The Way of the Warrior: Martial Arts and Fighting Styles from Around the World [Hardcover]

Chris Crudelli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 29, 2008

Drawing on the vast body of styles practiced around the world, including ancient and obscure styles from every continent on the planet, The Way of the Warrior is an indispensable, one-stop reference work for anyone interested in the martial-arts canon. The Way of the Warrior is divided into seven sections, with each section focusing on the indigenous and imported styles synonymous with a particular geographical region. Styles are listed chronologically by the date of their founding or first documented evidence, and feature signature moves, biographies of founders and famous exponents, guiding principles, and spiritual influences.

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About the Author

Chris Crudelli is an expert Kung-fu artist and TV host of several BBC programs, Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves, Kick Ass Miracles, and Kick Ass in a Crisis. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT; Ill edition (September 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756639751
• ISBN-13: 978-0756639754
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 10.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Reference Book On Martial Arts Around The World, October 20, 2008

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Shawn Kovacich "Shawn Kovacich" (The Greatest Little City in the World) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way of the Warrior: Martial Arts and Fighting Styles from Around the World (Hardcover)

Although the information provided in this book is very brief, it does do a terrific job on giving you a really good yet basic overview on pretty much every martial art known to man throughout the world. Now I am quite sure that not every martial art was included in this book, I would be hard pressed not to agree with the statement that at least 90+% of them were included in this book.

The author provides you with some pretty amazing color and black and white photographs on glossy paper to really enhance their effect. Although this may not be a book that you can learn a particular technique from, it is definitely a book that you can learn something from.

Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Creator of numerous books and DVD's.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Pix; Historically Inaccurate, October 9, 2009

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David Orman "Doc Wellness" (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way of the Warrior: Martial Arts and Fighting Styles from Around the World (Hardcover)

The photos that are included in this book may well worth the purchase. They are stunning and dramatic. Beautiful.

If you simply are looking at the book from this visual perspective, it is worth the purchase. However, there are so many inaccuracies noted that it would take another book to point them out or correct them. This is very disappointing since it really detracts from what could be a landmark book. It seems as it the author had the magnificent photos and simply did a quick cut & phase of historical information, disregarding the source and the seemingly countless inaccuracies. The author would have better served the public if he had a group of people who knew how to do research fill in the details of each art, checking for historical accuracy.

I wish these were corrected because it has the potential for a 5 star book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The way of the Warrior, August 22, 2009

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Jaroslav Kolcun "makoto" (Czech Republic) - See all my reviews
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The Way of the Warrior: Martial Arts and Fighting Styles from Around the World
Well, the photos are amazing....even some of the information inside are amazing....but then i found a more and more information incorrect or missing. For example there is missing founder of Russian martial art Systema (p278).....if you take a 5 minutes research, you get the name - Mr. A.A.Kadochnikov. And there is more similar "defects". You know, i would expect from such book that information will be at least on the same level as photos are and as i wrote in a beginning - photos are amazing.....Real shame that significantly decrease value of the book. If i would know this before i would think twice whether buy the book or not...