Via Media Publishing Company was founded with a specific quest in which research on Asian martial traditions could be published that reflected the highest academic and aesthetic standards possible.

The first goal stemmed from a desire to establish a periodical in which authors, artists, and photographers could present high quality work concerning Asian martial arts. Thus, the quarterly Journal of Asian Martial Arts was founded in 1991. The Journal covers a wide variety of fighting traditions, from the well-known such as karate, taekwondo, judo, aikido, taiji, and Shaolin, to lesser known forms of self-defense. All forms of combat (striking, grappling, locking, kicking), traditional and modern, barehanded and with weapons.

This was only the start. As a natural extension, a Book Division was started in 1999 to open new vistas to the Asian martial arts world and cultural issues beyond.

But, we plan much more and the following article, “Via Media’s Scholarly Perspective on Martial Traditions” hints at our long-range goals.Learn more...