The Best of Dave Lowry: Karate Way Columns 1995 to 2005 [Paperback]

Dave Lowry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2005

Dave Lowry started writing for Black Belt over 20 years ago, sharing his traditional take on the martial arts in a monthly column called "Karate Way". Lowry's entertaining, sometimes controversial voice is evident throughout his columns, gathered here for the first time. Whether examining the origins of the tonfa or the popularity of mixed-martial arts tournaments, Lowry consistently provides a unique historical and philosophical take on his subjects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 187 pages
• Publisher: Black Belt Communications (June 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897501489
• ISBN-13: 978-0897501484
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,610,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection, August 1, 2005

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L. A. Kane (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Dave Lowry: Karate Way Columns 1995 to 2005 (Paperback)

I've read Dave Lowry's column, The Karate Way, for years. It's one of the few things in Black Belt, or any other magazine for that matter, that I'm sure I'll find illuminating and am rarely disappointed. This book is a collection of 70 of Lowry's best columns from the last ten years all in one place. His essays cover just about everything related to traditional martial arts or related Asian culture. Topics are both broad and deep, including the benefits and hazards of martial arts training, budo teaching traditions, lifelong learning in martial arts, profiles of ancient and modern budo masters, tenets of the martial ways, dojo ethics, history, and techniques/applications. If you enjoy Mr. Lowry's columns as much as I have yet have not kept copies over the years, here's a phenomenal opportunity to own the best of the lot.

Lawrence Kane
Author of Surviving Armed Assaults, The Way of Kata, and Martial Arts Instruction

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Gems & Budo Wisdom, June 25, 2008

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Terry Tozer "TJSKA.com" (Reading, Bracknell, Brighton & Hove, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Dave Lowry: Karate Way Columns 1995 to 2005 (Paperback)

It just goes to show that you can never judge a book by its cover!

This book really is jam packed with gems of budo (Martial Arts) wisdom, both from Dave's own long experience and that of his and other more ancient masters.

What we have here is ten years of news columns that Dave wrote for the "Black Belt" magazine The information it contains is just as pertinent today as it was between 1995 & 2005 when they were written.

It may seem ironic to say that I've learned more about certain aspects of Karate in the first few stories here than I have teaching karate over the last eight years.

The stories are naturally short and usually cover no more than two page each illustrated throughout with black & white drawings.

Presented in Dave's usual easy to read, interesting and entertaining style, the book is laid out pleasantly and can be delved into at random if necessary from over seventy varied headings. His witty style keeps you captivated throughout and eager to read onto the next chapter.

Although Dave principally trains in Iaido, there are many references of to karate and other martial arts, therefore this book would be of interest to any budoka.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dave Lowry Redux, February 12, 2008

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Erik C. Pihl "Readerman" (Sacramento, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Dave Lowry: Karate Way Columns 1995 to 2005 (Paperback)

Whenever he writes, Mr Lowry has something interesting to say, whether or not you may agree with him. In this, "The Best of..." what you get is a series of short, easily readable essays on various aspects of the practice of the martial arts; - not a specific art, but elements which are common to all those human activities that could be included under the heading "martial arts." This book is a good, easy read, and I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in the martial atrs.