Dueling with O-sensei: Grappling With the Myth of the Warrior Sage Book by Ellis Amdur (1st Edition) Leon Jay Single leg dive

Single leg dive

We will introduce the "weapon technique" that has been handed down as a traditional martial art of Japan and China

hammer fists

Takahiko Ishikawa

After the war Miyagi Sensei began to teach the best of his handful of young students as much of his system as he felt they could absorb

Dueling with O-sensei: Grappling With the Myth of the Warrior Sage Book by Ellis Amdur (1st Edition) Leon Jay Single leg diveIf you are a long time martial artist, you have likely been either the recipient, the victim or both of the 'wise old master' phenomenon, whereby budo students reverentially enfold their teachers as martial, moral and mystical juggernauts sans reproach, in which case, this book will make you clench your fists and laugh out loud, often while reading the same sentence. Iconoclastic, rebellious, yet fiercely holding to some of the most traditional values