Harry Cook
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Henry "Harry" Wilson Cook (born in South Shields, England in 1949) is a Geordie martial artist, teacher and author.
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[edit] Biography
Cook has been a regular columnist in Europe's leading martial arts magazine Fighting Arts International, as well as contributing articles on a wide range of subjects and interviews with leading teachers and practitioners of the martial arts and related subjects. Currently he writes a regular column in Fighting Arts International (formerly Dragon Times magazine), based in California. Cook is also the author of several highly regarded martial arts books and a series of instructional videos.
He is the Chief Instructor of the Seijinkai Karate-do Association, a British based martial arts group dedicated to the practice of traditional Okinawan and Japanese martial arts and related systems.
[edit] Publications
- The Fighting Arts: Choosing the Way (Compiled by David Scott & Mick Pappas, Rider & Co Ltd, 1985)
- Elements of Zen (David Scott & Tony Doubleday, Element Books Ltd, 1992)
- Samurai: The Story of a Warrior Tradition (Harry Cook, Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1993)
- Way of the Warrior: Essays on the Martial Arts, Vol. 1 (Harry Cook, Warriors Dreams Publications, 1999)
- Shotokan Karate - A Precise History (Harry Cook, Dragon Books, 2001)
- The Shotokan Karate Book of Quotes (Clive Layton and Harry Cook, Kirby Publishing, 2001)
- Karate (Harry Cook, Raintree Publishers, 2003)
- Way of the Warrior: Essays on the Martial Arts, Vol. 2 (Harry Cook, Warriors Dreams Publications, 2004)
- Extreme Survival: Simple Rules for Staying Alive (Anthonio Akkermans, Bill Mattos, Bob Morrison and Harry Cook, Anness Publishing Ltd, 2006)
[edit] Other notes
Cook has worked in television and have been technical adviser and commentator for a number of programs dealing with the martial arts and applied self defense. One series, a three part program entitled Budo Sai, was shown nationally and received very favourable reviews from both the general public and the martial arts community.
Harry Cook has produced a four volume series of instructional videos/dvds entitled Shotokan Karate - Advanced Training Methods, produced by Tsunami Productions.
