Everyone interested in martial arts should read this book. It takes you beyond the usual, and into the realms of the extraordinary. Behind the polished performance of demonstrations and contests, formal rules and technique there is something which few westerners have seen. This is the hidden side of the martial arts. Author Alex Kozma has been fortunate to meet some of the men and women who know secrets of martial arts and in this book he shares his experiences with the reader.

Martial arts from China, Tibet and Indonesia, and the exponents of these arts are described in a personal and intimate way, with interviews and some strange but true stories.

Many people must have felt on the fringes of something unexplained when they train in martial arts. Alex Kozma takes us all in the direction of tasting what this unexplained something is...

Contents

1 The natural boxing of Dr. Serge augier
2 Steven Benitez and hasilkan penu
3 The taoist arts of Bruce Kumar Frantzis
4 Grasping the essence with Eric Lo
5 Masters of the phoenix-eye fist
6 Bernard Langan-Taoist arts and pentjak silat
7 Chris Chappell and the esoteric Tibetan martial arts
8 The three special teachers of Chris Demwell
9 Through the mists of the sacred mountains and beyond