The Korean martial art of Hapkido is an advanced system of self-defense. It is designed to teach its practitioners exacting methods to defend against all types of attacks. In this book, Hapkido Master Scott Shaw details refined aspects of this martial art, in order to provide the reader with an enhanced sense of self-defense awareness and combat understanding.

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of modern Zen Buddhism, leads the reader through a series of essays, detailing the various aspects of human consciousness and developmental awareness. This book provides deep insight into the spiritual and psychological path of ever-unfolding human awareness. Part Awareness Guidebook. Part Spiritual Memoir.

Shatter Thoughts presents three of Scott Shaw's previously published poetry books and two new titles combined into one collection. The titles included in this volume are: "Scream: Southeast Asia and the Dream," "Suicide Slowly," "Last Will and Testament According to the Divine Rites of the Drug Cocaine." The new chapters are: "No Kisses for the Sinner" and "On the Hard Edge of Hollywood." Shattered Thoughts presents the gritty, street-wise, and thought provoking poetry of Scott Shaw. This book leads the reader through adventures, experiences, and realizations Shaw lived both in the west and...

Marguerite Duras and Charles Bukowski were each dramatically shaped by their early life experiences, established in the environment of a dysfunctional family. From their early negative exposure and emotional indoctrination to life, Duras and Bukowski each developed as individuals who, at a young age, acted out behavior that was in direct conflict with the commonly accepted standard of their individual societal norms. From the moment these authors made the adolescent choices that they did, the rest of their physical and emotional existence was ultimately defined. What was created was a body of...

Developed by Scott Shaw, the primary premise of Zen Filmmaking is that no screenplay should be used in the creation of a film. There are no rules and no definitions. The spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process. Within the pages of this book, Scott Shaw leads the reader through all of the elements of Zen Filmmaking -- allowing one to emerge as a competent independent filmmaker, possessing all of the necessary skills to create a feature film,...