Must Have Books for Ninja

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Ninja Books, No picture, then it is out of print but you may still get it.

• Soke, Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi
• He is the Head of the family. Just click on the book to buy his books now!
• English
  •  Stick Fighting, Techniques of Self-defense (1971)
  •  Ninjutsu, History and Tradition (1981)
  • Ninja Secrets from the Grandmaster (1987)
  • Essence of Ninjutsu, The Nine Traditions (1988)
  •  The Grand master's book of Ninja Training (1988)
• Japanese
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• Stephen K Hayes
• He brought Bujinkan Ninjutsu to the USA, If you have not read them then you are missing out. Buy Them!
  • Ninja, Combat Method (His real first ninja book! Copyright 1975. Out Of Print.)
    
    
  •   The Ninja and their Secret Fighting Art (1988)
    
    
  •  Ninja, Volume I: Spirit of the Shadow Warrior (May 1988)
    
    
  •  Ninja, Volume II: Warrior Ways of Enlightenment (1981)
    
    
  • Ninja, Volume III: Warrior Path of Togakure (1983)(not out of print)
    
    
  •  Ninja, Volume IV: Legacy of the Night Warrior (1984)
    
    
  • Wisdom from the Ninja Village of the Cold Moon (1984)
    
    
  • Tulku, a tale of modern Ninja (Fiction, 1985)
    
    
  •  The Mystic Arts of the Ninja, Hypnotism, Invisibility, and Weaponry (1985)
    
    
  • The Ancient Art of Ninja Warfare, Combat, Espionage, and Traditions (1988)
    
    
  •  Ninjutsu, The Art of the Invisible Warrior
    
    
  •  Ninja, Volume V: Lore of the Shinobi (Feb, 1990)
    
    
• Jack Hoban
• I think his book Ninpo is the best beginners book out! Get it!
  • Tantojutsu, a Ninja Defense Technique (1986)
    
    
  •  Ninpo, Living and Thinking as a Warrior (1988)
    
    
  • Ninja Warrior : Bojutsu Defense Techniques
    
    
• Glenn J. Morris
• On "far out" ninja. Want to find out about the "way out". Get this now!
  •  Path Notes of an American Ninja Master (Nov, 1993)
    
    
  •  Shadow Strategies of and American Ninja Master (Feb, 1996)
    
    
  •  Martial Arts Madness : Light and Dark in the Esoteric Martial Arts (Feb, 1999)
    
    
• Andrew Adams
• He wrote the first ninja book I know of. He tells who is real. If he is not in this book then where was he? Buy Today
  •  Ninja, The Invisible Assassins (1970)
    
    
• Kirtland C. Peterson
• Can you say Ph.D.? Never learn this stuff in Stephen K Hayes's books. Buy It Today!
  • Mind of the Ninja : Exploring the Inner Power (1986)
    
    
• R. Kelly Hill, Jr., M.D.
• Odd but real. Do you have it yet?
  • Ninja Knife Fighting (1985)
    
    
• Peter Lewis
• Art of the Ninja (1988) (Cool Book, a bit of flash but it has texts that you will hear as rumors of history. I would bet that it is mostly wrong.)

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Other Good Books for Ninja That You Can Buy Now!

• Stephen Mitchell
  •  Tao Te Ching
• Harriet Rubin
  • Machiavelli for Women, recommended by Nona Simakis
• Thomas Cleary
  • The Book of Leadership & Strategy
• Thick Nhat Hanh
  • All his books about war and peace
  • etc.
• Machiavelli
  • The Prince , this is boring but it is also the corner stone of western war and politics. READ IT!
• Roshi Philip Kapleau
  •  The Three Pillars of Zen (learn how to meditate)
  • etc.
• Donald Michael Kraig
  • Modern Magick (may give insight into Kuji and Juji.)
• Samuel B. Griffith
  • Sun Tzu, The Art of War (All ninja should read this)
• Miyamoto Musashi
  • Go Rin Po, Book of Five Rings. I am not saying this is the best version. What do you thinkg is the best version? Please email me and let me know if you have a better translation.
• Translated by Hiroaki Sato
  • The Sword and the Mind (out of print)
• Tom Brown Jr.
  • All his books
• Dan Millman
  • The Warrior Athlete (I would highly recommend this book but only this book of his!)