Persimmon Wind: A Martial Artist's Journey In Japan

One of America’s foremost writers on the Japanese martial arts, Dave Lowry has authored more than one hundred articles on the topic for the most popular English-language magazines, including Black Belt, Fighting Arts International, Furyu: The Budo Journal, Karate Illustrated, and Inside Karate. He has also contributed articles on traditional Japanese culture to Winds, the in-flight magazine of Japan Air Lines. Lowry is the author of nine books on budo, including Persimmon Wind’s prequel, Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai. He is the food critic for St. Louis Magazine and has recently completed work on The Sushi Snob: A Connoisseur’s Field Guide to Sushi. Lowry lives, with his wife and son, in front of a bamboo grove near St. Louis, Missouri.Dave Lowry is the author of 'Persimmon Wind: A Martial Artist's Journey In Japan', published 2005 under ISBN 9781890536107 and ISBN 1890536105.