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The Way Of The Warrior

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The Way of The Warrior series was first shown on BBC2 in the UK. This is the book of the series, a very good accompanyment is more of a synopsis that an in depth study of each art.

If you are interested in Martial Arts the book gives you a broad picture of what arts there are and how they became what they are today.

A must for the bookshelf.

The Way of the Warrior is a good overview of the martial arts. It is a beautiful book with some interesting photographs. This book gives you an introduction the the martial arts throughout the world. It covers the history of the martial arts focusing mainly on the Asian arts, although it does have one small chapter on martial systems in other parts of the world. It contains a pretty complete glossary of martial arts terms and overall is an interesting book.

The Way of the Warrior is well done and would be a good addition to the martial arts library. The photographs alone would make it an interesting coffee table book in the home of the martial artist. It is worth reading.

Bohdi Sanders, author of Warrior Wisdom: Ageless Wisdom for the Modern Warrior

According to Jerry Samuelson, Kenpo 6th Degree Black Belt, "The best book on martial arts I've ever read."
I agree, and you very well might, too.

I would have liked to see the BBC documentary this was apparently based on. It consists of a nice historical overview of martial arts history in general, a review of some of the Indian martial arts (which are too little studied, IMO), Chinese martial arts, a very obscure and beautiful Japanese sword art (Katori Shinto Ryu), Karate and modern Japanese martial arts. There are excellent photos and dramatic illustrations of all of these martial arts, along with a lot of nice history and background. It isn't "the" comprehensive martial arts book, but is a very nice introduction to some of them, and a great way to learn a bit about some of the more obscure fighting arts out there.