A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do, Updated and Revised

Author:   Alex Gillis
Publisher:   ECW Press,Canada
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781770413009


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   09 August 2016
Format:   Paperback
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A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do, Updated and Revised


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The eagerly anticipated updated return of a bestselling martial arts classic. A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do takes you into the cults, geisha houses, and crime syndicates that made Tae Kwon Do. It shows how, in the end, a few key leaders kept the art clean and turned it into an empowering art for tens of millions of people in more

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Author:   Alex Gillis
Publisher:   ECW Press,Canada
Imprint:   ECW Press,Canada
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781770413009


ISBN 10:   1770413006
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   09 August 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

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Fascinating, fast-paced, and reads more like a spy novel than a history. -- Quill & Quire


Fascinating, fast-paced, and reads more like a spy novel than a history. <i>Quill & Quire</i> A suspensefuland meticulously written history of the martial art. <i>Tae Kwon Do Times</i>


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Alex Gillis is a journalist and university writing instructor in Toronto. He has trained in various styles of Tae Kwon Do and other martial arts for approximately 35 years. He first heard the incredible tales of the art from one of his instructors and entered the back rooms and high-stakes world of Choi Hong-Hi, Kim Un-yong, and other Tae Kwon Do leaders to find the truth about their art.

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