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<div>In 1999, after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded with cash and intent on not working until he’d spent it all. It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with the greatest fighter in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history and stepping through the ropes for a professional bout. That one fight wasn’t enough. Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey into how and why we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions. Along the way, Sheridan delivers an insightful look at violence as a career and a spectator sport, a behind-the-pageantry glimpse of athletes at the top of their terrifying game. An extraordinary combination of gonzo journalism and participatory sports writing, <i>A Fighter’s Heart</i> is a dizzying first-hand account of what it’s like to reach the peak of finely disciplined personal aggression, to hit—and be hit.</div>
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Referring to _On Agression_, by Konrad Lorenz, he says
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Sam Sheridan is a smart and stable guy who wanted to put himself in the fight game to test his limits, and he found them quickly. He essentially took all the money he had to his name and used it to travel the world, studying vari...more...]]>
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Jarhead in the way it explores the nature of manhood. Aside from some ill-advised chapters on dogfighting and tai chi, it was great. I totally lost myself in Sheridan's very personal story, and it gave me a lot to think about. I'd recommend this book to any guy, but...more...]]>
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the author traveled through Asia, Brasil and the US training in a variety of martial arts with an eye to competition. Mainly interesting to me for the way he discusses boxing in the contex...more...]]>
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The book more closely resembles a collection of experiences rather than a singular dissertation on "a fighter's heart"
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