Soul Sword: The Way and Mind of a Warrior - Softcover

Kitabu Turner, Vernon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571740392 ISBN 13: 9781571740397

Publisher: Hampton Roads, 1996

Synopsis

An amazing true story about achieving awareness, accessing ancient wisdom, and conquering fear. While working with a Japanese Zen master, Vernon Kitabu Turner experienced a spiritual epiphany: with virtually no training in the martial arts, he endured a sensational trial by combat to become a black belt. He believes this power exists in all of us. Now, he shares his secret, proving that the soul is the path to cultivating the Warrior Mind...and overcoming any obstacle.

About this title

About the Author:

As a young man Vernon Kitabu Turner discovered poetry for self-expression and martial arts for self-defence. His initiation by Zen master Nomura-Roshi in 1967 changed his writing and made him a true Bushido warrior. Throughout his life, he has continued to develop his writing as both a journalist and a poet. He is an ordained Christian Minister, and is recognised as a spiritual teacher by Master Sant Kesavadas of the Vishwah Dharma Mandira. He has been called 'one of the most prominent voices of our time' in the international anthology The Way Ahead, which featured his work along with that of the Dalai Lama and Nobel Laureate Vaclav Havel. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

Review:

As a young black man from the South, Vernon Turner studied poetry for self-expression and martial arts for self-protection (becoming a black belt expert). However, it was being initiated by Zen master Nomura-Roshi in 1967 that changed the course of his martial arts practice. Studying and mastering Zen meditative practices, Turner discovered the missing heart of modern martial arts, that technique must "arise effortlessly out of emptiness, out of no-knowledge". In his art Turner found the center where "the techniques I performed in fact were performing me". From this state of No Mind (Mushin) arises instinctive wisdom, the power that allows ordinary people to perform extraordinary feats. This is the power that lives within each of us; the power which Turner hopes to awaken in his readers. Daily life is the battlefield for the Warrior Mind. Soul Sword: The Way And Mind Of The Warrior is enlightening, informative, inspirational reading and belongs on every martial arts reference bookshelf. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Hampton Roads
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1571740392
• ISBN 13: 9781571740397
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144