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 enlarge | Author: Michael D. Echanis
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 203766
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 191
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 089750058X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.548
EAN: 9780897500586
ASIN: 089750058X
Publication Date: January 1, 1979
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A book by a true warrior August 29, 2005
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
The late Mike Echanis was a true warrrior and has written a book for warriors. It is about combat, not sport and demonstrates very advanced knife techniques. These techniques have been proven in battle over centuries. In the Hwa Rang Do system, the knife becomes an extension of the hand. The techniques, although ably demonstrated and photographed, must still be practiced under the guidance of a Hwa Rang Do Master if one is to become proficient.
 Why it went in the trash November 28, 2004
18 out of 28 found this review helpful
It has always been a mystery to me why this book has such a cult following. The tactics in the book are absurd, the text is full of psycho-babble, the photos are not very good, it is full of serious sounding, but in fact meaningless military jargon (e.g. the subtitle itself: Special Forces/Ranger-UDT/SEAL hand-to-hand combat/special weapons/special tactics series; gee, there is a meaningless mouthful. ), the book is poorly organized and last but not least, the book is full of things which will get you (in order of seriousness), killed, maimed, arrested and or sued if you ever tried them in the real world.
I presume much of the cult following comes from the fact that Echanis made a career out of self aggrandizement, which is common enough in the martial arts, and that the book buying public accepted his hype as reality. Echanis was no different than hundreds of other guys teaching hand to hand combat in that era. The only difference was Echanis at some point decided he was going to go on a major self-marketing drive, which he did in Soldier of Fortune and all the other macho-military magazines of the time.
I do not recommend this book. I have in the course of my 46 years owned several hundred martial arts books. Even if a book is of poor quality I will keep it just to fill space on the shelf. There is only one exception I ever made to this rule. There is one martial arts book that I picked up, walked over to the trash can and dropped it in. Guess which it was? This book. No fooling.
 Interesting Book May 1, 2004
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a very interesting look at the science of knife combat as adapted for the military by a former special operations soldier and Hwarang Do expert. Very clear and concise. Most of the techniques deal with using the knife from the "reverse" or "icepick" grip.
Fortunately it's now back in print so people don't have to pay stupid prices for a copy anymore. It's only about $16.00 from Ohara publications as advertised in the latest issue of "Blackbelt" magazine.
Good book February 11, 2004
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
IN MEMORY OF MARIO PONTILLO
Since the late 1970's, I have studied Mr. Lee's "Way of the Intercepting fist." Same binding as his defense book. Again, I have not read this one in over 20 years. Good fighting and throwing techniques.
This book belonged to Mario. Please don't hesitate to check out my book that I published while in the U.S. Navy in 2003:
"Under the Rose: Poetry of Tragedy, Essence, and Romance"
The best book of its type around January 22, 2004
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a superb book. I am reluctantly parting with a copy on ebay.co.uk now. This really is a unique work.
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