By Jon Bluming (Amsterdam: Self-published, 2000) Paper, 21 cm. x 30 cm., 160 pages, 149 pages of text (about half in Dutch); 11 pages of sponsors' advertisements, 418 B&W photos. No ISBN.

Jon Bluming is a well-known Dutch judo and Kyokushin Kai karate teacher, and the Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences are proud to be the sole North American distributor of his recent autobiography.

The author is a colorful and often controversial individual, and this book, with its blunt assessments of Donn Draeger, Isao Inokuma, Mas Oyama, and other well-known martial arts figures, shows why. The photographic selection is outstanding and the author's discussion of the Dutch military involvement in the Korean War is unique. However, the book has some severe drawbacks, notably the tiny typeface and the absence of professional editing and proofreading.

For online reviews of this book, see the EJMAS Product Reviews.

For edited examples of Bluming's writing, see:

• "Without Spirit Budo is but an Empty Shell," Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 7:2 (1998).
• "Doing Judo at the Korean Yudo Association, December 1959," http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsframe.htm (Volume II).
• "The Beast of Amsterdam," http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsframe.htm.
• "Budo Training in Japan," http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsframe.htm.

• Robert W. Smith, Martial Musings: A Portrayal of Martial Arts in the 20th Century (Erie, PA: Via Media, 1999), 104-112.
• The Learning Channel documentary Martial Arts: The Real Story (Pacific Street Films, 2000), http://www.pacificstreetfilms.com.
• "Kyokushin Karate" at http://argus.appsci.unsw.edu.au/karate.

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