Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8
EAN num: 9780877287568
ISBN number: 0877287562
Label: Weiser Books
Manufacturer: Weiser Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 93
Printing Date: 1992-02
Publishing house: Weiser Books
Sale Popularity Level: 588562
Studio: Weiser Books
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Product Description:
Karate sensei Morris discusses how to create harmony between mind and boyd, and the importance of utilizing the mind to improve the technical side of martial arts. Describes various types of meditation and how to combine them with physical expercise.
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Zanshin is an interesting little book. It is a little unfocused on its overall purpose as Morris seems to cover a wide variety of topics, but does so in a pleasing way. The martial artist can get some great insights from this book such as:
Being a martial artist is not what you do, but what you are.
If you just want to win fights, then go and buy a shotgun.
In short, Morris takes you through some of his history in the martial arts and at the same time gives you some useful insights into martial arts philosophy. He spends a great deal of time focused on how meditation fits into the martial arts. I found this book interesting and enjoyed it. It is a book that addressed a part of the martial arts which many books neglect to address - meditation and the mind.
Bohdi Sanders, author of Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior
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This type of book is my favorite - personal account of experience, without 'the writer's mask'. Morris describes his training in karate, from an asthmatic and non-agile beginner to 5-dan master today. He also gives a short historical and philosophical background of meditation as it developed in feudal Japan, with technique descriptions. This is a small, some will say superficial book in terms of theory and history, but is has the mark of a personal truth which is really the most important thing in this kind of writing. I liked it a lot, and I expect anyone who is interested in martial arts or meditation or Japan will too. The cover is adopted from the famous Zen rock-garden in Ryoan-Ji , Kyoto, Japan.
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