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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Issai Chozanshi
Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa
Translated by William Scott Wilson

Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Shambhala | Comics & Graphic Novels - Manga - Historical Fiction; Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Philosophy - Eastern
978-1-61180-021-0 (1-61180-021-8)

March 12, 2013 | $17.95

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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
Written by Sean Michael Wilson and Issai Chozanshi, Illustrated by Michiru Morikawa, Translated by William Scott Wilson

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781611800210
Our Price: $17.95
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A graphic novel version of this classic collection of martial arts parables, written by Issai Chozanshi, an 18-century samurai, brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way.  The stories, which feature demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that...


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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts

Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Shambhala | Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Philosophy - Eastern
978-1-59030-989-6 (1-59030-989-8)

November 13, 2012 | $21.50

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The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
Written by William Scott Wilson and Issai Chozanshi

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781590309896
Our Price: $21.50
   Quantity: 1 


This collection of parables written by an eighteenth-century samurai is a classic of martial arts literature. The tales are concerned with themes such as perception of conflict, self-transformation, the cultivation of chi (life energy), and understanding yin and yang. Some of the parables seem light and fanciful, but they offer the...


              
              



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