Stephen Kaufman's Books
Nov.10.2012
The Way of the Modern Warrior is an explanation of the ethos of Japan's samurai warriors, practiced for over 1000 years. The author, Hanshi Stephen Kaufman, has been a warrior for 50 years, first as a member of the military, then as an advisor to the military, and finally as one of the world's most distinguished martial artists. In his years of experience he has collected the...
Feb.13.2012
In the tradition of The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings, Stephen Kaufman's The Shogun's Scroll offers timeless advice on success in war and life. Written in the voice of Hidetomo Nakadai, a late twelfth century scholar and servant in the court of Minamoto Yoritomo—the first shogun of Japan and one of the world's most ruthless generals—this treatise can be used as a guide for...
Jul.01.2011
The Art of Stick Fighting is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of self-defense with a walking stick, cane, or umbrella. These everyday implements are legal to carry and can be wielded just as effectively as a Japanese bo, a wooden staff, or a Brooklyn baseball bat. You will learn how to select a "stick," grip it correctly, and apply simple but effective self-defense...
Mar.24.2011
Practicing Self-Revealization Acceptance - 52 Weekly Ascensions to Empower Your Life enables the individual to ascend to higher levels of consciousness than previously attained by any method ever taught: religious or secular. Going beyond the boundaries of hidden mysticism, Practicing Self-Revealization Acceptance - 52 Weekly Ascensions to Empower Your Life totally revamps...
Dec.01.2009
The phenomenal success of the author’s original interpretation of Musashi’s Book of Five Rings was the inspiration that eventually led to the creation of the volume you now hold in your hands. A chance meeting of two incredibly diverse human beings led to a collaboration that came as a result of their own personal relationship.
Hanshi Kaufman taught the principles of the “...
Dec.02.2008
NATO headquarters in Brussels is blown up by unknown terrorists who demand an exorbitant amount of money from the Allies. If their demand is not met within 72 hours, they will start to kill world leaders in alphabetical order. Bruno Falesco, head of Interpol, needing fast action and absolute secrecy presses into action the man who helped him with the Central Park case and the...
Dec.01.2008
The idea for this book came about as Peggy Thompson and I started to discover each other’s work. When Peggy suggested that we do this book and use as captions, words from my book, The Living Tao, I knew we would have a winner. The only difficulties we encountered in the creation of this work was how many and which pictures and what sayings to use and the 3000 mile distance between...
Aug.30.2008
Self-Revealization Acceptance helps you enhance your personal definitions, empowering you with answers that are realistic, practical and proven. It cuts through new-age mumbo-jumbo and mystical philosophy to explain, in terms easy to understand, how every person is all-powerful and can attain anything desired once the ability to command the creative power of the universe is...
Aug.29.2008
Hanshi is the highest rank attainable in the martial arts world. To receive this rank a man must be a very skilled and field-proven warrior, an exemplary teacher and a leader of men. But he is also a person. He prefers anonymity unless something extraordinary brings him to the forefront where he must use his inordinate talents.
Hanshi David Mann lives in New York City and is one of...
Aug.28.2008
Sun Tzu's Art of War is perhaps the best-known and most highly regarded treatise on strategy yet written. Compiled well over two thousand years ago, its principles are as applicable to the boardroom as they are to the battlefield.
Unlike contemporary translations that have focused too heavily on applying this military classic to corporate conflicts, this definitive interpretation...
Aug.27.2008
In a synthesis of their teachings and based on the author's two major best-selling works, Musashi's Book of Five Rings, and Sun Tzu's Art of War, Stephen Kaufman expresses the views of the masters to address realistic strategies for the development of business negotiation skills for today's world without ambiguous metaphor and academic phraseology. A martial-thinking approach...
Aug.27.1996
Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching or Book of the Way is the ancient text on the art of living a comfortable and stress-free life. This unique interpretation of the Taoist philosophy presents Lao Tzu's message clearly and in a direct manner that avoids confusing mystical explanations. To Hanshi Stephen Kaufman, A distinguished martial arts grandmaster and educator, the Tao Te Ching is simply a...
Aug.29.1994
Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings is well known as a book of strategy. However, Musashi himself was a martial artist - the greatest warrior Japan has ever known - and the Five Rings was his definitive treatise on mortal combat.
This classic work interprets Musashi's Five Rings specifically for the martial artist - as it was originally intended. It explains the truths...
If you're gonna play, play. Don't play!”
—Stephen F Kaufman - Hanshi's Apothegms
About Stephen
Stephen F. Kaufman is an acknowledged master speaker and educator and a teacher of ancient wisdom made practical for contemporary global society who entertains and educates audiences and groups by presenting the notions of what the ancient...
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