sit Down and Shut Up, Novato, New World Library. 2007
Westbrook, A & O. Ratti; Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere, Rutland, 1997
Blogs/websites
Kogenbudo, Ellis Amdur’s writings
All Things Aikido, by George Ledyard