The Ultimate Athlete

by George Leonard

Book Overview

We are born with the God-given right to move efficiently, gracefully, and joyfully. We lose this right only through society's mind-body split, faulty modes of physical education, and overemphasis on " winning." George Leonard's simple and radical notion is that within each of us, regardless of age, sex, or physical condition, there exists an ultimate athlete waiting to be born. With a poet's passion, fifth-degree aikido black belt Leonard evokes the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067073845X
• ISBN13: 9780670738458
• Release Date: August 1975
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.