Harry Cook (martial artist)
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Henry "Harry" Wilson Cook (born in South Shields, England in 1949) is a Geordie martial artist, teacher and author.
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.
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)
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.