Dueling with O-Sensei
Grappling with the Myth of the Warrior Sage
by Ellis Amdur
Paperback (Published)
(August 2016)
ISBN: 9781937439248
6.97 x 10 inches
Price: $42.95
In stock
If you are a long-time martial artist, you have likely been either the recipient, the victim – or both – of the “wise old master” phenomenon, whereby budo students reverentially enfold their teachers as martial, moral and mystical juggernauts sans reproach, in which case, this book will make you clench your fists and laugh out loud, often while reading the same sentence. Iconoclastic, rebellious, yet fiercely holding to some of the most traditional values of Japanese martial culture, Amdur brought something new to martial arts writing – a startling honesty about the flaws, not only within martial arts culture, but also within its practitioners, often using himself as an exemplar of the latter. Originally published in 2000, and now fully revised, with eight new chapters, new artwork and photography, Dueling with O Sensei, Revised and Expanded Edition will be an invaluable addition to the library of old readers and new alike.
- By (author) Ellis Amdur
"If there were an 'ordinary martial arts book', this would be its evil twin. Unflinchingly honest, writing from an unique, insider-turned-outsider's perspective, Ellis explores aspects of budo, its philosophies and dilemmas through the lens of aikido, a modern martial art whose founder is discussed in reverential tones and wrapped in quasi-religious mystique. Looking at the idea of budo-as-way-of-life and a path to personal perfection, Ellis confronts the real-world complexities and contradictions behind these simplified stereotypes, revealing insights which hold value for any martial artist or even a non-martial artist with an interest in the darker aspects of human nature." Dave Lowry, author of Persimmon Wind
—
Similar Books
![Book cover: Transitive Media [Philosophy]](https://isd.stisonbooks.com/images/books/native/9781804132340.jpg?asset_id=66970)
Sitten zwischen Moralphilosophie und Politischer Okonomie am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts
Mit einer zweisprachigen Edition von Ludwig Heinrich Jakobs Preisschrift Quelles sont les institutions les plus propres a fonder la morale d'un peuple
A Communication Ethic of Dialogic Reformation
Nicholas of Cusa on Care for Communities in Crisis
Volume 106
Ambiguum 10 of Maximus the Confessor in Modern Study
Papers collected on the Occasion of the Budapest Colloquium on Saint Maximus, 3-4 February 2021
Volume 97
Care in an Era of New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Relationships in a Connected World
Volume 14
Creation Concepts and Creation Care
Perspectives from Early Judaism, Early Christianity, and Beyond. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics XVII
Discerning Religious Truth
A Didactic Exposition of the Logic and Epistemology of the Islamic Sciences
Volume 1
Embodied Meaning and Integration
Overcoming the Abstracted Grip on Meaning in Theory and Practice (Volume IV)
Evolutionary Theory and Education
The Influence of Evolutionary Thinking on Educational Theory and Philosophy
Volume 5
Gender in Gandharan Art
Representations and Interactions in the Buddhist Context (1st-4th centuries CE)
Latin America Replies to Transhumanism
A Symposium on Sorgner’s We Have Always Been Cyborgs
Volume 1