Lawrence Kane

Lawrence is the author of Surviving Armed Assaults and Martial Arts Instruction and co-author (with Kris Wilder) of The Way of Kata, The Way to Black Belt, and The Little Black Book of Violence (USA Book News—2009 Best Books Award Finalist). He also has written numerous articles on martial arts, self-defense, and related topics for prestigious publications such as International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu Research Society Journal, Jissen, Fighting Arts, and Traditional Karate magazine. His work was also featured in Loren Christensen’s Fighter’s Fact Book 2: The Street.

Since 1970, he has studied and taught traditional Asian martial arts, medieval European combat, and modern close-quarter weapon techniques. Working stadium security part-time, he has been involved in hundreds of violent altercations, but gets paid to watch football. To cover the bills, he develops sourcing strategies for an aerospace company where he gets to play with billions of dollars of other people’s money and make really important decisions. Lawrence lives in Seattle, Washington. He can be contacted via e-mail at lakane@ix.netcom.com.

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