Classical Fighting Arts magazine is a highly respected quarterly journal that publishes well-researched, historically and technically significant material that is widely regarded as the most valuable English language reference to Asian martial arts.
Our contributing editors—the very best in their respective fields—produce work of the highest quality, that is frequently cited by other writers and researchers, and widely admired by the legitimate martial arts community.
Uniquely for a journal with such a strong academic pedigree, our publishing format is modern, graphic, and full color. Supported by a vast image library established in 1968, the acquisition of new images is an ongoing task that involves professional photographers, using the latest equipment from Leica, Haselblad, Zeiss, Rodenstock, Schneider, and Nikon.
Perhaps our greatest martial arts resource is the technical committee that supports and overseas our work. This group includes some of the most famous and talented martial arts instructors including three designated; “Living Intangible Cultural Treasures” by the Japanese government.
Each back issue of CFA is filled with factual, interesting, immensely readable material on the martial arts of Japan, China, and the Okinawan Archipelago. Combined, they form a library of enormous value to the serious martial arts practitioner.
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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 2 #1 • Goju Ryu Karate: An Interview with An’ichi Miyagi
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Classical Fighting Arts #2 • Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics
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Classical Fighting Arts #3 • Suparinpei: Goju Ryu’s Supreme Kata
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Classical Fighting Arts #4 • Traditional Karate From Birth in Okinawa to Death in the Olympics, Part 3
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Classical Fighting Arts #5 • Some Notes on the Evolution of Modern Karate
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Classical Fighting Arts #6 • Some Thouhts on the Vital Points
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Classical Fighting Arts #7 • Death Touch, Fact or Fiction! Part 2
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Classical Fighting Arts #8 • Ch'i (Ki) and the Martial Arts
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Classical Fighting Arts #9 • Reflections on the Power Of Ch'i in the Martial Arts
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Classical Fighting Arts #10 • Memories of a Karate Man by Miyagi Hisateru Translated by Mario McKenna, M.Sc.
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Classical Fighting Arts #11 • Choki Motobu's Lost Interviews from 1936
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Classical Fighting Arts #12 • Are There Really Different Styles of Karate?
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Classical Fighting Arts #13 • Marutani: The Ultimate Competitor
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Classical Fighting Arts #14 • Enoeda: The Shotokan Tiger's Jiin Kata
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Classical Fighting Arts #15 • Chotoku Kyan's Memories of Karate (1942)
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Classical Fighting Arts #16 • An interview with Fumio Demura Part 2
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Classical Fighting Arts #17 • Minoru Higa, 10th Dan - Master of the Kyudokan Dojo
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Classical Fighting Arts #18 • Hojo Undo - The Powerhouse of Goju Ryu
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Classical Fighting Arts #19 • Isamu Arakaki - The Leader of Okinawan Karate
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Classical Fighting Arts #20 • The Karate of Chotoku Kyan
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Classical Fighting Arts #21 • Yoshio Kuba, 9th Dan Goju Ryu
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Classical Fighting Arts #22 • Interview with Seisho Itokazu
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Classical Fighting Arts #23 •An Interview With Tsutomu Nakahodo 10th Dan Uechi Ryu.
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Classical Fighting Arts #24 •An Interview with Eiki Kurashita - Goju Ryu Master •Three Heroes of Karate
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Classical Fighting Arts #25 •An Interview with Morio Higaonna Sensei, 10th Dan Hanshi •How to Stand by Isamu Arakaki Sensei, 10th Dan Hanshi
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Classical Fighting Arts #26 •The Goju Ryu Centenary Event, Okinawa 2015 •An Interview with Morio Higaonna Sensei Part 2
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Classical Fighting Arts #27 •An Interview with Takenobu Uehara Uechi Ryu 10th Dan Hanshi •Memories of the Oyama Dojo
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Classical Fighting Arts vol. 3 #51 •An Interview with Hiroshi Akamine SenseiKiyoshi, 8th Dan. •An Interview with Shuichi Aragaki Sensei by CFA Staff
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #52 •Giko Funakoshi: Father of Modern Shotokan? III •JKA Shotokan: Too Many Experts!
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #53 •Hirokuni Yamashiro: The First Interview •Gogen Yamaguchi: The Cat of Goju Ryu
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #54 •An Interview with Yoshio Kuba •Modern Martial Arts
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #55 •Choko Kiyuna Sensei, 10th Dan Director General, Karate Shinkokai •Hiroshi Higaonna’s The Japanese Way of Karate Do
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #56 •Okinawa Karate Kaikan •Choshin Chibana's Karate Legacy
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #57 •An Interview with Isshin Ryu’s Tsuyoshi Uechi •Choshin Chibana’s Karate Legacy Part 2
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Classical Fighting Arts vol.3 #58 •Machi Dojo:The Past and Future of Real Karate •Kuramoto Sensei at the CFA Seminars
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Vol. 3 No.8 Issue #58
Classical Fighting Arts Magazine
From Vol. 2 No.27 (Issue #50) the volume number of CFA magazine was changed to reflect the fact that we had a new distributor. However the Issue number runs consecutively, so the current issue, is Vol. 3 No.8 (Issue #58). To avoid confusion, in future we will identify specific magazines by its issue number.
CFA magazine is also available from Barnes & Noble, Hastings, and many other fine book stores. For a complete list please click here.
CFA Seminars in Japan & Okinawa
Fall 2020
October 3rd– October 15th
The Okinawa Prefectural Budokan, Naha City, Okinawa.
Accepting applications now for all events at www.karatedata.org or by calling: (818) 889-3856
and by e-mail: seminars@classicalfightingarts.org
Classical Fighting Arts magazine Vol 3 Issue #59 is currently in production.
Contributing Editors
Wm. Acevedo M. Eng.
Kiko Asai-Ferreira B.A.
Robert Dohrenwend, Ph.D.
Alan T. Francis, OBE
Matthias Golinski, M.A.
Charles Goodin, J.D.
Elizabeth Guo, B.A.
Stanley Henning, M.A.
David Hooper, Ph.D.
Brian Kennedy, J.D.
Jeffrey K. Mann, Ph.D.
Mario McKenna, M.Sc.
Gary Masterson M.D.
Richard Nguyen, M.D.
Graham Noble, B.Sc.
Guy Power, M.A.
Robert Redmond J.D.
Alan Ruddock, B.Ed
Dan Smith B.Sc.
Charles Swift, B.Sc.
Mark Tankosich, M.A.
Andre Tippett
Henning Wittwer
Technical Advisors
INobuhide Asato
Fumio Demura
Minoru Higa
Morio Higaonna
Hung Ting Seng
Seiyo Itokazu
Takehiro Konishi
Yoshio Kuba
Takayuki Kubota
Eiki Kurashita
Yukiyoshi Marutani
Chosei Motobu
Tsutomu Nakahodo
Toshihiro Oshiro
Zenpo Shimabukuro
Katsuhiko Shinzato
Shigeru Takamiyagi
Iken Tokashiki
Ryuko Tomoyose
Tsuyoshi Uechi
Kunio Uehara
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