The Path of the Ninja: An Englishman's quest to master the secrets of Japan's invisible assassins

by Martin Faulks

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By turns thrilling, funny and spiritually enlightening, this is the real-life Martial Arts adventure.

Martin Faulks grew up in a Norfolk village. Returning from library with a friend one day they were attacked by a gang of older boys. Martin ran away leaving his friend to be beaten up. He vowed that would never happen again.

He trained in the martial arts in his teens with growing success, he gained his black belt and even won tournaments but he wanted something more. He wanted to train as a Ninja. So started a series of initiations that would take him eventually to being trained by the Dalai Lama's bodyguard and travelling to Japan stay with the Yamabushi, the legendary spiritual teachers of the Ninja, living in the mountains of Japan.

  • ISBN10 1444764411
  • ISBN13 9781444764413
  • Publish Date 10 March 2016 (first published 13 August 2015)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Coronet Books
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 272
  • Language English