Jim Mather

Jim Mather graduated from Stanford University with a degree in communications and minor in creative writing. He went on to receive a master's degree and reach PhD candidacy in education at Stanford. He has published hundreds of articles in various periodicals, including years as a columnist for Black Belt magazine. Mather has spent many years in the Japanese martial arts, holds grandmaster status, and still teaches at his San Jose dojo, California, Karate Academy, which is one of the country's...See more

Jim Mather graduated from Stanford University with a degree in communications and minor in creative writing. He went on to receive a master's degree and reach PhD candidacy in education at Stanford. He has published hundreds of articles in various periodicals, including years as a columnist for Black Belt magazine. Mather has spent many years in the Japanese martial arts, holds grandmaster status, and still teaches at his San Jose dojo, California, Karate Academy, which is one of the country's oldest schools. He is a former national champion and served for several years as a national coach for the official USA Karate Team under the US Olympic Committee. In the late 70s, he caught arrows on the old ABC TV show, That's Incredible! , and was the subject of a PBS short feature entitled The Arrow Catcher . Mather spends his days writing, teaching, and hiking along the Big Sur Coast, where he lives with his wife, Diane, and their dog, Mira. See less