I got to thinking about all those authors who have provided me with so much information to absorb so made this list:
Warner Henry, Ward Adams, Rory Miller, Marc MacYoung, Alain Burrese, Peyton Quinn, Michael Clarke, Masaad Ayoob, Suzette H. Elgin, Sanford Strong, C. R. Jahn, Andrew Branca, Desmond Morris, Daniel Goleman, Edward T. Hall, Dave Lowry, Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman, Steven J. Pearlman, Tristan Sutrisno, Terry Trahan, Adam Benforado, Mario McKenna, God’s Bastard (Anna Valdiserri), Kris Wilder and Lawrence Kane, Andreas Quast, Malcolm Gladwell, Lori O’Connell and Steve Hiscoe and Jennifer Weintz, Susan Cain, Gary Klien, Paul Howe, Tim Bown, Clint Overland, Wim Demeere, Barry Eisler, Kamila Miller, Loren Christensen, Kenji Tokitsu, Boye DeMente, Benjamin Huff, Karlfried Durckheim, Patrick McCarthy, Robert Bolton, Nancy Sherman, Kensho Furuya, Joe Navarro, LtCol Dave Grossman, George Kerr, Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman, Dianna Gordon (MacYoung), the author of the classic budoka author, Mario McKenna, author of the Mokuran Dojo (Patrick Parker), Kathy Jackson, Andy Sloane, A. J. Advincula, and Mark Cook.
I am sure I left out a lot of names and I ask those folks forgiveness. These are the main ones and there have been so many others over the decades. I just wanted to get it out there that all my efforts in writing and/or teaching about martial arts and/or self-defense come from the academic study of these authors and my somewhat floundering mediocre attempts to learn them in my training and practice. My only wish is that I would have loved it if these guys had been out there teaching this stuff when I began my life in martial arts self-defense so many, many years ago. Maybe there were some of them out there but the advent of the electronic world wide web phenomena and self-publishing kept most away from my awareness.
I just wanted to express how much I appreciate all of these folks who are out there providing us their experiences and knowledge and understanding on such complex and serious subject, topics and disciplines. The younger generation of martial artists and professionals will benefit greatly from this effort by so many great professionals. You can see some of their works in my bibliography below :-)
My sincerest appreciation and THANKS!
Bibliography (Click the link)
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