Description: Further DetailsTitle: RedemptionCondition: NewEAN: 9781594393785ISBN: 9781594393785Publisher: YMAA Publication CenterFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/16/2016Item Height: 228mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 391gAuthor: Michael ClarkeLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Street Fighter's Path to PeaceDescription: FINALIST - Autobiography / Memoirs, 2016 Best Books Award "A British karateka" offers a bone-crushing, lip-splitting, and often elegant memoir of a tough guy searching for higher meaning through the study of martial arts." Kirkus Reviews "In this memoir describing how karate turned his life around, Clarke displays passion and grit in spades." Foreword Reviews Michael Clarke was an angry, vicious kid, a street fighter. He grew up in the late sixties and early seventies in Manchester, England, in a tough neighborhood where, he writes, Prostitutes worked the pavement opposite my home, illegal bookmakers took bets in back alley cellars, and street brawls were commonplace." He left school at fifteenand began his education as a pugilist on the streets. He fought in bars andclubs, at football matches, in parks, and in bus stationsand he was good. He reveledin the victories and the admiration they brought. It was a life of knucklesand teeth, of broken bones and torn fleshand the arrests that followed. Clarkewas seventeen when a judge sentenced him to two years in Strangeways Prison, aninfamous place also known as psychopath central."In prison he resolved tochange his life and stay out of trouble, but trouble was everywhere. Hediscovered a world of violent gangs, abusive guards, and inmates engaged in anendless struggle for dominance. Strangeways was a place where a person couldget stabbed to death for taking the bigger piece of toast. In time Clarke was released,but the transition was difficult and he almost fought his way back to prison. Thenone night he entered a karate dojo and his life changed forever. He began alifetime pursuit of budo, the martial way. He sought knowledge, studied withmasters, and traveled to Okinawa, the birthplace of karate. Redemption: A Street Fighter's Path toPeace is a true account of youthwasted and life reclaimed. Michael Clarke reminds us that martial arts are notsimply about punching and kicking. They forge the spirit, temper the will, and revealour true nature.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Sports & HobbiesTopic: Social Sciences, Biography, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Redemption
Title: Redemption
EAN: 9781594393785
ISBN: 9781594393785
Release Date: 06/16/2016
Release Year: 2016
Subtitle: A Street Fighter's Path to Peace
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Redemption : a Street Fighter's Path to Peace
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Martial Arts & Self-Defense
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Author: Michael Clarke
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
