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Art of Killing, The: The Story of Tae Kwon Do
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #79093 in Books
- Published on: 2008-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Customer Reviews
Recommended For all TKD'ers
This book is amazing for anyone who enjoys martial arts, it is incredibly well researched and charts TKD for both ITF and WTF and reveals some amazing stuff regarding both the art and it connections to Korean politics (KCIA).
It read like a novel and will be interesting for anyone with a remote interest in how martial arts came to be (ie. their true roots).
The book is as alarming as it is saddening, it shows Gen Choi as a man who fought against the might of Korea for his art, how corrupt SK was and the lengths it went to and also some sad steps he took for that fight!
Highly recommended to one and all! And a must read for all who do TKD!
An incredibly fascinating insight of Taekwon-Do's heritage
I found this was one of those rare books that I just couldn't put down. I read this with a wry smile as it delved deep into the politics of Taekwon-Do, the underhandedness & the dirty goings on behind the scenes as TKD emerged onto the World scene as a fledgling martial art into the powerhouse that it is today. I was aware of many of the issues that this book covered & had heard many of the stories beforehand, but this text contains some real revelations, which are quite, quite startling. Most martial arts instructors will have been touched by MA politics in some way & I am sure, really despise this dark side of the Art. None-the-less, even if you hate this side of the martial arts, this book is highly recommended & illustrates just what a select few sacrificed to make TKD what it is today.
25 years ago the T.A.G.B. got it right.
This is the first Taekwon-do book I have purchased for about ten years.
It was the title that first caught my eye; I thought it must be a book about how Taekwon-do black belts had to license their deadly hands and feet or some other Taekwon-do myth.
How wrong was I, this is the only factual book on the history of Taekwon-do I have come across. The facts are fascinating, and the book is laid out in an easy to read story format.
I am a 7th Dan instructor with the Taekwon-do Association of Great Britain and as such lived through some of the times and heard stories about events in this book.
Reading this book reminded me why the T.A.G.B was formed in the first place.
