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Jose Flores interviews Legends and Warriors of the greatest Martial artists of today. These are the stories behind the Legends and Warriors of Martial arts greats. Experience their inspirational stories and how they got to where they are today. Weekly podcasts interviews of some of the great leaders and fighters of today's Martial Arts disciplines. Including: MMA, Muay Thai, Karate, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Krav Maga, Taekwondo, Kung fu, Wing Chun, Kickboxing and many other disciplines. Learn the journeys and experiences of these successful Martial artists through this candid and fun podcast. Jose...

Over the decades, the reputation of the samurai has grown to mythical proportions, owing to such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo, as well as works such as James Clavell's epic Shogun. In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors.

Growing up a 90-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become the toughest fighter in the world, like Caine in his favorite 1970s TV series, Kung Fu. While in college, Matthew decided the time had come to pursue this quixotic dream before it was too late. Much to the dismay of his parents, he dropped out of Princeton to spend two years training with the legendary sect of monks who invented kung fu and Zen Buddhism.