Iron Ball, Wooden Staff, Empty Hands: Understanding Structure, Flow, and Maneuver in Martial Arts
Early in his martial arts career he was President of Shotokan Karate of America, National Chairman of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) karate committee (1975-1977), and first vice president of World Union of Karate-do Organizations (1975-1977). He contributed many technical articles to Black Belt and Karate Illustrated magazines in the 1960s and 1970s.During the last 30 years he has concentrated on searching a wide range of martial arts to find how each contributes to effective combat, and in turn to a more thorough understanding of self, energy flow through the body, and connection to opponents.