Blood & Guts Dojo: A Real Karate Kid's Memoir of Debauchery, Drugs and Double Fist Punches

Blood & Guts Dojo: A Real Karate Kid's Memoir of Debauchery, Drugs and Double Fist Punches

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Publisher's Synopsis

Previously published as "Who Killed Walt Bone?"

This is a highly entertaining true coming-of-age martial arts biography about a karate-crazed teen who discovers that his martial arts heroes are deep into drugs, deviant sex, and murder.

John Graden joined the Florida Karate Academy at the height of the Kung Fu Boom in the 1970s led by Bruce Lee.

Within a decade, he became a protege of the legendary Joe Lewis, twice voted as the greatest karate fighter of all-time.

With humor and unflinching honesty, this story reads like an action movie script.

Reviews
  1. "An excellent read even for people who never give martial arts a thought." -Former Reader's Digest Editor, Temple Emmet Williams
  2. "I am impressed with this wonderful book. It is as exciting as any motion picture thriller. I was VERY IMPRESSED with his point of view while relating the sometimes shocking stories."-Clark E. Hodges
  3. "I can vouch for how brilliant John Graden's literary prowess is in telling this tale."-Richard W. Jenkins
  4. "I started reading the book this morning about 10 AM and didn't put it down until about 2 PM. An easy read that kept me engaged from the very beginning." -Thomas Gordon
  5. "This is a story of a young man who finds himself in the art of karate, how his life is led astray by the instructor he idolizes. A true page-turner."-Dan Anderson
  6. "Highly entertaining must read and not just for martial artists. His easy-to-read writing style immediately draws you into his fascinating trials and tribulations"-Official Karate magazine

Book information

ISBN: 9798423756130
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Imprint: Independently Published
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 178
Weight: 245g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 10mm