Waking Dragons: A Martial Artist Faces His Ultimate Test in Q&A with Goran Powell

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Waking Dragons: A Martial Artist Faces His Ultimate Test

Goran Powell

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Feb 21, 2009 Goran Powell rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Shelves: martial-arts-books

I'm the author of this book so rather than review it, I'll just tell you what it's about.

In karate, the 30 Man Kumite is a test that involves fighting 30 people in a row for one minute each in a full contact bout. The book is my own experience of the test. It includes the lifetime of martial arts training that went into it and the experiences and lessons learned from it. You don't need to know anything about martial arts to understand it - and hopefully enjoy it! ...more

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Dec 15, 2009 Pam rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, martial-arts, 5-star-favorites, 2010

Waking Dragons originally captured my attention since it is about the martial arts and I am a student of Moo Duk Kwan. The author, Goran Powell, a lifelong devotee of the martial arts, tells his story from starting Judo as a young boy to facing his ultimate challenge... a 30-man kumite. (A 30-man kumite is a test in which one person, Powell, fights 30 fresh well-trained black belts one after the other.)

Martial arts ooze from the pages. But as we follow Powell on his amazing journey, something ma ...more

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