Martial Arts Today: Conversations with Leading Authorities on the Martial Arts

In this book, Mr. Mark Wiley interviews some of the leading people who are currently shaping the martial arts in the United States and abroad. Fourteen indepth personal interviews with the top people in the martial arts covering everything from research and publishing to sport and entertainment. Bruce Lee fans will love the interviews with John Little and Hawkins Cheung. Andre Morgan, Mark Dacascos, and James Lew give a candid look into the martial arts movie industry from a behind the scenes perspective. The history or Okinawan karate is covered by Patrick McCarthy and European sword arts and duelling are covered by J. Christoph Amberger. The study of Hoplology by Hunter Armstrong and martial arts sports science by Christopher D. Hess. This book has a little of something for everyone. It's a book not to be missed!

Mark Wiley is an unacknowledged American martial arts treasure. In a field cluttered with wannabes and self-promoters, nobody can touch Wiley's depth of research, personal committment to the arts and ability to strike off telling, ultra-readable prose.The 14 interviews in this current work cut vectors of enlightenment through every main vein. Here are the subheadings: The Martial Arts of A Country; On Individual Systems and Styles; Martial Arts As Sports; Martial Arts And Entertainment; Martial Arts Research And Publishing; and Martial Arts And Life.In other words, inclusive to the max. There's no better way to get an entertaining and accurate cross-section of the state of the Arts today. Great work!