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Angry White Pyjamas - Robert Twigger |
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28/07/09 (8 review reads) |
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Advantages: Excellet story and insights into japanese martial arrts
Disadvantages: None
Possibly the best book about martial arts ever written.
Now when I say that don't misunderstand me, you can't learn any martial art from this book. It is the story of an Oxford poet living in Japan, who realises his life isn't really going anywhere and in an attempt to do something about this sets himself the challenge of completing the Toyko Riot Polic Aikido course, 1 year of high intensity training under merciless and sadistic teachers including some of the finest aikido practioners in the world.
The book works so well simply because of Robert Twiggers honesty, you can really feel the emotions he expresses and (especially if you have done martial arts yourself) understand where he is coming from in so many of the sentiments he expresses. From his relasionship with his housemates, Fat Frank and Chris, to the way he relates to his teachers, some of whom appear to be there simply because they enjoying bullying and torturing their students, everything he express seems to be totally honest and believable.
I have read some reviews that complain that Twigger never really feels the aikido spirt and this is summed up in the way he celebrates Kancho's (his dojo's founder) death as if gives him a day off. I however feel this is honestly how anyone who went through what he had been put through would feel at the news of a day off. I am sure that he wasn't celebrating the founders death merely the chance of a break and I applaud his honesty in admitting this.
This book is well worth reading wether you were previously interested in martial arts or not, it is a truely great story of how you can achieve things you didnt think you were capable of as long as you are pretend to work hard and, certainly in this case, suffer to get there.
Summary: Highly Recomend
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