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  • ISBN-13: 9781892515247
  • Publisher: Multi-Media Books
  • Publication date: 1/28/2000
  • Pages: 184
  • Product dimensions: 6.12 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.49 (d)
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  • ISBN-13: 9781892515247
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  • Publication date: 1/28/2000
  • Pages: 184
  • Product dimensions: 6.12 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.49 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 7, 2005

    No New Insights But Good Reading For Beginners

    Unfortunately Michael L. Lorden's, Mas Oyama: The Legend, the Legacy falls short of its intended target. Michael L. Lorden begins his book on a positive note, but unfortunately seems to lose his way in portraying the life of Masutatsu Oyama, one of the greatest martial artist of our time. Lorden collects some important facts about Mas Oyama and his karate, but there is very little new information on Mas Oyama¿s life. I, like many other admirers, looked forward to reading more of the younger Yong I Choi (Oyama's birth name, in Korea), but there was little written on his youth in this book. Lorden scarcely touches upon Mas Oyama¿s Korean family, his childhood or teen-age years, his schooling or education, his friends, hobbies ¿ apart from his love of reading, his short-lived military career, etc. Masutatsu Oyama was undoubtedly one of the world's great martial artists and the founder of Kyokushin Karate, a formidable style that stressed full contact kumite with no protective gear. Mas Oyama was regarded as a true master because he practiced what he preached and preached what he practiced ¿ he lived the life of a true martial artist. His devotion to his Kyokushin Karate was everything to him. Mas Oyama first exhibitions in the United States flabbergasted audiences and martial artists alike. Mas Oyama¿s extraordinary speed, inconceivable power, and unwavering spirit were recognized throughout the martial arts world. His forceful demonstrations illustrated to all the grand possibilities of Kyokushin Karate and karate in general. The author tells us of Oyama¿s ¿uchi-deshi program¿ wherein a selected few students are permitted to spend three years at his honbu in pursuit of excellence in Kyokushin Karate. Few students made it into his program and even fewer graduated from it. Any individual that is a product of the 60s and was interested in, or practiced, a martial art was very familiar with Sosai Masutatsu Oyama¿s karate. You Knew of his exploits with bulls, his open challenges to all fighters (whatever their fighting style), his breaking of boards, roof tiles, blocks of ice, rocks, bricks, and his ability to chop the neck off of a bottle without knocking the bottle over. People were also aware of Mas Oyama¿s devotion, philosophy, and maxims on karate and on life. In ¿Mas Oyama: The Legend, the Legacy¿, Lorden writes on Mas Oyama¿s way of life the value he placed on self-discipline, perseverance, goodness, civility, respect, devotion, and arduous training. Unfortunately, Lorden presents no new biographical footprints to Mas Oyama¿s past. Whereas other biographers utilize research, archival documents, interviews . . . in order to uncover new insights into their subjects, Lorden is content to put together a book with a conglomeration of previous and well-known facts on Mas Oyama. Lorden does not follow any particular pattern in his writing ¿ he jumps back and forth and uses too much repetition in his writing. ¿Mas Oyama: The Legend, the Legacy¿ is a good book for those unfamiliar with the life of Masutatsu Oyama, but for those who are acquainted with Mas Oyama¿s life, Michael L. Lorden book offers no new material or insights.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 1, 2000

    Basics about the greatest karate fighter of all time

    Mas Oyama was probably the greatest fighter of all time, that we know of. His only competition would come from the legendary Gracie family of Brazil. Though he didn't fight Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Liston or Muhammad Ali, I'd definitely want my money on the man who went 46-1 in hand to hand fights against huge bulls, Oyama. Can you really picture Ali squaring off against a bull? Oyama was a high level judo expert as well as the greatest karate fighter of all time, and an awesome street fighter. In a three day period he beat the stuffing out of 300 opponents. He toured America and defeated hundreds of challengers, including legitimate wrestlers. He studied under the originator of modern karate, Gichin Funakoshi, but Oyama disagreed with the great master on the subject of full contact sparring. Funakoshi didn't want his students to spar, believing it was too dangerous. Eventually Funakoshi allowed light sparring. But Oyama believed in full contact, all out sparring, though he apparently didn't allow punching to the face, if his tournament rules were representative of his dojo rules. No protective equipment was used. The reason I only give this book three stars is because it isn't an in-depth biography of a man who is certainly worthy of an in-depth biography. We get the basics. Michael Lorden knows what he is talking about, that's for sure, but he's a martial artist, not a writer, primarily. He gives what he can.

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