Meditation and the Martial Arts

by Michael L. Raposa

Book Overview

The relationship between meditation and the martial arts is a multifaceted one: meditation is one of the practices in which martial artists engage in order to prepare for combat, while the physical exercises constituting much of the discipline of the martial arts might well be considered meditative practices. Michael Raposa, himself a martial arts practitioner, suggests there is a sense in which meditation may in turn be considered a form of combat,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813922380
• ISBN13: 9780813922386
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"