Living the Martial Way A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think

by Morgan, Forrest E.

• ISBN13: 9780942637762
• ISBN10: 0942637763
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-01-01
• Publisher: Barricade Books Inc

Summary

A step-by-step approach to applying the Japanese warrior's mind set to martial training and daily life.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(2)
Introduction	3	(2)
Background on the Martial Arts	5	(4)
Martial Arts, Martial Ways, and the Martial Way	9	(1)
Why Practice the Martial Way Today?	10	(1)
The Design of This Book	11	(6)
PART ONE: THE WAY OF TRAINING
The Warrior Mind-Set	17	(16)
Getting the Mind-Set	24	(1)
Acknowledge Your Warriorship	25	(2)
Pursue Internal Versus External Objectives	27	(6)
Your Martial Destiny	33	(18)
Doctrine, Strategy, and Tactics	36	(4)
Choose Your Strategic Foundations	40	(1)
Analyze the Threat	41	(1)
Evaluate Your Physical and Emotional Assets	42	(1)
Select a Doctrine	43	(1)
The Pitfalls of Narrow Doctrine	44	(3)
Build Your Skills Around a Doctrinal Core	47	(4)
Train as Warriors Train	51	(24)
Make Training a Daily Regimen	54	(2)
Employ Shugyo in your Training	56	(5)
Take a Jutsu Approach to Training	61	(14)
The Warrior's Way of Strategy	75	(26)
Plan Your Strategy in Four Phases	79	(1)
Identify Your Strategic Objectives	79	(2)
Collect Intelligence	81	(2)
Plan for Environment	83	(2)
Program for Engagement	85	(2)
How to Develop Tactics	87	(11)
Read Your Opponent	98
Control the Fighting Range	90	(2)
Feint Effectively	92	(1)
Use Rhythm and Timing	93	(2)
Avoid, Evade, and Intercept	95	(6)
The Warrior's Spell Book	101	(36)
Kiai and Aiki	103	(4)
Find Kokoro	107	(4)
Practice Haragei	111	(5)
Develop Kokyu Chikara	116	(2)
Apply Kime	118	(4)
Practice Kata With Utmost Seriousness	122	(1)
Mushin---Mind Without Thinking	123	(5)
Zanshin---So Alert You Dominate	128	(9)
PART TWO: THE WAY OF HONOR
The Foundations of Honor	137	(20)
The Basic Tenets of Honor	142	(1)
Obligation	143	(1)
Justice	144	(4)
Courage	148	(1)
Honor and Face	149	(3)
Develop Your Own Sense of Honor	152	(5)
Honor in Action	157	(20)
Putting Honor to Work	159	(1)
Truthfulness	159	(2)
Courtesy	161	(2)
Restraint	163	(2)
Loyalty	165	(5)
Service	170	(1)
Honor in the Fog of Life	171	(6)
Revenge and Suicide: Perversions of Honor	177	(18)
The Forty-Seven Faithful Ronin	180	(2)
Revenge and the Scales of Honor	182	(4)
Suicide: Courage or Cowardice?	186	(2)
Standards for Planning Revenge and Suicide	188	(7)
PART THREE: THE WAY OF LIVING
Warrior Fitness	195	(32)
The Great Sham of Modern Martial Arts	197	(2)
The Qualities of Warrior Fitness	199	(6)
Body Types and Muscle Physiology	205	(4)
The Three Pillars of Fitness	209	(1)
Train for Muscular Strength and Endurance	210	(2)
Condition for Aerobic Capacity	212	(5)
Develop Flexibility	217	(3)
Nutrition and Weight Control	220	(7)
Religion and Mysticism	227	(34)
Eastern versus Western Religious Thought	229	(2)
The Principle Asian Religious Doctrines	231	(1)
Confucianism: The Way of the Sages	232	(3)
Taoism: In Pursuit of the One True Way	235	(5)
Buddhism: Following the Eightfold Path	240	(8)
Shinto: The Way of the Kami	248	(4)
Mysticism and the Danger of Cults	252	(4)
Martial Arts Training and Religious Convictions	256	(5)
The Warrior Stands Alone	261	(20)
The Three Keys to Warrior Dignity	264	(1)
Develop a Commanding Posture	265	(3)
Discover the Power of Physical Grace	268	(2)
Cultivate the Austere Quality of Shibumi	270	(4)
The Secret of Personal Power	274	(7)
Mastery and The Martial Way	281	(20)
Mastery in The Martial Arts and Ways	286	(5)
Mastery in The Martial Way	291	(10)
Appendix A: Glossary	301	(8)
Appendix B: Selected Bibliography	309