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Being lectured on the benefits of traditional martial arts might sound like your old Civics teacher. You just might shut your listening apparatus. But, if Sensei starts talking about his past experiences, students start gathering around. Gather around! There are subtle lessons to be learned. And the teaching is not only painless, it is actually enjoyable. From the well-known articles originally published in KICK and INISIDE KARATE, Tony Annesi offers true everyday stories from his dojo files that integrate budo (martial ways) with daily life and daily life with self-development. Martial artists will enrich the perception of their studies by linking their martial mindset to everyday life. Non-martial artists will look at the arts a new way-not just as self-defense or even as an Asian sort of self-development, but also as a way to see the physical as the philosophical.

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Tony Annesi has studied the martial arts since 1964 and has received black belts in judo, aiki-ju-jutsu, and karate. His writing started with poetry and short fiction (the first stories of 1969: Loss of Innocence were drafted in 1969) and then followed his martial arts career with columns for INSIDE KARATE MAGAZINE (Tales of the Dojo and The Dojo Files) and articles for MARTIAL ARTS MASTERS, SELF-DEFENSE WORLD, INSIDE KUNG-FU, THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER, and BLACK BELT. He has authored the privately published Cracking the Kata Code, The Road to Mastery, Principles of Advanced Budo, Sudden Attack Defense, Elevated Elementals, and Comparative Aiki in Action. His non-martial arts books include The Shangrilla Artifacts trilogy and the short story collection 1969-Loss of Innocence.

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