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Zen in the Martial Arts

May 7, 2010


  • ISBN13: 9780553275599
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Product Description”A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action. “–Samurai Maximum. Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyam reveals to you how the daily application of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise but gave him the mental discipline to control his personal problems-self-image, work pressure, competition. Indeed, mastering the spiritual goals in martial arts can dramatically alter the quality of your life-enriching your relationships with people, as well as helping you make use of all your abilities. . . . More >>

Zen in the Martial Arts

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5 Responses to “Zen in the Martial Arts”

  1. M. Farmer on May 7th, 2010 10:59 pm

    Reading this book must have been what it was like being forced to sit through a Werner Earhard Seminar Training session back in 1973. This book was filled with a bunch of hippie nonsense drenched in name dropping comparable to the magic aura that EST aficionados must have seen around June Lockhart as she led the EST meetings back at the Holiday Inn in Long Beach over three decades ago. I was fully expecting an entire “chapter” on the word “try”, and how it’s not really needed in the language, as you either do something or you don’t, blah blah blah. At least this entire read was barely an hour, unlike the eight or more hours of torture at EST meetings. I have not studied any form of the martial arts and yet I have also had two dental fillings sans Novocaine. Now all I have to do is get a future film star to re-concrete my driveway, pick up a tennis racquet, have lunch with a has been b-movie screenwriter, write a novel as bad as this review, and BINGO, a Zen master I become. Besides, my wife is hotter than Elke Sommer even in her heyday, so I’ve already got that covered.
    Rating: 1 / 5
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  2. Daiun on May 8th, 2010 12:30 am

    Where did all the 5 star reviews come from? This book is little more than an egotistic, self promoting, shallow piece of tripe. Joe Hyams is no maritial artist, no Zen Roshi, and a nobody. Much better to buy ‘The Zen Way to the Martial Arts’ or ‘Zen and the Art of Archery’.
    Rating: 1 / 5
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  3. Anonymous on May 8th, 2010 2:54 am

    and nothing about Zen. And the little there is is simply cut and paste from other places.
    Rating: 1 / 5
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  4. Anonymous on May 8th, 2010 5:21 am

    I can’t understand how anyone could give this book a good review. It’s nothing more than a series two page explanation of some very difficult concepts, and most of the explanations are either slightly off or just plain wrong. The author makes it sound like all you need is for someone to explain what Mushin means and “poof” you can now attain “no mind”. It doesn’t work thatway folks. His anecdotes are ridiculous! I especially like the one where he is told that pain doesn’t hurt if you simply put your mind elsewhere, and then he claims to have simply performed this feat next time has oral surgery. LOL. . . right! People that can pull off this kind of feat work at it for years. It doesn’t just happen! I happen to be a big believer in the Zen/Martial arts connection. That’s why I bought this book. The mental aspects of the martial arts are every bit as important as the physical ones. But read something instead like “The Zen Way to the Martial Arts”, which is a much better book IMHO.
    Rating: 1 / 5
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  5. Anonymous on May 8th, 2010 6:33 am

    Unbelievably shallow. As one of the reviewers has put it: “just name-dropping and ego filling. ” There are much better books on the subject: “Zen and Japanase Culture” by Suzuki, “Zen in the Art of Archery” by Herrigel, “The Zen Way to the Martial Arts” by Deshimaru.
    Rating: 1 / 5
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