UCD Karate Library
Priceless collection of Karate literature available only to UCD Karate Club members.
List of titles
One of the benefit of being a club member is the accessibility to numerous martial arts books, magazines and DVDs over the years and we make these resources available for loan to those interested. If you would like to borrow an item from our library, just talk to a committee member in training, or contact us through the form below.Â
If you have a book that you would like to donate to the library, it will be greatly appreciated and will go a long way benefiting members of the club in the future.
| Identifier | Author | Year | Title | View Cover | Copies | Medium |
| UCD001 | Nishyama H and Brown RC | 1959 | Karate – The Art of “Empty Hand” Fighting | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD002 | Nakayama M and Draeger DF | 1963 | Practical Karate: Against the Unarmed Assailant – Book II | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD003 | Parker E | 1963 | Secrets of Karate | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD004 | Tegner B | 1963 | Karate – Bruce Tegner | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD005 | Dominy E | 1967 | Karate | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD006 | Suzuki T | 1967 | Karate-Do | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD007 | Nakayama M | 1968 | Karate Kata Heian 4 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD008 | Naylor CE (Ed.) | 1969 | Karate – Monthly Magazine – Number 7 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD009 | Tegner B | 1970 | Bruce Tegner’s Complete Book of Aikido and Holds & Locks | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD010 | Valera D | 1973 | Karate Competition | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD011 | Nitobe I | 1975 | Bushido – The Warrior’s Code | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD012 | Crompton PH | 1978 | Karate and Oriental Arts – No. 75 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD013 | Duk Kang S | 1978 | One-Step Sparring in Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD014 | Nakayama M | 1978 | Best Karate – Fundamentals (2) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD015 | Nakayama M | 1979 | Best Karate – Bassai Kanku (6) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD016 | Cho HI | 1981 | The Complete Martial Artist – Vol. 1 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD017 | Cho HI | 1981 | The Complete Martial Artist – Vol. 2 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD018 | Nakayama M | 1981 | Best Karate – Gankaku, Jion (8) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD019 | Nakayama M | 1981 | Best Karate – Jitte, Hangetsu, Empi (7) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD020 | Persons M | 1982 | Sampai Kenpo | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD021 | Will JT | 1982 | Advanced Kenpo Karate | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD022 | O’Neill T (Ed.) | 1983 | Fighting Arts – Vol. 5 – No. 2 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD023 | Haig M | 1985 | Combat – Vol. 11 – No. 5 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD024 | Haig M | 1985 | Combat – Vol. 11 – No. 8 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD025 | Nakayama M | 1985 | Best Karate – Bassai Sho, Kanku Sho, Chinte (9) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD026 | Quine D | 1986 | American Karate – A Complete Fitness Training and Self-Defense Program for Everyday Life | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD027 | Turnbull SR | 1986 | The Book of the Samurai – The Warrior Class of Japan | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD028 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1987 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 13 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD029 | Nakayama M | 1987 | Best Karate – Unsu, Sochin, Nijushiho (10) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD030 | O’Neill T (Ed.) | 1987 | Fighting Arts International – No. 45 (Vol. 8, No. 3) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD031 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1988 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 14 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD032 | O’Neill T (Ed.) | 1988 | Fighting Arts International – No. 48 (Vol. 8, No. 6) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD033 | O’Neill T (Ed.) | 1989 | Fighting Arts International No. 58 (Vol. 10, No. 4) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD034 | O’Neill T (Ed.) | 1990 | Fighting Arts International – No. 66 (Vol. 11, No. 6) | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD035 | Kwon | 1992 | Kwon – Power for the Martial Arts | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD036 | O’Neill T (Ed.) | 1992 | Fighting Arts International – No. 77 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD037 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1993 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 36 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD038 | Corwell R (Ed.) | 1994 | Warrior – Vol. 2 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD039 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1995 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 42 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD040 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1995 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 45 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD041 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1996 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 47 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD042 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1996 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 48 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD043 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1996 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 49 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD044 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1997 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 51 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD045 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1997 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 52 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD046 | Thompson G | 1997 | Dead or Alive – The Choice is Yours – The Definitive Self-Protection Handbook | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD047 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1998 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 55 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD048 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1998 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 56 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD049 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1998 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 57 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD050 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1999 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 59 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD051 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 1999 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 61 | View Cover | 3 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD052 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2000 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 62 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD053 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2000 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 63 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD054 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2000 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 64 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD055 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2000 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 65 | View Cover | 3 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD056 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2001 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 66 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD057 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2001 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 67 | View Cover | 3 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD058 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2001 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 68 | View Cover | 6 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD059 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2001 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 69 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD060 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2002 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 70 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD061 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2002 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 71 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD062 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2002 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 72 | View Cover | 2 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD063 | Cheetham J (Ed.) | 2002 | Shotokan Karate Magazine – Issue No. 73 | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD064 | Kanazawa H | 2006 | Black Belt Karate – The Intensive Course | View Cover | 1 | Book / Magazine |
| UCD065 | Lecourt P | Unknown | The Fundamentals of Karate Do Shotokan Ryu Kase-Ha | View Cover | 2 | DVD |
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