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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee: Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking journey through the world of modern martial...more
Paperback, 300 pages
Published
March 3rd 2009
by Blue Snake Books
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This is the story of a 40 something who is asked by his publisher to join a Kung Fu school, and earn a black belt in a year (as if it's that easy), and write about it. The tale was pretty entertaining and got better as the author became more competent in martial arts. From a small school in backwoods Canada that actually got Royce Gracie to come out there for one of his weekend seminars, to small villages in China, and finally to Las Vegas for a UFC fight the author takes himself and the reader ...more
This sassy little book was originally intended to be an autobiographical account of a guy who tries to get a black belt in Kung Fu in a year. Fortunately, the author soon realizes the impossibility of the task and abandons it, and the book ends up taking the more compelling shape of a travel narrative as he roams around the world learning about different martial arts and meeting influential senseis.
As I write this review, it looks like Brian Preston's only other book, Pot Planet, is ab...more
As I write this review, it looks like Brian Preston's only other book, Pot Planet, is ab...more
One of my favorite books of the past year. Very funny and spiritual at the same time.
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