Author: Edmund Shen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312671858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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A year after the battle at the Holy Amalgamate Mountains, Yi Ping had finally known of his true destiny. Forced by destiny to transmigrate to the Celestial Realm or forced to face the Divine Wrath, Yi Ping has to find more fragments of the Heavenly Relics. But what awaits them in the Celestial Realm isn't what they are expecting! Synopsis ""It is said that when a martial exponent reached the highest state of divinity of their arts, they be able to transcend into Celestials, overcoming the limitation of life and death. And as Celestials, they have to overcome seven celestial divinity, Genesis, Enlighten, Emotion, Transverse, Seventh Sense, Crisis and Ascend in order to transcend to the Heavens."" It is said that the Stellar Sanctuary is created by the first person that has ever ascended as an immortal being and the Astronomic Stellar Formation is the only place that is possible to transmigrate to the Gods' Realm.
Author: Edmund Shen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387898469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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This is the third and final book to A Martial Odyssey, spanning 1 mil words and 3 books. The Stellar Sanctuary has finally descended. It is said that the Stellar Sanctuary is created by the first person that has ever ascended as an immortal being and the Astronomic Stellar Formation is the only place that is possible to transmigrate to the GodsÕ Realm. It is rumored that the Stellar Sanctuary has a hundred level and that the one that can find their way to the very top, will be able to unravel the secrets of immortality and ascend as a true Immortal to the Gods' Realms. In order to find his true destiny, Yi Ping has to join the thousands of Celestials as they fight their way into the Stellar Sanctuary.
Author: Edmund Shen
Publisher: Lulu
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 659
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Synopsis "It is said that when a martial exponent reached the highest state of divinity of their arts, they be able to transcend into Celestials, overcoming the limitation of life and death. And as Celestials, they have to overcome seven celestial divinity, Genesis, Enlighten, Emotion, Transverse, Seventh Sense, Crisis and Ascend in order to transcend to the Heavens." A Martial Odyssey is an epic quasi-fantasy/wuxia fiction, of a young man Yi Ping as he braved untold dangers in the martial fraternity. The powerful Honor Manor rules the Orthodox Martial Fraternity, yet there are other equally mysterious martial clans that are outside the influence of the orthodox fraternity; like the Eternal Ice Palace, the Virtuous Palace and the Celestial Palace. When the Celestial Fairy of the Eternal Ice Palace is rumored to pass away, it immediately attracted the attention of numerous exponents that undertake the perilous journey to the Heavenly Mountains for the martial secrets of the Eternal Ice Palace
Author: Antonio Graceffo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897501903
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Following the author’s landmark decision to quit his job on Wall Street and become a martial arts student, this chronicle captures one man’s ongoing adventure across the Far East. Beginning in Taiwan, this autobiography documents how the protagonist learned the Chinese language, kung fu, and twe so, then journeyed on to the Shaolin Temple in mainland China. His next trek found him studying at the last Muay Thai temple in Thailand. Reflecting on a decade of travel, this recollection illustrates a perpetual quest as the author continues to voyage and practice both familiar and obscure fighting styles. Tracing his expeditions through 10 countries altogether, the odyssey also ventures through Hong Kong, Cambodia, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, and Burma.
Author: Jim Arvanitis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897501552
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Shows how the cornerstone of the earliest Olympic Games directly influenced the modern techniques of today's fiercest mixed-martial arts fighters. This book contains such topics as submissions and counters, grappling escapes, sweeps and reversals, take downs and take down defense, as well as the myths and traditions of the Hellenic combat arts.
Author: Matthew Polly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101216840
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny American’s quest to become a kung fu master at China’s legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become the toughest fighter in the world, like Caine in his favorite 1970s TV series, Kung Fu. While in college, Matthew decided the time had come to pursue this quixotic dream before it was too late. Much to the dismay of his parents, he dropped out of Princeton to spend two years training with the legendary sect of monks who invented kung fu and Zen Buddhism. Expecting to find an isolated citadel populated by supernatural ascetics that he’d seen in countless badly dubbed chop-socky flicks, Matthew instead discovered a tacky tourist trap run by Communist party hacks. But the dedicated monks still trained in the rigorous age-old fighting forms—some even practicing the “iron kung fu” discipline, in which intensive training can make various body parts virtually indestructible (even the crotch). As Matthew grew in his knowledge of China and kung fu skill, he would come to represent the Temple in challenge matches and international competitions, and ultimately the monks would accept their new American initiate as close to one of their own as any Westerner had ever become. Laced with humor and illuminated by cultural insight, American Shaolin is an unforgettable coming-of-age tale of one young man’s journey into the ancient art of kung fu—and a funny and poignant portrait of a rapidly changing China.
Author: Hoosain Narker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425168766
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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My Karate Odyssey is accomplished karate instructor Hoosain Narker's six months journey across North & Central America with his karate suit, backpack & laptop as travelling companions.
Author: Matthew Polly
Publisher: Avery
ISBN: 159240619X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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An aging amateur takes his shot at glory in the world of mixed martial arts. As a younger man, Matthew Polly traveled to the Shaolin Temple in China and spent two years training with the monks who had invented the ancient art of kung fu. Fifteen years later, his weakness for Chinese takeout and Jack Daniel’s had taken its toll. Firmly into middle age and far removed from his past athletic triumphs, Polly decided to risk it all one last time. Out of shape and over the hill, he jumped headlong into the world of MMA. In Tapped Out, Polly chronicles his grueling yet redeeming two-year journey through an often misunderstood sport. From Thailand to Russia, Manhattan to Las Vegas, Polly studied with the best trainers, concluding with a six-month fight camp at Randy Couture’s legendary gym. He explores the history of fighting sports and joins a fascinating subculture of men who roll around on sweaty mats with one another in appreciation of the purity of contained combat. And in the end, Polly straps on the gloves, gets into the cage, and squares off with a fighter fifteen years younger. An honest and humorous look at a hard-core sport, Tapped Out is a fascinating look into the fastest growing sport in America and what it takes to be an MMA fighter.
Author: Jonathan Shay
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439125015
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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In this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life. Seamlessly combining important psychological work and brilliant literary interpretation with an impassioned plea to renovate American military institutions, Shay deepens our understanding of both the combat veteran's experience and one of the world's greatest classics. In Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay used the story of the Iliad as a prism through which to examine how ancient and modern wars have battered the psychology of the men who fight. Now he turns his attention to the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the real problems faced by combat veterans reentering civilian society. The Odyssey, Shay argues, offers explicit portrayals of behavior common among returning soldiers in our own culture: danger-seeking, womanizing, explosive violence, drug abuse, visitation by the dead, obsession, vagrancy and homelessness. Supporting his reading with examples from his fifteen-year practice treating Vietnam veterans, Shay shows how Odysseus's mistrustfulness, his lies, and his constant need to conceal his thoughts and emotions foreshadow the experiences of many of today's veterans. He also explains how veterans recover and advocates changes to American military practice that will protect future servicemen and servicewomen while increasing their fighting power. Throughout, Homer strengthens our understanding of what a combat veteran must overcome to return to and flourish in civilian life, just as the heartbreaking stories of the veterans Shay treats give us a new understanding of one of the world's greatest classics.
Author: Modiphius
Publisher: Modiphius
ISBN: 9781912743407
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Campaign book; compatible with the "5E" edition rules of Dungeons & Dragons.
