calling all martial arts

[Tom Bayley]

Please can you help?

I am currently in negotiation with a publisher over two martial arts books. The first book Get Started in Martial Arts is a step by step guide to finding the right art for you. The second book Get More from Your Martial Art is a guide to getting more from your training.

As a key principle of the books is that all martial arts have something to offer I would like to include photos of as wide a range of arts as possible - from Viking wrestling to Masi stick fighting. Do you have any photos that I could include ? I would not be able to pay for them but any photo used would receive an acknowledgement stating the club and website address of the contributor.

If you think you might be able to help please PM me.

PS – All the best to you other writers out there, it’s a long slog but in the end you will get there and it feels great !!

[Tom Bayley]

Thanks very much to those of you who have replied, just a point of clarification on the kind of subjects I am after.

The photos in my book have two purposes, to add a wow factor to draw the reader in (small framed ladies throwing heavy guys about with wristlocks etc) and, more important to me, to provide a flavour of the range of different arts available and of the cultures they come from.

The kind of subjects I am interested in are, history, culture, performance, competition, medicine, meditation, photos of a class in progress (lining up and salutes at the start, instructors teaching, stretching, strength and conditioning exercises) as well as the more obvious, striking, locking, throwing, sparring, forms and weapons.

I am not looking for photos of "big name" individuals .

Once again all help gratefully received.

Tom