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By Alex Gillis The founders of Tae Kwon Do are fond of saying that the art is filled with old dynasties and ancient warriors. They know that the martial art and the Olympic sport practised by an estimated 70-million people is only fifty years old -- seventy if you include a wicked poker game in 1938 -- but the founders had their reasons for creating beautiful myths. A Killing Art, by Alex Gillis, reveals some of the truths. Buy it at Amazon.com and Chapters.Indigo.ca, or contact me, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Blog: Turkish street fight & punching while stepping backwards.
Sparring-training videos, by Grandmaster C. K. Choi. Interviews and reviews about A Killing Art MartialEdge.net, interview with Lesley Jackson (U.K.). OpenBookToronto.com, 10 Questions about the book (Canada). Quill & Quire, by Jan Dutkiewicz (Canada). Maclean's magazine article, "One martial art battles cold war corruption," by Alex Gillis. Amazon.com reviews. Chapters.Indigo.com review. Blue Cliff TKD reviews. eBay review. Chat groups MartialTalk.com chat group. Global Taekwon-Do Federation forum. BlackBeltMagazine.com chat group. MartialArtsPlanet.com, a chat group with more than 40 posts about the book. FightingArts.com, another group with more than 70 posts. Bullshido.com, 50 raucous posts. |