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– Often used to start combat, this roundhouse kick is when you swing your leg up in a circular motion.

USHIRO-GERI – This spinning back kick is one of the most powerful kicks in martial arts.

CHO-GERI – This is called the butterfly kick because all the limbs are spread out during the kick so you look like a butterfly’s wings in flight.

PUNCHES (ZUKI)

OI-ZUKI – This lunge punch or jab is the most basic of punches but can definitely come in handy

GYAKI-ZUKI – Even more powerful is the reverse punch or cross punch, which employs most of the body in its motion.

KAGE-ZUKI – You have to be very fast for this hook punch but it’s one of Jack’s favourites as it’s hard to block.

URAKEN-ZUKI – This back fist strike is even quicker and is achieved by forming a fist and striking with the tops of the two largest knuckles.

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It all started with a Scarecrow

Puffin is well over sixty years old.

Sounds ancient, doesn’t it? But Puffin has never been so lively. We’re always on the lookout for the next big idea, which is how it began all those years ago.

Penguin Books was a big idea from the mind of a man called Allen Lane, who in 1935 invented the quality paperback and changed the world.

And from great Penguins, great Puffins grew, changing the face of children’s books forever.

The first four Puffin Picture Books were hatched in 1940 and the first Puffin story book featured a man with broomstick arms called Worzel Gummidge. In 1967 Kaye Webb, Puffin Editor, started the Puffin Club, promising to ‘make children into readers’.

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Many years from now, we hope you’ll look back and remember Puffin with a smile. No matter what your age or what you’re into, there’s a Puffin for everyone.

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Table of Contents

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Map: The Japans – 17th Century

Prologue – Dokujutsu

Young Samurai

1: Knucklebones

2: The Rutter

3: The Daruma Wish

4: A Grain of Rice

5: Circle of Three

6: The Invitation

7: Randori

8: Submission

9: Fudoshin

10: The Nightingale Floor

11: The Golden Tea Room

12: Tamashiwari

13: Origami

14: Intruder

15: Sensei Kano

16: Mugan Ryū

17: Planting Seeds

18: Irezumi

19: Fighting Blind

20: The Scorpion Gang

21: Temple of the Peaceful Dragon

22: Maple Leaf Viewing

23: Breaking Boards

24: Trial by Wood and Fire

25: More than a Piece of Paper

26: The Gauntlet

27: The Selection

28: Break-in

29: The Decoy

30: Sticky Hands

31: Yuki Gassen

32: Scorpions vs Phoenix

33: Mushin

34: Ganjitsu

35: Hatsuhinode

36: The Net Widens

37: Body Challenge

38: Running On Empty

39: Yori

41: The Eyes of Buddha

42: Mind Over Matter

42: First Blood

43: Escape

44: Interrogation

45: Dim Mak

46: Mountain Monk

47: Spirit Combat

48: The Challenge

49: The Duelling Ground

50: No Sword

51: Kunoichi

52: Sasori

53: The Way of the Dragon

Notes On Sources

Acknowledgments

Japanese Glossary

Origami: How To Fold A Paper Crane

Sneak preview: The Way of the Dragon