The EveryDojo Library
The story of each art and the people who made it, told for younger readers and for adults. Belts and grades, the techniques, the words you hear in class, and what a first class is like. Free for everyone, and written from checked sources.
KarateThe empty hand art from Okinawa: its people, its kata, and how it reached a hall near you.
JudoThe gentle way from Tokyo: Jigoro Kano, the masters around him, and how judo reached a mat near you.
TaekwondoThe way of the foot and the fist: General Choi, the Kukkiwon, two families of one Korean art, and how it reached a hall near you.
Brazilian jiu-jitsuThe gentle art from Rio: a travelling judoka called Conde Koma, the Gracie brothers, the man who taught for free on the beach, and how it reached a mat near you.
KickboxingPunches and kicks, from a Tokyo promoter's new word to a Berlin founding, Wembley and the ring and the mat near you: one name for several sports, told by the people who built them.
Kung fuHundreds of Chinese styles under one name: the Shaolin monks and the legends of the south, Wong Fei-hung, Ip Man and the teachers who brought it to Britain, and the sport of wushu, told by their masters.
Muay ThaiThe art of eight limbs: a French envoy's account of Siam in 1687, the legend of Nai Khanom Tom, rope bound fists and royal tournaments, Bangkok's great stadiums, the wai kru, the Thai masters who came to Britain, and a world sport today.
More arts are on their way: krav maga, jujitsu, aikido, kendo, capoeira, iaido and MMA.