The first volume presents the history of many traditional and non-traditional wushu styles, details and fascinatingly tells about mystical teachings, Taoist magicians, Shaolin Monastery and training methods for monks. The reader will learn about the relationship between Buddhism and Wushu, Wushu and social forces, understand appreciate the realities of the diverse world of Chinese Wushu. In the second volume, the reader will find the rarest materials about the military practice of samurai and secret training of ninjas, stories about judo and aikido, karate and methods of combat with improvised means of kobuko, the art of fighting with kando swords and the mysterious training of mountain monks Yamabushi. Questions such as: did ninjutsu art exist in reality; why Okinawans did not recognize Japanese martial arts; what the "father of karate" Ginichi Fukanashi thought about before his death, and much more.