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9780804835183

Legends of the Martial Arts Masters

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  • ISBN13:

    9780804835183

  • ISBN10:

    0804835187

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-09-15
  • Publisher: Tuttle Pub

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Summary

Legends of the Martial Arts Masters profiles martial arts heroes.

Author Biography

Susan Lynn Peterson is a professional writer and Gold Medallion Book Award finalist. She holds a third-degree black belt in Okinawan Shuri-ryu karate and is a USA Karate Federation national champion. She has studied karate, kobudo, Shaolin Chuan Fa, and Tai Chi Chuan, and has taught karate and kobudo at KoSho Karate San in Tucson Arizona. Her magazine articles have appeared in Black Belt, New Body, and Fighting Woman News.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(2)
Introduction 11(2)
The General Fights a Bull
13(6)
The Great Wave
19(6)
The Hard Way to Find a Teacher
25(4)
The Three Sons
29(4)
The Style of No Sword
33(4)
A Bully Changes His Ways
37(6)
The Ballad of Mu-lan
43(6)
Twelve Warriors of Burma
49(8)
Wing Chun
57(6)
The Eighteen Hands
63(6)
The Mind Is a Sword
69(4)
The Gentle Way
73(4)
Great Power, Great Control
77(6)
The Strange Disappearance of Morihei Ueshiba
83(4)
Why Mas Oyama Shaved His Head Twice
87(6)
The Bright Young Man
93(4)
A Tea Master Faces Death
97(6)
The Cat
103(4)
How Loyalty Saved Korean Martial Arts
107(4)
A Kyudo Master Makes a Bet
111(6)
Fifty Thousand High Blocks
117(3)
About the Author 120

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