Moving Toward Stillness: Lessons in Daily Life from the Martial Ways of Japan by

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A view on martial arts today by one of its practitioners and commentators. Topics include entering the martial way, traditional martial arts in modern Western life, the paradoxes and conflicts engendered by such a path, the mindset necessary for mastering a foreign art, and more.

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Moving Toward Stillness: Lessons in Daily Life from the Martial Ways of Japan is a distillation of the most important lessons learned from a lifetime devoted to martial arts training.Drawing from his highly regarded magazine columns in Black Belt magazine, author Dave Lowry sets out lessons that not only guide us to a deeper understanding of the social values and moral imperatives that are the ancient heart of budo, but speak to us also of the universal nature of those values and of how they remain relevant to us, in the modern West. Among the 45 chapters of this martial arts philosophy book you'll find lessons addressing everything from such well-known martial concepts as "one encounter, one chance" to the art of being alone, from strategy for the modern-day battlefield to the luxury of anger, from subduing the self and bending like the bamboo to maintaining an unwavering calm in the face of death.Essays include:The Way of the MasterExcess BaggageSwimming 'Round the StoneSimple ThingsEven if I DieNot Knowing, But Doingand many more

Author Biography

Dave Lowry has been involved in the study of traditional Japanese martial arts and Ways since 1968 and has written about them for more than twenty years. His articles have appeared in magazines in the US, Japan, and the UK, including work as a long-time columnist for Black Belt magazine. He is the author of several books on Japan and budo, including Sword and Brush, Persimmon Wind, and Traditions: Essays on the Japanese Martial Arts and Ways.

Details ISBN0804831602 Author Dave Lowry Pages 200 Publisher Tuttle Publishing Language English ISBN-10 0804831602 ISBN-13 9780804831604 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Tuttle Publishing Subtitle Lessons in Daily Life from the Martial Ways of Japan Place of Publication Boston Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Residence Maryland Heights, MO, US Edition Description Original Short Title MOVING TOWARD STILLNESS ORIGIN DOI 10.1604/9780804831604 NZ Release Date 1999-02-15 US Release Date 1999-02-15 UK Release Date 1999-02-15 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-02-15 DEWEY 796.8 Audience General AU Release Date 1999-02-14 We've got this

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