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Rogue Black Belt #1
Fear & the engine
Here is an ‘edgy’ philosophy that cuts right to the heart of how human beings fear, fight, learn, love and live.
This is Life Coaching at it’s very best. You will not find any sugar-coated, fortune-cookie style advice in this book; this is a hard-hitting guide to self-discovery and the search for true purpose.
Through the tale of his amazing personal journey, John Will delivers truth and advice that will speak to the very core of your being.
This is Life Coaching at it’s very best. You will not find any sugar-coated, fortune-cookie style advice in this book; this is a hard-hitting guide to self-discovery and the search for true purpose.
Through the tale of his amazing personal journey, John Will delivers truth and advice that will speak to the very core of your being.
206 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
John B. Will
9 books3 followers from website
John Will began his martial arts training in 1972.
With a basic grounding in amateur wrestling, Goju Kai Karate and Taekwondo. He first left Australian shores in 1975 to study the indigenous martial arts systems of South East Asia; with many of those years spent in Indonesia learning Pentjak Silat.
The next twenty five years have seen him take more than 30 overseas training trips; including stints in Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, India, the U.S.A and Brazil. In ‘82, he entered and won gold in the first World Silat Championships held in Jakarta, the first and at that time, the only non-Indonesian to accomplish that.
His friendship with long-time training partner Richard Norton, opened many doors to him in the Unites States, that perhaps would have been closed to most people. So in the late 80’s, he began training with such notables as Benny Urquidez, Gene LeBell, Shuki Ron, Pete Cunningham, Rorion and Rickson Gracie and the Machado brothers.
In the late 80’s, a friendship with Rigan Machado allowed John to travel to and train in Brazil. There, he was exposed to a wide cross-section of Brazil’s best BJJ coaches, and so began his serious study of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He was finally awarded the rank of black belt by Rigan and Jean Jacques Machado in 1998; making him one of the ‘BJJ Dirty Dozen’, the first twelve non-Brazilian BJJ black belts in the world.
John Will began his martial arts training in 1972.
With a basic grounding in amateur wrestling, Goju Kai Karate and Taekwondo. He first left Australian shores in 1975 to study the indigenous martial arts systems of South East Asia; with many of those years spent in Indonesia learning Pentjak Silat.
The next twenty five years have seen him take more than 30 overseas training trips; including stints in Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, India, the U.S.A and Brazil. In ‘82, he entered and won gold in the first World Silat Championships held in Jakarta, the first and at that time, the only non-Indonesian to accomplish that.
His friendship with long-time training partner Richard Norton, opened many doors to him in the Unites States, that perhaps would have been closed to most people. So in the late 80’s, he began training with such notables as Benny Urquidez, Gene LeBell, Shuki Ron, Pete Cunningham, Rorion and Rickson Gracie and the Machado brothers.
In the late 80’s, a friendship with Rigan Machado allowed John to travel to and train in Brazil. There, he was exposed to a wide cross-section of Brazil’s best BJJ coaches, and so began his serious study of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He was finally awarded the rank of black belt by Rigan and Jean Jacques Machado in 1998; making him one of the ‘BJJ Dirty Dozen’, the first twelve non-Brazilian BJJ black belts in the world.
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October 8, 2023
Great book!
Unreal story, John has some great life lessons tied into a exciting story of his life and I loved reading every page of this.
I recommend reading for anyone who does any martial arts, trains under his academy name or wants to better themselves from any level of society.
Cheers John
Unreal story, John has some great life lessons tied into a exciting story of his life and I loved reading every page of this.
I recommend reading for anyone who does any martial arts, trains under his academy name or wants to better themselves from any level of society.
Cheers John
October 10, 2008
The story is great, lots of powerful concepts in action. If someone had proof read before publishing it would be a great book. However spelling and grammatical errors throughout just make the whole effort amateurish and at times frustrating to read
December 19, 2011
A powerful and inspirational read. Great story both in regards to the personal discoveries/life lessons learnt and the narrative itself. Sure there is the odd spelling mistake in the book but it didn't bother me. Johns next two books are up next for me.
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