1. Cutting Targets with the Japanese Sword.  Practical Tameshigiri and Battodo for the Modern Swordsman by Richard W. Babin, MD with Sensei Bob Elder.
  2. Cutting Through the Mystery.  Japanese Militry Iai-Batto-Do Volume 1 by Kyoshi Dana Abbott and Dr. Kevin D. Hufford.
  3. Classical Bujutsu. The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan.  Volume 1 by Donn F. Draeger.
  4. Classical Budo.  The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan.  Volume 2 by Donn F. Dreager.
  5. Modern Bujutsu & Budo.  The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan.  Volume 3 by Donn F. Draeger.
  6. Japanese Swordsmanship.  Technique and Practice by Gordon Warner and Donn F. Draeger.
  7. Bushido.  The Soul of Japan. A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics by Inazo Nitobe.
  8. The Unfettered Mind.  Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master.  Takuan Soho  (trans. by William Scott Wilson)