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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. from cover Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reaveals to you how the daily applicaton of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise but gave him the mental discipline to control his personal problems-self-image, work pressure, competition. Indeed, mastering the spiritual goals in martial arts can dramatically alter the quality of your life-enriching your relationships with people, as well as helping you make full use of all your abilities. Joe Hyams began his involvement in the martial arts in 1952 as one of Ed Parker's first students in kenpo-karate. He has studied jeet-kune-do with Brukce Lee in addition to eight other martial arts disciplines. A black kbelt in karate since 1969, Joe stillpracitces wing-chiun. His other hobbies havae included fencing, flying, and racecar driving. Joe Hyams began his writing career as a US Army Combat Correspondent in the South Pacific during World War II. In 1951 he joined the New Your Herald Tribune and was soon sent to Hollywoood as the west Coast Bureau Chief. Within a few months he became one of that paper's most widely syndicated columnists, with more than 3,000 news stories to his credit, and for a decade he was the most highly paid magazine writer in the world, his byline appearing in almost every major magazine. He has also written sixteen books, ranging from his autobiography, Mislaid n Hollywood, to biography, including Bogie, the bestselling story of Humphrey Bgart. He has written three books on tennis and has two books currently being filmed. He is also the author of numerous screen plays and two novels: The Pool and The Last Award. The author lives in Beverly hills, California, with his wife actress Elke Sommer, and five dogs. Kenneth McGowan's photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in solo photo shows at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York and the Green Collections in Tokyo. He has had his photographs published internationally in Zoom Magazine (Paris), camera Mainichi (Tokyo), Foto (Stockholm), and Art Forum (USA). Doug Coder's photographs have been exhibited in group shows in Los Angeles at the Cirrus Gallery, the Frankfort Gallery, and the galleries of California State University at Long Beach and of Chapman College. This is the first time Ken and Dug have collaborated on the photography for a book. contents Acknowledgments Zen in the Martial Arts Empty your Cup Process Not Product Seize the Moment Conquer Haste Know Your Limits Even the Masters Have Masters Lengthen Your Line Do Not Disturb Active Inactivity Extend Your Ki Zen Breathing Go With the Current Anger Without Action Recognize a True Threat Kime: Tighten Your Mind Mushin: Let Your Mind Flow Instinctive Action Un-Thinking Pain Effortless Effort Make a Friend of Fear Confident Seeing The Power of Focus Multiple Options Martial Arts Without Zen Karate Without Weapons Winning by Losing My friend Dan told me this was the book that changed his life, or something to that effect. So I bought it. It was an easy read, short, concise, to the point and full of deep nuggets of wisdom pertaining to the practice of the martial arts and to life itself. Joe Hyam practiced the martial arts under a number of renown Sifu, the most famous of which was Bruce Lee. This connection brought back memories of the time in my own past where I was obsessed with the Little Dragon. Even though it has been a few years since I have delved into his writings, much of it came back to life in my mind. Of course Joe Hyam had more to say that just a sequence of Bruce Lee vignettes. Foremost amongst them are the ideas of being in the flow and practicing the art with great concentration and vigor but also with singular attention of not trying. He also speaks of the kind of decision making that Daniel Kahnemann explores in his Thinking: Fast and Slow and Michael Lewis' The Undoing Project. I am now thinking on these themes and trying to piece all of the ideas together. For this I felt the book was a great find for me personally. I was pleasantly surprised by his mention of the concept of flow and trying not to try, these are things that I had just read about in the past few years, yet in his crude but very concise way, Hyam was able to explain these concepts in a tiny book. I was actually quite impressed. The elegant part of the book is that Hyam was able to put what he had to say in short 2-3 page chapters, he does so with great clarity and follows them up with pertinent quotes. This is a great book to keep with me as a reminder of the lessons. I was also disheartened to read that Joe Hyam had passed away in 2008, this was an older book. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."--Samurai Maximum. Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reveals to you how the daily application of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise but gave him the mental discipline to control his personal problems-self-image, work pressure, competition. Indeed, mastering the spiritual goals in martial arts can dramatically alter the quality of your life-enriching your relationships with people, as well as helping you make use of all your abilities. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I picked this book up for under a dollar in a thrift store, so I definitely got my money's worth it was also an easy, very, very short read. I devoured this thing in less than an hour. All said I would recommend this book if you can snag it for anywhere under a couple of bucks. ( )