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Twenty stories & parables for young people set in a fictional martial arts training school or DOJO, located in a beautiful wilderness setting. Students interact with one another & their older instructors & learn the peaceful, enlightened essence of karate & all the martial arts. Fully illustrated in color by award winning artist Rod Cameron, the stories are set off by inspiring or enigmatic quotations from Zen Buddhism, folk wisdom, & other sources which help illuminate the heart of the martial arts: nonviolent conflict resolution, grace, clarity, mental discipline, the teacher-student relationship, self knowledge & self-esteem. Volume 1 in the "Martial Arts for Peace" series which includes MAZE OF THE FIRE DRAGON & FLIGHT OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE.Webster-Doyle, Terrence is the author of 'Eye of the Hurricane Tales of the Empty-Handed Masters', published 1992 under ISBN 9780942941258 and ISBN 094294125X.
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