Respect

The Martial Arts Code of Conduct

This latest book in the award-winning Martial Arts for Peace series teaches young people ages 6 to 9 about Respect, one of the most important goals of the Martial Arts Code of Conduct.

Dr. Webster-Doyle's Martial Arts Guide for Parents

Helping Your Children Resolve Conflict Peacefully

As a response to young people being victimized by bullies, more and more parents are choosing to enroll their children in martial arts schools. But are these schools really teaching children what they need to understand and resolve conflict peacefully? We want our children to be safe. We want them to be self-confident and capable. We want them to acquire good values, to respect themselves and others, and to act with kindness and integrity in their relationships.

Dr. Webster-Doyle demonstrates convincingly how conventional instruction in martial arts—focused on physical skills only—is not enough to help young people understand and resolve conflict. However, if they are introduced to awhole martial art, one that teaches how to avoid and therefore prevent conflict, young people can learn to deal with threatening situations powerfully and effectively, without resorting to physical violence. Included in the text are mental martial arts skills, a chart of nonviolent alternatives, active family role-plays, and other creative activities that parents and children can work through together. Both parents and their children will discover ways to deal peacefully with violence that are surprisingly simple, satisfying to practice, and immediately useful.

Karate

the Art of Empty Self

"Karate—The Art of Empty Self is a mindful contemplation that presents only a few sentences on each of its 90 or so pages, making each page like a work of art to be savored slowly."
- John White, YOGA JOURNAL

The Art of Karate is a mirror reflecting the root of fear, which is the destructive division brought about by the image of ourselves. This division is the basis of psychological conflict. Because of the confident and trusting environment fostered by the Art of Karate, the student has the opportunity to allow this conflict, with its aggression and tension, to surface into the light of awareness. Allowing this fundamental conflict to be observed, without any action to change it, is the essence of "empty self" and the heart of the Art of Karate.

One Encounter One Chance

The Essence of the Art of Karate

"One Encounter, One Chance is terrific. It is one of the highest quality and integrity and it speaks eloquently to moral and ethical concerns."
- George Leonard, Contributing Editor, Esquire, and author of
Walking on the Edge of the World, The Silent Pulse, The Transformation, and Mastery

"One Encounter One Chance is a wonderful work of art (personally I think you should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize)."
- Michael McGinty, Shotokan Karate Ballyboofey, County Donegal, Ireland

This book takes a fresh look at the traditional principles of Karate, and especially a concept fundamental to all martial arts—that of the "empty self." It asks readers to let go of preconceptions of Karate as merely a system of self-defense techniques and to realize the true intentions of this remarkable martial art: a means for self-understanding and for peaceful resolution of conflict.