If you are interested in JMMA and the deeper aspects of MMA itself, you will want to read this book, Soul of Fighting.
It is written by a friend of MMA-Japan.net and has some fascinating anecdotes and insights from the writer, Keith Vargo, who has been based in Japan for 20 years, training and fighting.
This writer met Keith at Takada Dojo back when Pride FC was in full swing and Kazushi Sakuraba was known as the ‘Gracie Hunter’ (later nicknamed ‘IQ Wrestler’.