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Author: John Graden Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 178
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Previously published as "Who Killed Walt Bone?" This is a highly entertaining true coming-of-age martial arts biography about a karate-crazed teen who discovers that his martial arts heroes are deep into drugs, deviant sex, and murder. John Graden joined the Florida Karate Academy at the height of the Kung Fu Boom in the 1970s led by Bruce Lee. Within a decade, he became a protege of the legendary Joe Lewis, twice voted as the greatest karate fighter of all-time. With humor and unflinching honesty, this story reads like an action movie script. Reviews "An excellent read even for people who never give martial arts a thought." -Former Reader's Digest Editor, Temple Emmet Williams "I am impressed with this wonderful book. It is as exciting as any motion picture thriller. I was VERY IMPRESSED with his point of view while relating the sometimes shocking stories."-Clark E. Hodges "I can vouch for how brilliant John Graden's literary prowess is in telling this tale."-Richard W. Jenkins "I started reading the book this morning about 10 AM and didn't put it down until about 2 PM. An easy read that kept me engaged from the very beginning." -Thomas Gordon "This is a story of a young man who finds himself in the art of karate, how his life is led astray by the instructor he idolizes. A true page-turner."-Dan Anderson "Highly entertaining must read and not just for martial artists. His easy-to-read writing style immediately draws you into his fascinating trials and tribulations"-Official Karate magazine
Author: John Graden Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
Previously published as "Who Killed Walt Bone?" This is a highly entertaining true coming-of-age martial arts biography about a karate-crazed teen who discovers that his martial arts heroes are deep into drugs, deviant sex, and murder. John Graden joined the Florida Karate Academy at the height of the Kung Fu Boom in the 1970s led by Bruce Lee. Within a decade, he became a protege of the legendary Joe Lewis, twice voted as the greatest karate fighter of all-time. With humor and unflinching honesty, this story reads like an action movie script. Reviews "An excellent read even for people who never give martial arts a thought." -Former Reader's Digest Editor, Temple Emmet Williams "I am impressed with this wonderful book. It is as exciting as any motion picture thriller. I was VERY IMPRESSED with his point of view while relating the sometimes shocking stories."-Clark E. Hodges "I can vouch for how brilliant John Graden's literary prowess is in telling this tale."-Richard W. Jenkins "I started reading the book this morning about 10 AM and didn't put it down until about 2 PM. An easy read that kept me engaged from the very beginning." -Thomas Gordon "This is a story of a young man who finds himself in the art of karate, how his life is led astray by the instructor he idolizes. A true page-turner."-Dan Anderson "Highly entertaining must read and not just for martial artists. His easy-to-read writing style immediately draws you into his fascinating trials and tribulations"-Official Karate magazine
Author: Paul H. Peck Publisher: Paul H. Peck ISBN: 9781413725520 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 84
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Paul, born the morning of Halloween 1945, began a life-long struggle with self-image, self-esteem and attention duration. With Attention Deficit Disorder in full throttle, his life was challenged from the very beginning. By age 17, he was a high school drop-out with questionable prospects. He joined the United States Air Force, believing it could lift him out of his current predicament. Managing to get through USAF tech school, he served his country for four years. Discharged and now married, he decided to attempt college and continue his struggle. One evening a friend invited him to a karate class held in a friendas garage. Paulas wife encouraged him to try it out. Paulas world changed forever. He spent the next twenty-five years pursuing excellence in his art, dodging and weaving through the political maelstroms and personalities existing in the martial arts. This is the story.
Author: Paul H. Peck Publisher: Paul H. Peck ISBN: 9781413757811 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 80
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This is the second book that Paul Peck has written about his twenty-five years of experience in the martial arts, pursuing excellence in his art and meaning in his life. This saga grew out of his need to feel safe in his rather unsafe world and his attempt to level the playing field because he felt seriously inadequate. Faced with medical problems after twenty-five years of this pursuit, this book chronicles more of his adventures and interpersonal relationships with the people he met along his path and those ensuing events.
Author: Alex Sternberg Publisher: Dream Time Publishing ISBN: 9781601660138 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 196
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Through a holistic approach to the subject, the author helps beginners and experts appreciate how martial arts can benefit their life physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Shows readers how martial arts can be a family activity, and includes personal reflection on how martial arts changed the author's life.
Author: Toby Howden Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1911586378 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 301
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For any aspiring martial artist having a real-life, hard-drinking, version of Mr Miyagi turn up on your doorstep offering to teach the secrets of the Samurai would be a dream come true. When Toby's best friend Bryan returns from travelling in Japan, along with the enigmatic kendo master Suzuki-sensei, he jumps at the chance to move to the foothills of Mount Fuji to study the traditional art of Japanese sword fighting. But from the very beginning, life as a modern-day Samurai – particularly one required to work in a stifling paper factory – proves even more challenging than becoming the real ‘Karate Kid’. Despite a toe-curling disregard for the rules and Japanese social etiquette, they are drawn kicking, screaming, and laughing into the fascinating no-nonsense world of Bushido – The Way of the Warrior.
Author: Ariel Teal Toombs Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0345816218 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 434
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The biggest pro wrestling bio since Bret Hart's Hitman: legendary Rowdy Roddy Piper's unfinished autobiography, re-conceived and completed by his children, actress/musician Ariel Teal Toombs and wrestler Colt Baird Toombs. In early 2015, Roderick Toombs, aka Rowdy Roddy Piper, began researching his own autobiography with a trip through Western Canada. He was re-discovering his youth, a part of his life he never discussed during his 61 years, many spent as one of the greatest talents in the history of pro wrestling. Following his death due to a heart attack that July, two of his children took on the job of telling Roddy's story, separating fact from fiction in the extraordinary life of their father. Already an accomplished wrestler before Wrestlemania in 1985, Roddy Piper could infuriate a crowd like no "heel" before him. The principal antagonist to all-American champion Hulk Hogan, Piper used his quick wit, explosive ring style and fearless baiting of audiences to push pro wrestling to unprecedented success. Wrestling was suddenly pop culture's main event. An actor with over 50 screen credits, including the lead in John Carpenter's #1 cult classic, They Live, Piper knew how to keep fans hungry, just as he'd kept them wishing for a complete portrait of his most unusual life. He wanted to write this book for his family; now they have written it for him.
Author: Mark D Bishop Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244985928 Category : Languages : en Pages : 268
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Explosively direct: Always one to stand his ground for technical reality and historical fact, this work reflects the quality and sheer scale of information in the author's previous works. Poignant questions are asked, debates are raised and down-to-earth, enlightening answers are given. Much of what is considered to be tradition by many a karate-ka is shown to be not necessarily the case. If you think the closed-fist punch is standard fair, read the facts. If you have been taught that karate is an ancient Japanese art founded on violence, reconsider the fiction. If you think karate training is for self-development, absorb the wisdom. If you seek the truth about zen, enjoy the magic. Packed with until now undisclosed information, this book leads the way for the mature karate-ka to discover those hidden treasures that lie beneath the surface. Fifty years of training will give any teacher insights and Mark D Bishop has more than most to offer. Read, absorb, be enriched & uncover your true self, through karate
Author: Julie Phung Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 059517017X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 174
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Alix watches in horror as the body of her friend, Ted, slumps to the floor. She slowly lowers the razor sharp Japanese katana to the floor and watches the hopeless attempts to save Ted. Who was stalking Alix and her karate instructor and could she discover the identity of the person before someone else dies? Only her instuctor, David, has the information she needs and he isn't going to invade his privacy to tell her. It's all up to her now.
Author: Hidetaka Nishiyama Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 146292073X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 321
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Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting is the definitive guide to Shotokan Karate--the most widely practiced style of Karate--and has inspired millions of Karate practitioners worldwide. Authored by one of the great masters of the art, Hidetaka Nishiyama, this book is a classic, groundbreaking work on the sport of Karate, and one of the first published in English. An Olympic sport, Karate is today practiced by over 100 million people worldwide. Nishiyama began his training under the instruction of Gichin Funakoshi, the legendary founder of Shotokan Karate. He helped establish the Japan Karate Association and, as head of the JKA's instructors training program, was instrumental in bringing Karate to the U.S. and other Western countries. When he arrived, he proceeded to train the first great generation of Karate instructors spawning a whole new generation of martial artists. Highly accessible and richly illustrated with over 1,000 photographs, this book is a comprehensive manual with step-by-step instructions to all the basic movements and techniques of Karate. Topics covered include: A brief history of Karate Theories and principles of the martial art Effective training and exercise methods Karate techniques including stances, blocks and attacks Defenses against weapons With a new foreword by Ray Dalke, who trained under Nishiyama and, at 8th Dan, is the highest ranking American in Shotokan Karate, Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting provides analyses from the standpoint of physics, physiology, philosophy, and body dynamics. The book's techniques apply to all styles of the martial art and is a valuable reference for any Karateka--stressing Nishiyama's lesson that mastery of the basics is not the end but merely the beginning of a lifelong journey.
Author: Erec Stebbins Publisher: Twice Pi Press ISBN: 194236055X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 370
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A harsh and punishing world. Synths, Trunes, and the remnants of humanity battle each other and an unforgiving landscape. Survival is the meaning of life. "STEBBINS HAS A PENCHANT FOR THE UNEXPECTED, EVEN FOR THE GENRE" -Foreword Reviews, Daughter of Time trilogy The Complete Hard Time Series: A speculative fiction serial of adventure novellas. This omnibus contains all six books that complete the saga: Metal, Longhorn, Cult, Trune, Synth, and Deity. Book 1, METAL: a woman finds herself in two different worlds, as two different people. In one she is a criminal, sentenced to a new and terrible punishment. In the other, she is a stranger and then a prophet, granted the visions of God. Book 2, LONGHORN: a man awakes in a terrifying landscape without shelter, explanation, or memory. Join him as he searches for answers and struggles to survive. Find out if life and knowledge of his past are truly worth the price. Book 3, CULT: missionaries arrive on a holy quest to fulfill their scriptures. But the desert has other plans. Will they escape with their faith, or even their lives, intact? Book 4, TRUNE: a long awaited arrival bursts into the world, slaughtering all that stand in her way. As characters from previous novels reappear and unify, will they survive to understand their greater destiny? Book 5, SYNTH: an ancient guardian faces a foe that could destroy them all. Can the last remnants of humanity escape the terrible wrath pursuing them from the past? Book 6, DEITY: an entity guides a motley crew of creatures toward a new beginning in a planet's last gasp at life.
Author: John Graden
Author: John Graden
Author: Paul H. Peck
Author: Paul H. Peck
Author: Alex Sternberg
Author: Toby Howden
Author: Ariel Teal Toombs
Author: Mark D Bishop
Author: Julie Phung
Author: Hidetaka Nishiyama
Author: Erec Stebbins