Thursday, November 6, 2008

Book Review : "Myths and Legends of the Martial Arts" (P. Lewis)

Great! This book is an anthology of Martial arts short stories. You will read about Kung-fu, karate, ninja, judo, tai-chi chuan and others. The short stories make the book easy to read, at any time of the day (or night!) It presents as well great ways from the martial arts and thoughtful legends which makes one to think about one's own life and situation (well at least it did for me!). As it said in the back of the book "Each (novel) is a jewel of enlightened wisdom, offering insight and delectation to students of the martial arts and lovers of eastern wisdom".
The philosophy behind each art is presented through the use of stories of well-know heroes of each presented martial arts. Poetry is not absent from this collection of novels.

I highly recommend it to martial art practitioners (beginners or advanced) but also to anyone searching for a bit of enlightening thoughts about life. A strong 8.5/10 and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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Karima said...

Hi there!

Thanks for that! Have already check a few posts especially for the techniques (e.g. stretching).
Great stuff!

//K