On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition

The urge to forge one's character by fighting, in daily life as well as on the mat, appeals to something deep within us. More than a collection of fighting techniques, martial arts constitute a path to developing body, spirit, and awareness.On the Warrior's Pathconnects the martial arts with this larger perspective, merging subtle philosophies with no-holds-barred competition, Nietzsche with Bruce Lee, radical Taoism and Buddhism with theStar WarsTrilogy, traditional martial arts with basketball and American Indian culture. At the center of all these phenomena is the warrior. Though this archetype seems to manifest contradictory values, author Daniele Bolelli describes the heart of this tension: how the training of martial technique leads to a renunciation of violence, and how overcoming fear leads to a unique freedom. Aimed at students at any level or tradition of martial arts but also accessible to the armchair warrior,On the Warrior's Pathbrings fresh insights to why martial arts remains an enduring and widespread art and discipline. Two new chapters in this second edition focus on spirituality in the martial arts and the author's personal journey in the field.

Daniele Bolelli teaches at California State Long Beach, Santa Monica College, and UCLA. A regular contributor to martial arts magazines, he holds a 4th-degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo and is a practitioner of hsing-I, pa-kua, and tai chi chuan, and mixed martial arts. He lives in Long Beach, CA.

Introduction	p. 1
The Body as a Temple	p. 9
More Than Martial, More Than Art: Martial Arts and the Alteration of Consciousness	p. 23
In the Company of a Nomadic Samurai and a Chinese Poet Warrior: The Strategies of Martial Arts Applied to Everyday Life	p. 33
The Princess and the Warrior, the Yin and the Yang: The Feminine in the Martial Arts	p. 47
The Warrior's Rites	p. 59
In the Dojo	p. 60
When I Remember Who I Am, Nothing Is a Problem: The Practice	p. 61
The Master	p. 64
The Weapons	p. 66
Kata and Forms	p. 69
Styles (Part One)	p. 71
Styles (Part Two)	p. 73
Martial Arts, Media, and Myth	p. 75
Six Warrior Archetypes	p. 87
The Samurai	p. 88
The Ninja	p. 91
The Searchers	p. 93
The Hermit	p. 94
The Ronin	p. 95
The Tribal Warrior	p. 97
The Warrior As Bodhisattva	p. 101
Making Order Out of Chaos: A Typology of Martial Arts Styles	p. 115
Introduction	p. 117
The Model	p. 118
Performance Arts	p. 119
Internal Arts	p. 121
Weapon Arts	p. 124
Self-Defense Arts	p. 127
Combat Sports	p. 130
Grappling	p. 131
Striking	p. 134
Combined Combat Sports	p. 137
Conclusion	p. 137
Finding the Buddha in a Cage: The Difficult Marriage Between Martial Arts Philosophy and No-Holds-Barred Competition	p. 141
Epistemological Anarchism: The Philosophy of Jeet Kune do	p. 153
Introduction	p. 154
Not New, Yet New	p. 157
The Break with Chinese Tradition	p. 159
If You Meet the Buddha, Kill Him: JKD's Allergy for Authority	p. 163
Martial Arts Styles as Ideological Prisons: Freedom from Belonging	p. 166
Using No Way as the Way: Lee's Epistemological Anarchism	p. 171
Simplicity	p. 176
Philosophy Goes to the Movies (And Spills Popcorn All Over Itself)	p. 177
Jeet Kune Do as the Archetypal Martial Art of the 1960s	p. 181
Sacred and Profane: Combat Sports As Athletic Philosophy	p. 185
On Failed Friendships, Martial Arts, Nietzsche, and Self-Perfection	p. 201
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On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology

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