50 Martial Art Myths
| I have posted this review of 50 Martial Art Mythson Amazon. I made several purchases on Amazon last month, this one got the lowest rating.First a gripe; between my wife and I we have purchased hundreds of books on Kindle, and a few have had some formatting or odd font issues, but none have been as bad this book. The font would go from single to double spaced, from italic to bold, from san-serif to serif all without warning, and often mid sentence. The publisher would do well to review the Kindle output and correct the font issues.Second, I am glad that I picked up the Kindle edition, because there is not enough meat here to justify the price of the print edition. While there are 50 “myths” in the book, most of them are more like arguments you might see on one of the many martial art forums around the internet. And for those that engage in those arguments this book could be the reference that settles the disagreement, or you could spend a few minutes on Wikipedia.
Finally, the book has no bibliography, and there is no information about the author or how came to his understanding of these “myths.” In Summary, this title is not for the experienced martial artist, but for those new to the arts, or just tired of all the bickering on martial art forums, it could be a signpost pointing you to sanity (as long as the constantly morphing fonts don’t drive you insane). |