Zen Way to Martial Arts

At last: a book on the martial arts from a true Zen master. <b>Taisen Deshimaru</b> was born in Japan of an old samurai family and he recieved from the <b>Great Master Kodo Sawaki</b> the Transmission of Mind to Mind when Sawaki died. In 1967 Deshimaru-Roshi went to France and taught as a missionary general of the Sato Zen School until his death in 1982. In Europe he learned how to make Oriental concepts understandable to the Western mind. One of the results of that experience was this book: a series of lessons question-and-answer sessions and <i>koans</i> (riddles or anecdotes that point out general principles) that provide practical wisdom for all students of the martial arts--kendo aikido iai-do jodo or archery--as well as for the general reader interested in Zen.