Daeshik Kim, Allan Back. - The Way to Go: Philosophy in Martial Arts Practice.

The Way to Go: Philosophy in Martial Arts Practice. "This book has a deceptive and ambiguous title. Deliberately. It is an untimely book. Yet it offers a clear, unequivocal path, a way out of some of the problems and inadequacies of the present. In that sense it is timely. Let us explain. In this book we present current issues in the philosophy and methodology of the Eastern martial arts, especially as they have come to develop in the West. Thus, we do not offer here much practical advice on technique or physical exercise. Rather our concern lies with practical and moral issues of contemporary martial arts practice. We have already developed much of the theoretical basis for our approach in our other book, Martial Meditation. Here we present and amplify those aspects of it that are relevant to more applied, current concerns. Those who required a more extensive theoretical basis may refer to the other book (Daeshik Kim, Allen Back. Martial Meditation. Philosophy and the Essence of the M