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'Kauz is a real teacher, open, generous, and undogmatic.'-Robert W. Smith, co-author of Asian Fighting Arts
Where most books on the martial arts concentrate on the physical aspect of the various disciplines, A Path to Liberation deals with the equally important spiritual side. The chapters
For the advanced martial arrtist who is ready to delve beyond the physical aspects of his chosen discipline, for the beginner who seeks active and meditative refuge from an increasingly frantic and confusing lifestyle, for all those who see martial arts as a proving ground of the spirit, A Path to Liberation is exactly what its title implies.
Herman Kauz is a fourth-degree black belt in judo and a second-degree black belt in karate. A teacher for over forty years, he is the author of The Marital Spirit (available from Overlook) and the bestselling Tai Chi Handbook.
Contents
I Introduction
II Physical exercise in Martial Arts
III Self-Defense in Marital Arts
IV Meditational Aspects of Martial arts
V Interactions Between Teachers and Students
VI Interaction Among Students
VII Actions and Attitudes That Hinder Development
VIII Assessing the Values of Our Training
IX Health, Diet and Drugs
X The Ideal Dojo
XI My Approach to Marital Arts Training
XII Summary
'Kauz is a real teacher, open, generous, and undogmatic.'-Robert W. Smith, co-author of Asian Fighting Arts
Where most books on the martial arts concentrate on the physical aspect of the various disciplines, A Path to Liberation deals with the equally important spiritual side. The chapters
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addresss such topics as teacher-student interactions, health, diet, and drugs, finding the ideal dojo, meditation, reconciling the physical and the spiritual sides of the martial arts, and many other important issues. Drawing on his own experiences with the various disciplines, Kauz constantly examines motives and urges the abandonment of common wrong attitudes and techniques. Freed of the counterproductive forces of ego, expectations, habit, and socialization, a student's progress quickens-and the trained mind proves as athletic, graceful, and effortless as the body.For the advanced martial arrtist who is ready to delve beyond the physical aspects of his chosen discipline, for the beginner who seeks active and meditative refuge from an increasingly frantic and confusing lifestyle, for all those who see martial arts as a proving ground of the spirit, A Path to Liberation is exactly what its title implies.
Herman Kauz is a fourth-degree black belt in judo and a second-degree black belt in karate. A teacher for over forty years, he is the author of The Marital Spirit (available from Overlook) and the bestselling Tai Chi Handbook.
Contents
I Introduction
II Physical exercise in Martial Arts
III Self-Defense in Marital Arts
IV Meditational Aspects of Martial arts
V Interactions Between Teachers and Students
VI Interaction Among Students
VII Actions and Attitudes That Hinder Development
VIII Assessing the Values of Our Training
IX Health, Diet and Drugs
X The Ideal Dojo
XI My Approach to Marital Arts Training
XII Summary
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ISBN
087951423X / 9780879514235
Publication
The Overlook Press Woodstock New York