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Covering topics such as traditional martial arts styles, true power of martial arts, the need for both the skills and the will, embodying traditional martial arts and the future of martial arts, Traditional Martial Arts: A Portrait of a Living Art is a perfect compilation for anyone who wishes to have a single source for the fundamentals of the original martial arts as practiced in the East. The book presents traditional martial art as it is and then advances a simple way through the variety and challenges ahead of us as we collectively strive to create a lasting martial arts culture based on its time honored universal principles. It is an essential reading for both martial artists and non-martial artists.

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Within the past three decades, Dr. Wanjohi Kibicho has been engaged in the study of several martial arts styles: Shotokan Karate-do, Judo, and Goju-Ryu Karate-do. He has also trained more briefly in Tae Kwon-do. His martial arts study has included reading, scholarly investigation and regular practice. Although his present interest is in karate-do as a way to achieve health and peace of mind, Dr. Kibicho stresses the importance of practicing other forms of authentic martial arts to attain one's full human potential. Dr. Kibicho has over twenty years of university teaching experience and has written eight books and twenty-three journal articles mainly on tourism management. This is his second book on martial arts - the first one being, Traditional Martial Arts: The Untold Story.

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