A killing art : the untold history of Tae kwon do /
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| Author / Creator: | Gillis, Alex. |
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| Imprint: | Toronto : ECW Press, c2008. |
| Description: | xi, 244 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7691037 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Indomitable spirit
- Men of the sacred bone
- Though ten million opponents might rise against him
- A superpower on every border
- SuperNam
- Pt. II. Perseverance
- Tae kwon do is named in a Korean geisha house
- One coup, two presidents, and the three spheres of power
- The ace team and the Korean CIA
- Pt. III. Self-control
- Enter the cloud dragon
- As if in a Bruce Lee movie
- The exiles
- From spooky Kukki to WTF
- Pt. IV. Courtesy
- Whaaa!
- Olympic mania and North Korean mayhem
- The olympic summer of love
- "Branch trimming" at the 2000 olympics and the street fight soon after
- Pt. V. Integrity
- Like a cult
- The little giant dies and traditional tae kwon do falls apart
- WTF leaders go to prison and olympic tae kwon do faces oblivion
- Reprieve.