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Why the West Fell in Love with Eastern Martial Arts: A Shift in Martial Arts Philosophy
From Western combat traditions to Eastern philosophy, different paths converge on the same question: who are you under pressure? There's something almost poetic about a British railway engineer being the man who brought Eastern martial arts to the West. Not a warrior. Not a philosopher. Just a man who went to Japan for work, stepped into a dojo out of curiosity, and came back changed. A Seed Planted in the Late 1800s The story begins quietly. Western interest in East Asian ma
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