My Life in the Art of Shorin Ryu Matsubayashi Ryu Karate (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781504394819)

Anthony Ferguson's love of martial arts began when he was a little boy growing up in Miami, Florida. There he would go with his brother to see kung fu movies at the theater every Saturday. As a teenager, Ferguson decided he needed to know how to defend himself from an attack after a bad experience, and fate drew him to a school that taught the style of Shorin-Ryu Matsubayashi-Ryu karate. Shortly after graduating from high school, he earned his first-degree black belt, and he has never looked back. Now he recalls his lifelong journey in practicing Shorin-Ryu karate. Using his personal narrative, he hopes to encourage others to learn about this martial art and the benefits it can bring to those who study it: discipline, focus, respect for others, self-control, and awareness. In this memoir, one man shares the story of his path in the martial arts from student to master and recounts how studying karate as a teenager changed his life for the better.

Author: Kyoshi Anthony Ferguson
ISBN-10: 150439481X
ISBN-13: 9781504394819
Publisher: Balboa Press
Language: English
Published: 03/10/2018
Pages: 202
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001