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The science of skilled hand-to-hand fighting comes alive with the history of martial arts from its ancient beginnings in the time when Buddhist monks developed the form of nonaggressive combat in which the enemy's anger was turned back against him. Only in the last resort would the essentially non-violent monks deploy their extraordinary ability to defeat an aggressor. This is still the guiding principle in the martial arts practiced worldwide today. Explained is Karate, Jiu Jitsu, and other of the best known methods of ...

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Introduction to Martial Arts 1997, Smithmark Publishers, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780765192424

Hardcover