A Robert W. Smith
Bibliography
(Jan 2003)
Editor’s note: Although the following list of books is complete, the list of articles is not, and readers with additions are requested to send them to the editor at jsvinth@ejmas.com. There are also about 250 published book reviews that are not listed.
For a published interview with Smith, see Russ Mason, "Fifty Years in the Fighting Arts: An Interview with Robert W. Smith," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 10:1 (2001), 36-73. Smith also appears in the television documentary Martial Arts: The Real Story (Pacific Street Films, 2000), which made its debut on The Learning Channel on July 7, 2000.
He is also mentioned in Charles Lomas, "My Meeting with Cheng Man-ch’ing and My Memory of Robert W. Smith," http://www.cmctaichiaustralia.com/anecdote.htm.
Books
Solo Authorship
A Bibliography of Judo and Other Self-defense Systems including Cognate Works and Articles (Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1959)
Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing (Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1964, 1989)
Pa-kua: Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-defense (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1967)
Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1974, 1980; Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic, 1990)
Hsing-I: Chinese Mind-Body Boxing (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1974)
Martial Musings: A Portrayal of Martial Arts in the 20th Century (Erie, PA: Via Media Publishing, 1999)
Draeger, Donn F. and Smith, Robert W. Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1980); originally published in 1969 as Asian Fighting Arts
Pittman, Allen and Smith, Robert W. Pa-kua Eight Trigram Boxing (Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1990)
Pittman, Allen and Smith, Robert W. Hsing-I: Chinese Internal Boxing (Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1990)
The Way of a Warrior (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic, 1982; 2nd edition, 1992)
Western Boxing and World Wrestling -- Story and Practice (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic, 1993)
Solo Authorship
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, July 1952, 10
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, October 1952, 25-26
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, January 1953, 14-15
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, April 1953, 7-8
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, July 1953, 10-12
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, October 1953, 13-14, http://ejmas.com/jmanly/jmanlyart_svinth3_0100.htm
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, January 1954, 6-9
"American Commentary," Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin, July 1954, 8-10
"French Boxing (La Boxe Française)," Judo, 2:9 (July 1958), 36-38, http://ejmas.com/jmanly/jmanlyart_smith_0601.htm
"French Boxing (La Boxe Française), Part II," Judo, 2:10 (August 1958), 16-17, http://ejmas.com/jmanly/jmanlyart_smith_0601.htm
"French Boxing (La Boxe Française), Part III," Judo, 2:11 (September 1958), 5-7, http://ejmas.com/jmanly/jmanlyart_smith_0601.htm
"Aikido," Judo, 3:4 (January 1959), 36-38
"Aikido," Judo, 3:5 (February 1959), 18-20
"Aikido (Commentary)" Judo, 3:7 (April 1959), 5-6
"Some Masters of Chinese Boxing," Judo, 5:5 (February 1961), 4-6
"My Trip to Tokyo," Judo, 5:12 (September 1961), 2-4
"A Tribute to E.J. Harrison, a Scholar and a Judoist," Black Belt, September 1962, http://www.blackbeltmag.com/searchdb/bbm/1962/September/14.html
"Master of the Incredible," Strength and Health, November 1962, 24-25, 46-47
"Gama the Lion, Master of the Arts," Black Belt, 1963, http://64.224.111.216/archives/blackbelt/1963/summer63/gamathelion/gamathelion.html.
"Let’s Take a Look at Chinese Boxing," Strength and Health, November 1963, 30-31, 52-55
"The Fighting Arts -- The Essentials of Tai Chi," Strength and Health, December 1964, 42, 45, 77
Letter to the Editor [regarding Fifth World Judo Championships held in Salt Lake City], Black Belt, February 1966, 48-51
"Mastery of Mind in Weightlifting," Strength and Health, August 1968, 34, 71
"A Salute to Master Cheng Man-ch’ing," T’ai-Chi Ch’uan Body and Mind, second issue (1970), 9-11
"A Master Passes -- A Tribute to Cheng Man-ch’ing," Fighting Arts International, 2:6 (1975), 8-12
"A Master Passes – A Tribute to Cheng Man-ch’ing," Shr Jung Newsletter, 1:1 (November 1975), 2-7
"Some Taiwan Notes," Tai Chi Player, December 1986, 1-3
"Zheng Manqing and Taijiquan -- A Clarification of Role," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 4:1 (1995), 50-65
"Remembering Zheng Manquing -- Some Sketches from His Life," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 4:3 (1995), 46-59
"Han Qingtang and His Seizing Art," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 5:1 (1996), 30-47
"The Masters Contest of 1926 -- An Epiphany in Judo History," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 5:3 (1996), 60-65
"Breathing in Taiji and Other Fighting Arts," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 5:4 (1996), 20-45
"Chen Weiming, Zheng Manqing, and the Difference between Strength and Intrinsic Energy," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 6:1 (1997), 50-61
"Da Lu and Some Tigers," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 6:2 (1997), 56-69
"General Gao Fangxian and the Vitality of Northern Shaolin Boxing," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 7:3 (1998), 32-41
"Donn Draeger -- A Lifelong Embodiment of the Samurai Code," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 8:3 (1999), 18-33; it appears in Martial Musings and at http://koryu.com/library/rsmith1.html
Guterman, A. and Smith, Robert W. "Neurological Sequalae of Boxing," Sports Medicine, 4 (1987), 194-210
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