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George Leonard

George Leonard is the author of Education and Ecstasy, The Ultimate Athlete, and The Silent Pulse. He lives in Mill Valley, California.

— From March 1987
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

This Isn’t Richard

Aikido And The New Warrior

In the eye of the storm, stripped of the certainty he had always deemed necessary for survival, denied the support of his teacher, divested even of his name, Richard found the deliverance he had not known he was searching for.

March 1987
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