Michael Clarke

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Michael Clarke


Born
Ireland
Genre
Martial Arts, Sports


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Michael Clarke (1958-1999)
By the age of 17, Michael Clarke, Kyoshi 8th dan was behind bars, a veteran street fighter serving a two-year sentence for occasioning grievous bodily harm. Turning 18 behind the walls of one of England's most notorious prisons 'Strangeways', was a wake up call that began his climb off the bottom.

Released back into society on parole in December 1973, he began training in karate in January 1974.

After ten years of training in the Japanese system of Tani-ha Shito-ryu, he travelled to Okinawa for the first time in 1984, in search of the more traditional training methods. There he was accepted into the dojo ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 189 ratings · 19 reviews · 5 distinct works
The Art of Hojo Undo: Power...
4.42 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Shin Gi Tai: Karate Trainin...
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Redemption: A Street Fighte...
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Roaring Silence
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Budo Masters: Paths to a Fa...
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“Karate, like every other martial art, is nothing more than the personal expression of an individual's physical skills combined with his intellectual understanding and depth of feeling for what he knows.”
― Michael Clarke, Shin Gi Tai: Karate Training for Body, Mind, and Spirit
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“Kyu Do Mu Gen, i.e., “Investigating the Way is Endless.”
― Michael Clarke, Shin Gi Tai: Karate Training for Body, Mind, and Spirit
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
― Michael Clarke, Shin Gi Tai: Karate Training for Body, Mind, and Spirit
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