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Working The Way: Martial Artists on Their Career Journeys
WORKING THE WAY is a community memoir all senior ranking martial artists from a single martial arts program--from teachers and journalists, doctors and tech entrepreneurs.
For more than a half century, The University of California Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) at Berkeley is the only U.S. educational program to house six arts under its Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, Taiji, Wushu, and Youngmudo. Its phenomenal success fueled by the passion and vision of its founder, Dr. Kyung Ho Ken Min, a Korean war veteran who earned his Ph.D. in physical education while teaching martial arts in 1960s America to men and women alike.
This ambassadorial approach helped build martial arts on a global stage, including Taekwondo as an Olympic sport, and generations of students. Martial arts often serves as an athletic and mental outlet beyond the grueling demands of graduate research and field work, and brought together people from disciplines like anthropology, mechanical engineering, journalism, optometry, Asian American studies and political science. Their insights show how martial arts shape career journeys — as well as cultural perspectives, intellectual resilience and deep kinship.
For more than a half century, The University of California Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) at Berkeley is the only U.S. educational program to house six arts under its Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, Taiji, Wushu, and Youngmudo. Its phenomenal success fueled by the passion and vision of its founder, Dr. Kyung Ho Ken Min, a Korean war veteran who earned his Ph.D. in physical education while teaching martial arts in 1960s America to men and women alike.
This ambassadorial approach helped build martial arts on a global stage, including Taekwondo as an Olympic sport, and generations of students. Martial arts often serves as an athletic and mental outlet beyond the grueling demands of graduate research and field work, and brought together people from disciplines like anthropology, mechanical engineering, journalism, optometry, Asian American studies and political science. Their insights show how martial arts shape career journeys — as well as cultural perspectives, intellectual resilience and deep kinship.
316 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2023
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