Learning to Think Like a Martial Arts Grand Master

SGM Edmund K. Parker wrote: “He who knows what will be the student. He who knows why will be the instructor.”

Modern martial artists are taught to ask “why”. But that leaves a larger question: how was a man of the modern era able to create a completely new martial art, one that even the masters of the traditional arts acknowledged as unique, effective, and innovative?

Since the boom of the 1970s, the martial arts have filled with physically talented people, while the mentally talented remain rare. This book explores the most overlooked areas of thought in the martial arts, and how to think about the elemental building blocks of every art.

What’s inside

• Master vs. Grand Master
• Opposites and reverses
• Perspective and environment
• Rationalization
• Economy, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Spontaneity
• Principles and rules
• Nuance
• Organization, classification, and categorization
• Fundamentals and the human element

Who it’s for

Martial artists of any style and rank, not only American Kenpo practitioners, who want to understand the “why” behind what they practice.