Basic Stick Fighting For Combat Book by Michael D. Echanis Tatsuya Naka The aim is to grow

The aim is to grow so comfortable wielding a stick that it is as though the stick has become an extension of your body

who gathered for a training session under the auspices of the Japan Art Sword Preservation Association

few weapons can equal the power and versatility of the shogun

Xingyi Quan is one of the three major internal martial arts

Duke demonstrates the strikes he mastered in his decorated career

Basic Stick Fighting For Combat Book by Michael D. Echanis Tatsuya Naka The aim is to growMichael D. Echanis was an American martial artist. He came from a military family, so it was no surprise that he enlisted early in his life to serve in the U. S. Army. After being injured while fighting in Vietnam, Echanis returned home and turned to studying Judo, Karate and Ninjutsu. In Basic Stick Fighting for Combat, his second book, Echanis explores Hwarangdo and its relationship to hand to hand combat. Throughout many clear, concise photographs,