Martial Arts of the Orient

by Peter Lewis

Book Overview

The martial arts of Southeast Asia, China and Japan have as their ultimate aim mastery over self, complete awareness, and harmony with gravity and body structure. This book reveals and explains the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083175804X
• ISBN13: 9780831758042
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An interesting thing about this book.

In the Jujitsu section,the authors say that Jujitsu was an effective art,and with the right promotion it would catch on. Now this was in the 70's when they said this. With the popularity of the UFC through the Gracie family, Jujitsu,particularly Brazilain Jujitsu,has caught on, and almost every serious martial artist is learning it. It's funny how the authors of this book almost predicted Jujitsu's present day popularity.